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Date Posted: 12:43:21 01/01/07 Mon
In reply to:
's message, "Re: LINGO" on 12:42:25 01/01/07 Mon
>>>>>>I'll need four players for a game of Lingo.
>Here's
>>>>>>how it works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You'll be divided into two pairs. Each pair will
>>>get
>>>>>>a Lingo card. It has 25 numbers, a number of
>which
>>>>>>are already marked off. The numbers that are
>>marked
>>>>>>are arranged so that no line of five in any
>>>direction
>>>>>>has more than two marked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'll toss a coin to determine which team goes
>>>first.
>>>>>>When it's your turn, I'll give you the first
>letter
>>>>in
>>>>>>a five-letter word, like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[font=Courier New]L _ _ _ _[/font]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You'll have 24 hours to S-P-E-L-L your guess for
>>the
>>>>>>word. I'll then give you color-coded clues as to
>>>how
>>>>>>close you are to the word. For example, if the
>>word
>>>>>>were "lingo", and you guessed "L-O-N-E-R", I'd
>give
>>>>>>you this clue:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[font=Courier New]
>>>>>>[COLOR=red]L[/COLOR] [COLOR=green]O[/COLOR]
>>>>>>[COLOR=red]N[/COLOR] E R
>>>>>>L _ N _ _
>>>>>>[/font]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The red letters are in their correct places. The
>>>>>>green letters are in the word, but not in that
>>>>place.
>>>>>>The black letters aren't in the word at all. If
>>the
>>>>>>word isn't gotten within five guesses, it goes
>over
>>>>to
>>>>>>the opp
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you get the word, you earn a point and the
>right
>>>>to
>>>>>>pick up to two balls from your bowl. To start
>off,
>>>>>>there are 20 balls. Most of them have numbers on
>>>>your
>>>>>>card. The others are blank, and they'll cause you
>>>to
>>>>>>lose your turn if you draw one. If you get five
>>>>>>numbers in a row, either across, up and down, or
>>>>>>diagonally, that's a Lingo! You earn two points,
>>>and
>>>>>>you get a new card and a new set of balls. (Wait
>a
>>>>>>minute, that doesn't sound right...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>PENALTIES: You will lose your turn and your
>>>>opponents
>>>>>>will get the next letter in the word if A) you run
>>>>out
>>>>>>of time guessing a word, B) you don't get the word
>>>>>>within 5 guesses, or C) you guess a word that
>isn't
>>>>>>legal (see below).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>LEGAL WORDS: Any five-letter word that's in the
>>>>>>[i]Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, 3rd
>>>>>>Edition[/i] is OK to guess, but as a rule, the
>word
>>>>>>you're trying to guess will never be a very rare
>>>>word.
>>>>>> If a team guesses an illegal word, it won't be
>>>>>>judged, and they'll lose their turn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>WINNING: The team with more points when time is
>>>>>>called wins and goes on to the Bonus Round.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BONUS ROUND: Your aim here is to guess enough
>>words
>>>>>>correctly to get a Lingo within 12 guesses. With
>>>>each
>>>>>>new word, you'll start with the first letter and
>>>>>>another letter already given to you. Each word
>you
>>>>>>guess correctly lets you draw a ball. If you
>>>succeed
>>>>>>in getting a Lingo within 12 guesses, you win $V
>>>>>5,000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just post to play
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