# The City Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131 "2009-03-03T11:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/1 "2009-03-03T11:08:55Z")
I’m guessing most everyone has played this game at one time or another, but basically I say a city and the next one says a city that starts with the last letter of the first city - you savvy? For example: Reykjavik -\> Kiev -\> Vera Cruz… The only limit is that the city should have more than 100k inhabitants, just to avoid Bumfuck, Nowhere (and pretty much everything here in Iceland) and say where it is (state, country, planet). So here goes: **Stockholm, Sweden** ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/2 "2009-03-03T11:43:47Z")
Maastricht, Netherlands eta, just checked 118.355 inhabitants ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/3 "2009-03-03T11:47:44Z")
Tiblisi, Georgia ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/4 "2009-03-03T11:55:44Z")
Islamabad, Pakistan ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/5 "2009-03-03T12:07:05Z")
Detroit, USA ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/6 "2009-03-03T12:18:35Z")
Toronto, Canadia! ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/7 "2009-03-03T13:17:51Z")
Oslo, Norway ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/8 "2009-03-03T13:23:16Z")
Osaka, Japan ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/9 "2009-03-03T13:59:06Z")
Auckland, New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/10 "2009-03-03T14:30:42Z")
Denver, USA ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/11 "2009-03-03T14:34:48Z")
Regina, Canada ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/12 "2009-03-03T14:49:45Z")
Amman, Jordan ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/13 "2009-03-03T14:49:54Z")
New York, New York ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/14 "2009-03-03T14:53:21Z")
Kobe, Japan ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/15 "2009-03-03T15:15:37Z")
Edinburgh, Scotland ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/16 "2009-03-03T16:02:13Z")
Haarlem, Holland ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/17 "2009-03-03T16:04:21Z")
Madrid, Spain ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/18 "2009-03-03T16:40:49Z")
Dayton, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/19 "2009-03-03T17:07:47Z")
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/20 "2009-03-03T17:11:26Z")
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