# The Exciting Game With One Rule **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239 "2014-03-09T03:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/161 "2014-03-11T22:53:56Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Maybe it’s something to do with capitalization within a sentence? Nope, and you are in violation of the rule. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/162 "2014-03-11T22:56:08Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > We have a variant of this type of game called “Magic [color] Door” and it’s played like this. Each round you have a doorkeeper and a bunch of petitioners who want to go through the magic door. The doorkeeper thinks up some rule, like “Only words with double vowels can go through my door” and the game begins. Sometimes you can whisper the rule to a second person and have a backup doorkeeper both to help everyone know you’re not playing a sucker game where the rule changes arbitrarily. > > Doorkeeper “I have a Magic Green Door” > > Questioner 1 - Can “Billy Ray Cyrus” go through the Magic Green Door? > > Doorkeeper - “Billy Ray Cyrus” can not go through the Magic Green Door. > > Questioner 2 - Can the “Magic Green Door” go through the Magic Green Door? > > Doorkeeper - The “Magic Green Door” can go through the Magic Green Door. (depending on the age of the kids you may say “green door” yes, “magic” no.) > > Questioner 3 - Can the “Magic Flute” go through the Magic Green Door? > > Doorkeeper - The “Magic Flute” can not go through the Magic Green Door. > > And on and on until the players figure out what the condition is, then a new doorkeeper is selected, a new magical colored door is created and the game continues. Good for road trips and campfires. > > Enjoy, > Steven You are not in violation of the rule. I’ve played it as Grandmother’s going on a Picnic, with questions about what’s in her basket. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/163 "2014-03-12T17:00:47Z")
This is more of a “word with double letters in a prepositional phrase” rather than “don’t say bad things about white bears”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/164 "2014-03-12T17:44:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > This is more of a “word with double letters in a prepositional phrase” rather than “don’t say bad things about white bears”. Just so we’re clear: it’s don’t say _anything_ about white bears. Don’t even mention them. On with the show… ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/165 "2014-03-12T18:13:54Z")
Be that as it may, your post was not in violation of the current rule. And neither is this one. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/166 "2014-03-12T18:29:20Z")
Is there some good way beyond just random guessing or the 20 questions approach to get at this new rule? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/167 "2014-03-12T20:55:53Z")
Well, it has to do with the wordplay property of a particular type of word, rather than grammar or punctuation. Your post did not violate this rule, nor does mine. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/168 "2014-03-12T22:59:04Z")
Does one break the rule when they try to guess what the rule is? IE: The rule is not to guess the rule. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/169 "2014-03-12T23:07:50Z")
No, but you didn’t break the rule. It doesn’t have anything to do with the sense of the sentences either. I have not broken the rule here. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/170 "2014-03-12T23:17:13Z")
No words over three syllables. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/171 "2014-03-13T02:30:29Z")
That’s getting closer, but not it. You are in violation of the rule, though. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/172 "2014-03-13T02:47:01Z")
No sentences under ten syllables? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/173 "2014-03-13T14:05:09Z")
That’s not it, but it doesn’t violate the rule. It’s about the nature of one or more words in the sentence rather than the sentence itself. This post does not violate the rule either. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/174 "2014-03-13T15:07:05Z")
May we determine the rule by May? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/175 "2014-03-13T15:41:48Z")
That does not violate the rule. It’s about the characteristic of certain individual words. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/176 "2014-03-13T15:44:33Z")
Will bells ring for thee if we use double letters? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/177 "2014-03-13T16:02:52Z")
Since double letters were used in the last round, I didn’t use them here. Your post violates the rule, though. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/178 "2014-03-13T16:38:04Z")
Is the rule about words which may be used as nouns or verbs? Ring up the ring. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/179 "2014-03-13T17:34:38Z")
No, it isn’t, but good try. Your post does not violate the rule, nor does this one. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/180 "2014-03-13T17:43:56Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Will bells ring for thee if we use double letters? Is it fair to ask if the rule violation occurs in the first part of the sentence, “Will bells ring for thee” or the second? “if we use double letters” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239.md?page=10)