Game #6 (85 @ LJ)
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writing_gameChess board courtesy of clairshadows. Prompts by benebu.
This board is also posted on Livejournal. You may play on either site.
The goal of Writing Game is not to make multiple rounds around the board, but to accumulate as many points as possible.
You may switch fandoms/worlds whenever you first pass 20 points, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, then free for all.
e.g. Total points: 19. Complete a +3 prompt.
This brings you to 22 points. At this point you may switch fandoms/worlds.
There will be no post secret this week
On this board, your movements depend not on the point value of the prompt but on what chess piece you are playing at that moment. Roll the dice to determine your chess piece.
Exceptions:
1a) You are at a Player’s Choice square. Move up, right, down or left according to the point value of the prompt(s).
1b) If the PC square's point value exceeds the board's limits, you should stay in the same column or the same row.
e.g. You're on the red PC square between R and G, going "Up" 3 squares. You stay in the same column but go back to the bottom line, arriving at H square.
2) When skipping a prompt, a pawn may move backwards as many squares as the point value of the prompt.
3) When a pawn reaches the top row (the C-A-PC-J-K-F-B-Q row), it turns into a queen.
Chess piece rules, courtesy ofelalone:
1 - King: You may move one square in any direction.
2 - Queen: You may move any number of squares, in any direction.
3 - Rook: You may move any number of squares, either horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally.
4 - Bishop: You may move any number of squares diagonally, but not horizontally or vertically.
5 - Knight: You may move two squares vertically and one horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one vertically (L-shape)
6 - Pawn: You may move only up. On your first move, you may go one or two squares. Afterwards, you may only move one square at a time.
All the general rules can be found in the user profile. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Player’s Choice: Move up, right, down or left according to the point value of the prompt(s).
Picture Square. Roll the dice to determine your next chess piece. You may roll the dice again if you get the same chess piece. Move according to your chess piece, not the point value of the prompt(s).
You may use up to two of them, as long as they’re touching each other (either top to bottom or side to side).
clairshadows. Prompts by benebu.This board is also posted on Livejournal. You may play on either site.
The goal of Writing Game is not to make multiple rounds around the board, but to accumulate as many points as possible.
You may switch fandoms/worlds whenever you first pass 20 points, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, then free for all.
e.g. Total points: 19. Complete a +3 prompt.
This brings you to 22 points. At this point you may switch fandoms/worlds.
There will be no post secret this week
On this board, your movements depend not on the point value of the prompt but on what chess piece you are playing at that moment. Roll the dice to determine your chess piece.
Exceptions:
1a) You are at a Player’s Choice square. Move up, right, down or left according to the point value of the prompt(s).
1b) If the PC square's point value exceeds the board's limits, you should stay in the same column or the same row.
e.g. You're on the red PC square between R and G, going "Up" 3 squares. You stay in the same column but go back to the bottom line, arriving at H square.
2) When skipping a prompt, a pawn may move backwards as many squares as the point value of the prompt.
3) When a pawn reaches the top row (the C-A-PC-J-K-F-B-Q row), it turns into a queen.
Chess piece rules, courtesy of
elalone:1 - King: You may move one square in any direction.
2 - Queen: You may move any number of squares, in any direction.
3 - Rook: You may move any number of squares, either horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally.
4 - Bishop: You may move any number of squares diagonally, but not horizontally or vertically.
5 - Knight: You may move two squares vertically and one horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one vertically (L-shape)
6 - Pawn: You may move only up. On your first move, you may go one or two squares. Afterwards, you may only move one square at a time.
All the general rules can be found in the user profile. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
| Home | Roll the dice to determine your chess piece: 1 - king, 2 - queen, 3 - rook, 4 - bishop, 5 - knight, and 6 - pawn. Start on any square you want on the bottom two rows. |
| A | Prompt: Array +2 |
| B | Action: Balk +2 |
| C | Character: Chatterbox +2 |
| D | Action: Duck +1 |
| E | Prompt: Elixir +3 |
| F | Character: Fatherless +2 |
| G | Prompt: Germane +1 |
| H | Prompt: Hindrance +1 |
| I | Action: Initiate +2 |
| J | Prompt: Jolt +2 |
| K | Prompt: Knife +1 |
| L | Prompt: Lark +2 |
| M | Prompt: Manifold +2 |
| N | Action: Numb +1 |
| O | Character: Old Stager +2 |
| P | Prompt: Paucity +3 |
| Q | Action: eQuate +3 |
| R | Character: Rash +2 |
| S | Action: Slack/Slacken +2 |
| T | Action: Trample +2 |
| U | Character: Uncanny +2 |
| V | Prompt: Vertigo +1 |
| W | Prompt: Wheel +2 |
| X | Action: eXpiate +3 |
| Y | Action: Yield +2 |
| Z | Prompt: Zing +3 |
Player’s Choice: Move up, right, down or left according to the point value of the prompt(s).
| Player's choice | Box A | Up |
| Prompt | Character | Action |
| Earworm +3 | Lily-Livered +2 | Ignore +1 |
| Frame +1 | Latecomer +2 | Slander +3 |
| Pack +1 | Physician +3 | Misread +2 |
| Grudgingly +2 | Kidult +2 | Shear +2 |
| Player's choice | Box B | Right |
| Prompt | Character | Action |
| Lacuna +3 | Godmother +2 | Win +1 |
| Chore +1 | Forward Thinking +3 | Disqualify +2 |
| Despondency +2 | Unsuspected +2 | Repeat +2 |
| Burlap +3 | Chain-Smoker +2 | Deepen +1 |
| Player's choice | Box C | Down |
| Prompt | Character | Action |
| Foursquare +3 | Retreating +1 | Assume +2 |
| Deadline +2 | Gentleman +2 | Lift +2 |
| Stencil +3 | Determined +1 | Seek +2 |
| Track Record +3 | Eager +2 | Act +1 |
| Player's choice | Box D | Left |
| Prompt | Character | Action |
| Cart +3 | Vengeful +2 | Shoot +1 |
| Spick-and-Span +3 | Cold-Blooded +2 | Cure +1 |
| Chamomile +3 | Deceitful +2 | Conform +1 |
| Honed +2 | Lazybones +2 | Rebel +2 |
Picture Square. Roll the dice to determine your next chess piece. You may roll the dice again if you get the same chess piece. Move according to your chess piece, not the point value of the prompt(s).
You may use up to two of them, as long as they’re touching each other (either top to bottom or side to side).
| Far from the Madding Crowd +2 | ||
| I've lost my love and I care not, I've lost my love and I care not; I shall soon have another |
the line dividing the seen from the unseen | the support of a lover's arm isn't of a kind best calculated to assist a resolve to renounce him |
| and I always had such a forgetful memory, too | the sorry look of a grand bird without the feathers that make it grand | how different the second nothing is from the first |
| how women take a favour of that kind | the stuff of which great men's mothers are made | dramas in which men would play a part |
| genuine lover's love | as a hyperbolic curve approaches a straight line - less directly as he got nearer | I would rather have curses from you than kisses from any other woman |
| I shouldn't mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband | a quiet modesty that would have become a vestal | as a pelican in the wilderness |
Re-entering reality.
Date: 2013-05-19 08:12 pm (UTC)I post this here
My goal is to use the game primarily to inspire and incite my writing muse. So if I'm doing it wrong and it is disruptive let me know so I can go away and stop being disruptive. :)
Now... off to write if I don't fall and get sucked up into the evil world of facebook or something.
Re: Re-entering reality.
Date: 2013-05-20 06:22 pm (UTC)"It's a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter. It's moo."
Picture prompts
Date: 2013-05-21 06:25 am (UTC)Of course you should ask questions and pester us mods as much as you want. That's what we're here for.
Re: Re-entering reality.
Date: 2013-05-21 06:24 am (UTC)You can use the game however you want, as long as you comply with our rules. Some writers use it for playing around with characters, or world building purposes. Some post first drafts, others like to work a little more on each move. It's all okay.
And given how many players we have around, you're not likely to disrupt anything or anyone. Have fun!