# If you were a game, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567 "2012-06-28T12:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/1 "2012-06-28T12:12:29Z")
Years ago I thought I would have been Myst. Except we got it and I couldn’t get into it. Now I know I’m more like Black Jack. _slap slap DONE_ (“Let’s do it again!”) What game best describes you? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/2 "2012-06-28T12:41:58Z")
Pong. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/3 "2012-06-28T12:47:51Z")
Calvinball! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/4 "2012-06-28T12:50:48Z")
Something with long, drawn out rules that only really smart people would get. Or thumb wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/5 "2012-06-28T13:06:25Z")
Russian roulette. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/6 "2012-06-28T13:08:15Z")
Sorry!™ ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/7 "2012-06-28T13:50:30Z")
Tetris. ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/8 "2012-06-28T14:08:43Z")
Scattergories. ---
**Author:** ![BowlOfDucks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BowlOfDucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BowlOfDucks)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/9 "2012-06-28T15:20:15Z")
Solitaire ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/10 "2012-06-29T01:11:58Z")
Magic: The Gathering Lots of ways to play the combos, always a new expansion coming out. Oh, and the rules change every few years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/11 "2012-06-29T01:36:41Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Magic: The Gathering > > Lots of ways to play the combos, always a new expansion coming out. > Oh, and the rules change every few years. 😉 This. And my opponent always has some chaos red in his hand. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/12 "2012-06-29T02:09:46Z")
Disc Golf ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/13 "2012-06-29T03:13:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Calvinball! Drunk Calvinball! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/14 "2012-06-29T03:20:19Z")
I’m going to move this over to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/15 "2012-06-29T08:26:37Z")
Half Life 2 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/16 "2012-06-29T09:37:00Z")
Charades ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/17 "2012-07-04T15:15:32Z")
Either ‘Pat-a-cake’ or Jet Set Willy. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/18 "2012-07-04T15:19:35Z")
Rock, Paper, Scissors ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/19 "2012-07-04T21:09:08Z")
Checkers. Maybe Chinese Checkers. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567/20 "2012-07-06T14:14:21Z")
Trivial Pursuit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-what-would-it-be/626567.md?page=2)