# Ever combine two or more games (like in M\*A\*S\*H)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756 "2004-06-05T03:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/21 "2004-06-08T14:36:11Z")
There’s a series of metagames called the GIPF project (GIPF, TAMSK, DVOON, ZERTZ, YINSH…) that involve a system of ‘potentials’ which are pieces that reflect the other games. To use a potential, you must first challenge your opponent to a subgame of the potential’s source game. (Imagine a game of checkers, where you can bring in a knight from Chess, but only if you win a game of chess first) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/22 "2004-06-08T16:21:52Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My friends play a game called 42-card Ka-KAW! which involves playing cards, polyhedral dice, squirt guns, festive headgear, knowledge of the Mayan calender, and copious amounts of alcohol. Explaining the rules, unfortunetly, is entirely contrary to the spirit of the game. Sounds an awful lot like TEGWAR. Where, oddly enough, the only ones who emerge not totally shit-faced are the ones who know the “rules”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/23 "2004-06-08T19:04:07Z")
There’s [Roadkill](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1578), which plays like a cross between Mille Bornes and Car Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/24 "2004-06-08T19:36:01Z")
I once combined Jenga with Quarters. It turned ugly fast. Especially since one of the players wouldn’t drink beer, and instead was downing grape jello shooters. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/25 "2004-06-08T22:35:50Z")
The MASH game was “Double Cranko.” While I was living in Prague, we played it quite often, and it was a lot more fun than you’d think, by which I mean “some.” No, really, it was pretty fun. You played with as many different games as you could: chess, checkers, cards, chinese checkers, more cards, Uno, Jenga, Parcheesi, etc. Ideally, you play it in as public a place as possible, like a bar or a sidewalk cafe, because part of the fun is the complete mystifycation of onlookers. If you have a new player, they will generally ask if they can have a quick explanation of the rules. This request should be greeted with a curt “no.” The point is to see how creative you can be playing a game with essentially no rules…okay, no rules whatsoever. Also the point is seeing how long it takes a new player to pick up on the rules or lack thereof. Eventually players develop an elaborate system of meaningless rules, like “jacking the corners”, “beating the bishop”, or “full court press.” The game is over when all players arbitrarily declare one player the winner for some reason, and said winner is conned into believing the rules call for buying a celebratory round for the losers. I’ve never won. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/26 "2004-06-08T22:37:59Z")
Hell, did I say “conned”? I meant told. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/27 "2004-06-08T23:12:53Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > **antechinus** : Ever play **Quiz & Dragons**? It’s a fairly old arcade game put out by Capcom, and it works a lot like the game you described. It plays a lot more like a board game than a round of D&D, but the spirit is there. Spooky. Never heard of the old arcade game, but I suppose it is an obvious combination. There was a TrivialPursuit arcade game from about 1984 too. ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/28 "2004-06-08T23:24:33Z")
**Quiz & Dragons** was the only thing that kept me from killing my family when we went on our Alaska cruise a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/29 "2004-06-09T03:28:15Z")
I shared an apartment with my best friend while we were going to the University of Oregon, and our game of choice was _Bong-o-trivia-drink-o-rama._ As best I can recall, (and mind you, I recall we played it quite a bit), you played a regular game of trivia, but for every missed question, you got/had to drink. For every widget you earned, you took a bong hit. After you got all of your widgets, and were going for the win in the center, each time you missed any answer, you had to take a bong hit. Ah youth. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/30 "2004-06-09T04:43:29Z")
You guys make me laugh… I thought full contact-miniurture golf was fun…but i gotta party with you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/31 "2004-06-09T10:58:26Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > I thought full contact-miniurture golf was fun… Unfortunately it’s usually fatal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/32 "2004-06-09T13:05:44Z")
Volleyball and karate. Going up for a spike really sucked. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756/33 "2004-06-09T13:42:19Z")
You can always play “Klopsky” (if you have a banana to open). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-combine-two-or-more-games-like-in-m-a-s-h/248756.md?page=1)