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Date Posted: 12:44:47 01/01/07 Mon
In reply to:
's message, "Re: LINGO" on 12:44:13 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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