# Random book story game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 17, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998 "2014-06-17T17:37:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998/1 "2014-06-17T17:37:01Z")

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So, I’m developing an idea for a game here… it involves grabbing the nearest book, opening to a random page, and then posting whichever sentence or short passage (?) from that page that best continues from the previous post.

Any ideas to refine it? Additional rules or such?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998/2 "2014-06-17T18:29:24Z")

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You yourself have just refined a game we’ve seen before. I’ve seen people piecing together random words or sentences. Your method, o picking out sentences that actually seem to fit, is an improvement.

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**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998/3 "2014-06-17T18:42:03Z")

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Oh, sweet! Any ideas for further refinement though? I figure I’ll leave 20 minutes for further ideas before starting the game. Unless I forget - then even more time.

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**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-book-story-game/690998/4 "2014-06-17T19:10:53Z")

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Alright then, I suppose I’ll start it. This thread can be locked.