# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9162 "2025-07-29T01:58:57Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9163 "2025-07-29T02:05:10Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9164 "2025-07-29T05:35:33Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9165 "2025-07-29T12:03:17Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9166 "2025-07-29T12:21:18Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups  
Volleyball

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9167 "2025-07-29T13:28:58Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups  
Volleyball  
Whist

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9168 "2025-07-29T13:32:55Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups  
Volleyball  
Whist  
Xanth

a board game based on Piers Anthony’s popular series

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9169 "2025-07-29T15:31:56Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups  
Volleyball  
Whist  
Xanth  
Yahtzee

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9170 "2025-07-30T01:42:13Z")

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**Fun and Games (Card games, board games, video games, playground games)**

Animal Crossing  
Backgammon  
Canasta  
Dungeons & Dragons  
Euphoria  
Faro  
Gin rummy  
Hearts  
Indian Poker  
Jacks  
Kickball  
Legend of Zelda  
Magic: The Gathering  
Ninja Boy  
Othello  
Pong  
Q\*Bert  
Risk  
Sorry  
Twister  
Under the Cups  
Volleyball  
Whist  
Xanth  
Yahtzee  
Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Pass

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9171 "2025-07-30T13:56:33Z")

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**Words ending in C**

Arithmetic

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9172 "2025-07-30T14:02:57Z")

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**Words ending in C**

Arithmetic

Ballistic

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9173 "2025-07-30T14:04:30Z")

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**Words ending in C**

Arithmetic  
Ballistic  
Colic

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9174 "2025-07-30T15:02:20Z")

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**Words ending in C**

Arithmetic  
Ballistic  
Colic  
Dramatic

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9175 "2025-07-30T15:21:49Z")

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**Words ending in C**

Arithmetic  
Ballistic  
Colic  
Dramatic

Erratic

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9176 "2025-07-30T15:40:55Z")

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Franc

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9177 "2025-07-30T15:41:52Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> **Words ending in C**
> 
> Arithmetic  
> Ballistic  
> Colic  
> Dramatic
> 
> Erratic
> 
> Franc

…. What’s with the change in posting?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9178 "2025-07-30T15:44:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> …. What’s with the change in posting?

Discourse rolled out several changes to the composition window yesterday, and it’s doing some weird things. See this thread in Site Feedback:

> [@Changes to post composition window in Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-to-post-composition-window-in-discourse/1021474/):
>
> While making some replies today, I noticed two changes in Discourse formatting for the post-composition window. One is that there is no longer a preview being automatically shown on the right-hand side of the composition window. The second one is that, when you quote another post in your reply, the quote formatting looks different (quoting one of my own posts, for illustrative purposes): [[Imgur] ](https://imgur.com/UV7FYrl) As you can see in the image above, when you…

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9179 "2025-07-30T16:12:21Z")

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Thanks for the link. Now I can probably figure this out.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9180 "2025-07-30T16:22:24Z")

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Switching it to standard Markdown editor seems to be a workaround.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9181 "2025-07-30T16:35:16Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
>
> **Words ending in C**
> 
> Arithmetic  
> Ballistic  
> Colic  
> Dramatic
> 
> Erratic
> 
> Franc
> 
> Geriatric

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