# What were some of the games we used to play on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 8, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302 "2008-04-08T22:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/1 "2008-04-08T22:36:46Z")
Can this go in one of the older (more viewed) forums? I put it here anticipating that it’d get moved here. Normally I’d associate this subforum with computer games. What SDMB based games can you remember? Such as google image games, finish the story games etc… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/2 "2008-04-09T00:35:27Z")
Well, there was the short-lived [Dead Guy in the Envelope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388209). The last post was mine, suggesting a more efficient format, but by then I guess interest had waned. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/3 "2008-04-10T12:23:55Z")
I remember a “Finish the Sentence” thread that was good for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/4 "2008-04-10T19:23:52Z")
Can it really have been over a year since the last game of Doperball? Hmmm…I might just have to rectify that situation (tomorrow…too busy today). [Doperball I](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255868) [Doperball II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272148) [Doperball III](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301324) [Doperball IV](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321969) [Doperball V](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333002) [Doperball VI](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407066) ---
**Author:** ![Dyslexics\_Untie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dyslexics\_Untie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dyslexics_Untie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/5 "2008-04-14T18:16:00Z")
Speaking of Google, there’s a game (I don’t know if played here) to try to find some search words that return only a few links. For example “vietnam knockworst” returns just 12 ---
**Author:** ![Dyslexics\_Untie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dyslexics\_Untie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dyslexics_Untie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/6 "2008-04-14T18:19:37Z")
😕 I just noticed that this thread’s title and OP do not match. ---
**Author:** ![Dyslexics\_Untie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dyslexics\_Untie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dyslexics_Untie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/7 "2008-04-14T18:21:04Z")
Oh, sorry, I get it now. I saw “board games” and though of Clue and Risk, not [boards.sstraightdope.com](http://boards.sstraightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/8 "2008-04-16T03:14:43Z")
I thought the same thing, and was hoping to see some nostalgic stories about Life and Monopoly and Stratego. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/9 "2008-04-16T10:07:15Z")
Yep, me too. The OP might want to scrabble around for a different thread title. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/10 "2008-04-17T21:05:20Z")
[Careers](http://flickr.com/photos/85676084@N00/80589750/) was always one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/11 "2008-04-17T21:58:47Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] Yep, me too. The OP might want to scrabble around for a different thread title. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah… It was quite a big DOH! when I realized, about a day later, that ‘board games’ means something quite different. Too late to change the title I ma frayed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/12 "2008-04-18T09:27:56Z")
We once had a [Nomic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic) thread going but we ran into considerable problems because we started with a set of laws designed for real-world rather than online play. We did however manage to bring it to an official conclusion rather than just let it fade away. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/13 "2008-04-18T13:32:54Z")
I hosted a murder mystery game, that was later tried by someone else. The players in the thread were subject to being bumped off. (they could rejoin as their twin) In the set up I asked for a someone to volunteer to be the murderer, I was going to be the first victim and then host, but nobody did so I _had_ to kill them officer. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/14 "2008-04-18T13:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Too late to change the title I ma frayed. [/QUOTE] It’s never too late. 🙂 Feel free to report a post in the thread or PM me if you’d like a title changed (within reason). I do it all the time for the Feud games. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/15 "2008-04-19T22:15:11Z")
Anyone remember **-Inky** ’s Ultimate Rochambo Arena thread? Unfortunately it’s among the archived threads that we can’t access right now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/16 "2008-04-20T20:03:07Z")
We had the “SDMB is Going Places” game where the goal was to take photos of yourself in various locations, some generic (a farm) some specific (the Eiffel tower.) ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/17 "2008-04-20T22:36:22Z")
Idle Thoughts threw a few parties last year. Someone (Twickster?) also ran one iirc. The idea was that a number of guests all had posting restrictions and a few hosts had to guess the restrictions. Some were simple, some complex, some downright bizarre. [Here’s the first](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434845). I was only thinking about them yesterday because I sorted out my subscribed folder and there they were. Anyone interested in playing another? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/18 "2008-04-20T22:50:22Z")
Maybe **RoOsh** would be interesting in running the game? I bet he can think of a good restriction for **Drain Gead**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/19 "2008-04-20T23:11:03Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Idle Thoughts threw a few parties last year. Someone (Twickster?) also ran one iirc. The idea was that a number of guests all had posting restrictions and a few hosts had to guess the restrictions. Some were simple, some complex, some downright bizarre. [Here’s the first](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434845). I was only thinking about them yesterday because I sorted out my subscribed folder and there they were. Anyone interested in playing another? [/QUOTE] Yeah, those were fun. And yeah, I did run one – the only one where all the quirks got guessed, IIRC. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302/20 "2008-04-21T11:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] We had the “SDMB is Going Places” game where the goal was to take photos of yourself in various locations, some generic (a farm) some specific (the Eiffel tower.) [/QUOTE] I don’t remember this one but it sounds fun! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-some-of-the-games-we-used-to-play-on-the-sdmb/446302.md?page=2)