# Welcome to the Thread Games forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006 "2015-01-27T15:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/1 "2015-01-27T15:45:52Z")
This forum is for games in which the thread itself is a game. Typically the thread starter posts a challenge or premise, to which other posters respond. The rules for this forum will evolve, but for now: 1. This forum is only for thread games and related discussion. All other discussion of games and sports should go in the Game Room forum. 2. In a given game thread, posts should consist of (a) entries in the game, and (b) comments/questions pertinent to the game. Keep the latter to a minimum to avoid derailing the game. 3. Meta discussion about a thread (or the forum in general) should go in a separate thread. In other words, a post relevant to gameplay can go in the game thread, but a post questioning the premise or raising some other general issue should go in a separate thread. That’s it (for now). Enjoy the forum. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/2 "2015-01-27T15:46:39Z")
Thanks, Ed. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/3 "2015-01-27T16:05:18Z")
Now I’m gonna have $#@! Foreigner going through my head, every time I open the SDMB main page. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/4 "2015-01-27T16:12:42Z")
It’s interesting that the Main Page counts for the new forum are “1” and “3” for posts and views, but yet when you look at the forum counts themselves there are a blu-jillion in each category. ETA: Now updated Main Page numbers: Welcome to the Thread Games… by Zeldar Today 10:12 AM Go to last post 19 144,689 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/5 "2015-01-27T16:37:56Z")
Thank you all for your hard work and patience. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/6 "2015-01-27T16:51:23Z")
Do threads in this forum still need to be tagged with [Game] in the subject so they show up that way in the New Posts list, or can we leave it off, because it’ll say “Thread Games” off to the right in the Forum column? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/7 "2015-01-27T16:54:34Z")
Major thanks your way, Ed. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/8 "2015-01-27T17:04:47Z")
Thank you for a solution that I think will make everyone happy. That’s quite an accomplishment! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/9 "2015-01-27T17:04:48Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do threads in this forum still need to be tagged with [Game] in the subject so they show up that way in the New Posts list, or can we leave it off, because it’ll say “Thread Games” off to the right in the Forum column? I’d say no. With the invent of this new forum, it’s sort of automatically given that they’re games. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/10 "2015-01-27T17:11:43Z")
In fact, I’m willing to take [GAME] out of all of the topics over the next day or so (if nobody has a problem with it). ---
**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:** [January 27, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/11 "2015-01-27T17:13:30Z")
Yeah, the [GAME] badge isn’t needed here. Not to cavil, but I see Botticelli’s been left behind. Possibly because it lacked a [GAME] label for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/12 "2015-01-27T17:17:15Z")
Hey cool, our very own forum now. Question: What’s the policy on older game threads that haven’t been moved yet? Should we report them, or simply let them fade away in the other forum? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/13 "2015-01-27T17:23:42Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Hey cool, our very own forum now. > > Question: What’s the policy on older game threads that haven’t been moved yet? Should we report them, or simply let them fade away in the other forum? Games that are dead and forgotten can remain where they are. Report those in which there is continuing interest for a forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/14 "2015-01-27T21:59:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Now I’m gonna have $#@! Foreigner going through my head, every time I open the SDMB main page. Now that you mention it, I will too. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/15 "2015-01-27T22:06:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yeah, the [GAME] badge isn’t needed here. > > Not to cavil, but I see Botticelli’s been left behind. Possibly because it lacked a [GAME] label for some reason. Because I forgot to include it in the thread title. 😃 The old Botticelli games should be moved, too, so we don’t have to keep changing forums to look back at old games. And also the “Botticelli - the letters we’ve used so far” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/16 "2015-01-27T22:44:04Z")
Cool. I’ve never liked the [GAME] tag. I think because it made it readily apparent that there were so many threads I wasn’t going to be interested in while without the tag I could browse down the page and come to that realisation a bit more gently. ---
**Author:** ![Scathach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/17 "2015-01-28T00:45:29Z")
Should threads to recruit interest in a game go in this forum or another? (If it matters, my preference would be for the recruitment thread to go in another forum so it gets more views, but really either way makes sense). ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/18 "2015-01-28T15:41:34Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > In fact, I’m willing to take [GAME] out of all of the topics over the next day or so (if nobody has a problem with it). Yes, please. > [@SCAdian](#): > > …The old Botticelli games should be moved, too, so we don’t have to keep changing forums to look back at old games. And also the “Botticelli - the letters we’ve used so far” thread. Also yes, please. Many thanks to **Ed** and the Dope PTB! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/19 "2015-01-28T20:37:07Z")
I’ll look up the older Botticelli threads sometime today and transfer them over. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006/20 "2015-01-29T06:56:58Z")
So when does the first game freak’in begin? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-thread-games-forum/711006.md?page=2)