No
Was money exchanged with any of the other participants?
Was there gambling involved?
Did the game include a significant component of luck?
Did the game include a significant component of skill?
Did the game include any skill at all?
Is the nature of the game relevant?
reply to Chronos
Was money exchanged with any of the other participants? No
Was there gambling involved? No
Did the game include a significant component of luck? No
Did the game include a significant component of skill? Yes
Did the game include any skill at all? Yes
Is the nature of the game relevant? Yes
- Were the objects playing pieces?
- Did each player place the object on the floor only once per game?
- Is the game for two players?
- Is the game for more than two players?
- Does the game involve significant physical skill (like snooker or throwing hoops)?
- Does the game involve significant mental skill (like chess)?
- Is the object a highly regular shape (like a sphere, cube, ring etc)?
- Is the object a semi-regular shape (like, say, a chess pawn)?
- Is the object an irregular shape (like, say, an anthropomorphic shape)?
Does the game involve throwing things? Aiming to hit or get close to a particular spot, object or target?
Does each player have only one of the object? Or several?
reply to Walken After Midnight
- Were the objects playing pieces? Yes
- Did each player place the object on the floor only once per game? ** No**
- Is the game for two players? **Can be **
- Is the game for more than two players? Can be
- Does the game involve significant physical skill (like snooker or throwing hoops) Not significant, but skill
- Does the game involve significant mental skill (like chess)? No
- Is the object a highly regular shape (like a sphere, cube, ring etc)? Yes
- Is the object a semi-regular shape (like, say, a chess pawn)? No
- Is the object an irregular shape (like, say, an anthropomorphic shape)? No
Reply to Peter Morris
Does the game involve throwing things? No
Aiming to hit or get close to a particular spot, object or target? Yes
Does each player have only one of the object? Or several? One
So, it’s a targeting game, but not thrown objects. What is the alternative, I wonder.
Were the objects dropped from above? shot out of something, such as a gun, bow or catapult? Slid across the floor as in shuffleboard?
Was the coffin the target? A particular part of the coffin? Something attached to the coffin?
reply to Peter Morris
So, it’s a targeting game, but not thrown objects. What is the alternative, I wonder.
Were the objects dropped from above? No
shot out of something, such as a gun, bow or catapult? No
Slid across the floor as in shuffleboard? No
Was the coffin the target? sort of…
A particular part of the coffin? **sort of… **
Something attached to the coffin? No
I am about to go to work, but I think someone is about to get this, I think. What skill game might involve people putting some game pieces on the floor by a large coffin in the basement of a funeral home? That’s the question.
Was the game to see who could get their ball closest to the coffin? See who could get nearest to the length of the coffin?
No to all.
Was the object of the game to get the pieces into the coffin (in this particular instance)?
Is the game tiddlywinks?
**
No to all.**
Is it a sport?
Do you think most people in the United States have played it?
Is it Dungeons and Dragons?
Is it an RPG at all?
Was the “funeral parlour” an ancient or historical site?
Was it a pyramid? The great pyramid of Cheops/ Khufu ?
Is it a fossil? Is it coal?
Is it stone or metal?
**reply to Mahaloth **
Is it a sport? **Broadly defining sport, Yes **
Do you think most people in the United States have played it? **Yes, I would guess so. **
Is it Dungeons and Dragons? **No **
Is it an RPG at all? **No **
**reply to Peter Morris **
Was the “funeral parlour” an ancient or historical site? **No **
Was it a pyramid? The great pyramid of Cheops/ Khufu ? **No to all. **
**No **