# Name that game! A game about games! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861 "2002-04-21T21:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/1 "2002-04-21T21:32:03Z")
This game is for board-type games. Pick a rule, play-instruction-card, or move, etc… that you think not many people will be able to figure out what game it is from. example: “Get of jail free.” answer - Monopoly Here is mine: **"If you have a dot, expose it."** betcha don’t know what game this is from! ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/2 "2002-04-21T22:12:21Z")
Hmmm this is tricky. I want to play the game but cannot for the life of me think of this. I will return when there are things I know. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/3 "2002-04-21T23:19:23Z")
I have no idea whatsoever. I’ll throw out a guess, but I’m quite positive it’s not right. Is it **Dots**? ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/4 "2002-04-21T23:21:34Z")
Probe! Uhh…“Triple word score?” I suck. Somebody else think of one. ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/5 "2002-04-21T23:24:11Z")
**Fairgoers love German cake.** ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/6 "2002-04-22T00:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minor Irritant \* > **Probe!** We have a winner! Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/7 "2002-04-22T03:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Koffing \* > \*\ ***Fairgoers love German cake.** \*\* Chrononauts “Go to the Regina Hotel, Burn the place down. Jump in the Klondike River.” ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/8 "2002-04-22T05:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minor Irritant \* > \*\*Probe! > > Uhh…“Triple word score?” I suck. Somebody else think of one. \*\* … Well not suck but certainly not a \*\*\*\*\* star problem. **Scrabble.** "Puncture-Proof Increvable" ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/9 "2002-04-22T06:36:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\* > > "Puncture-Proof > > Increvable" \*\* That would be Milles Borne. Ok: Move into the hub and have your oponents select a color… ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/10 "2002-04-22T06:43:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\* > Move into the hub and have your oponents select a color… \*\* Sounds like Trivial Pursuit to me. Crap, I suck at this… umm… Fighters attack at 3 and defend at 4. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/11 "2002-04-22T06:47:54Z")
Axis and Allies I guess. If I’m right then: “Death and Taxes” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/12 "2002-04-22T15:08:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Tim \* > \*\*“Death and Taxes” \*\* Is it **Life**? If so, I’ll repeat my question which everyone seems to have skipped. “Go to the Regina Hotel, Burn the place down. Jump in the Klondike River.” ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-game-a-game-about-games/104861/13 "2002-04-23T01:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Is it **Life**? If so, I’ll repeat my question which everyone seems to have skipped. > > “Go to the Regina Hotel, Burn the place down. Jump in the Klondike River.” \*\* I have no idea what yours is (sorry!), but the “Death and Taxes” line is from Fluxx, also from the creators of Chrononauts.