# What game would be good for TV **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 12, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203 "2009-08-12T18:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/1 "2009-08-12T18:35:18Z")
TV has already done many of the oldest, like tic-tac-toe, hangman, charades. And several of the board games, like concentration and Scrabble. And now of course there’s the passive games, watching people play poker, etc. But there are hundreds more. What else? I suppose if people watch poker, they would watch Go Fish or even War, if the had a breathless color announcer. For the classic paper games, there’s Connect the Dots - Each three contestants would get to ask for two consecutive numbers to be connected, then try to guess the picture. Or Jarts, the banned yard game, could be revived, on a tropical island where there are no safety laws. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/2 "2009-08-12T19:48:10Z")
Chutes and Ladders, with real chutes and real ladders. Battleship, with real battleships. Spin the Bottle Capture the Flag Four Square ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/3 "2009-08-12T21:33:21Z")
Pinball, with a real big table… Oh, it has? Oh, it was? Well, I was born in 82. So, Darn it if I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/4 "2009-08-12T21:35:39Z")
> [@Never\_Say\_Dice](#): > > For the classic paper games, there’s Connect the Dots - Each three contestants would get to ask for two consecutive numbers to be connected, then try to guess the picture. This has been done. [Get The Picture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boDflDnpIyE) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/5 "2009-08-12T21:59:41Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Pinball, with a real big table… Combine it with Atlasphere from American Gladiators. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/6 "2009-08-12T22:30:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Combine it with Atlasphere from American Gladiators. 😃 Human Pachinko… Now, there, you might have something. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/7 "2009-08-13T12:34:36Z")
As you say, people will watch poker on TV, and watch people bass fishing, so we should start **Celebrity Jigsaw Puzzles**. And to make it more interesting, the jigsaw picture would be a scene from the movie where all contestants share credits with Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-game-would-be-good-for-tv/506203/8 "2009-08-14T23:14:49Z")
And you could make decent mid-season replacement with “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”