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Thread: The Film of the Game
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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'Battleship' is currently on realease - based ultimately on something we used to play with pencil and paper when we were children. Clearly this is a seam to mine.
Suggestions for other games which could be blockbusterized, complete with tag line. To begin, I give you -
Poohsticks
They went under the bridge - but will they ever come out?
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
nothing is sacred in this well-matched three-way battle for supremacy: who will come out on top?
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Bean Sidhe
Shipmate
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Backgammon
Each on their own journey, they long desperately for home. When their paths cross, whose dream will be blotted out?
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How do you know when a politician is lying?
His lips are moving.
Danny DeVito
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Pontoon
Who will lose everything at the bank?
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Tag
Billy is "it" - and he's coming after YOU!!!
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Noughts and Crosses
Three strikes and you're dead.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Monopoly
There can only be one winner
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Chutes and Ladders
A world where the moment you think you are gaining...
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Risk
World War Zero. In twelve hours.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Scrabble
In the beginning was the word, and the word was 'Xylocarps'
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Chequers
Jump high enough and often enough and you too can be king!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Simon says
Obey...or else
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Og, King of Bashan
Ship's giant Amorite
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Hungry Hungry Hippos
When the marbles run out, where will they turn?
(I will remind you that the greatest movie of all time was based on a board game, so don't knock the concept.)
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"I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?" ― Walker Percy
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Ann
Curious
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Tiddlywinks
How much pressure does it take ... before you fly?
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Ann
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QLib
Bad Example
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Sardines
They're coming to find you! And when they get to you...
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Ring-a-ring-a-roses
You can't stop falling
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jbohn
Shipmate
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Bowls (released as Bocce in the US)
In a world of green lawns and sunshine, two teams enter the arena- but only one will leave victorious.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
--Elbert Hubbard
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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British Bulldog
A WWII film, about the role of Winston Churchill
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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The Farmer Wants a Wife
And it doesn't stop there...
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Dafyd
Shipmate
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Downfall
The marbles must be stopped! Yes, stopped! You are all incompetents! I am surrounded by incompetents!
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Chinese Checkers
Just try to cross that frontier!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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East Price Road
Shipmate
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Salt, Mustard, Vinegar, Pepper
Grapple with the condiments of modern existence.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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Mahjong
Move over Mah Baker, she's coming to get you.
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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
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Draughts
Look out! They're gonna blow you away!
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Patience
It's not your Jane Austen chick-flick anymore.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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Blind Man's Bluff
Film about the life and times of David Blunkett.
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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by MiceElf:
Blind Man's Bluff
Film about the life and times of David Blunkett.
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Yes, I read that as 'Blind Man's Buff' which would have to be about certain aspects of his life and times.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Patience
It's not your Jane Austen chick-flick anymore.
Screenplay and original soundtrack by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
# 619
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Whist
It's the Last Trump
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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Mr Potato Head
A dark film about the horrors to be found eating G.M. foods.
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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Patience
It's not your Jane Austen chick-flick anymore.
Screenplay and original soundtrack by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Yep, I'd forgotten ol' G&S.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Pin the Tail on the Donkey
A documentary plumbing the depths of cruelty to animals. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Snap
Every player has half the pack, but as they deal out, where will the match hit? And when it does, who will spot it quickest?
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Blog
Music for your enjoyment
Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Old Maid
A brave woman standing up to oppression on the fringe of Victorian society. She brings down the mighty with her presence alone.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Hopscotch
And you thought HOME was safe...
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Ludo
When you think you are nearly home, then you are most vulnerable.
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Blog
Music for your enjoyment
Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Ann
Curious
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Squeak, Piggy, Squeak
Get the squealer before they get you!
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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Cricket
Everyone is in position, but can they catch him out? (4h25 with interval)
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Blog
Music for your enjoyment
Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Full of Chips
Shipmate
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Conkers
You'd have to be nuts to take part in this kill-or-be-killed fight to the finish. Builds to a knuckle-breaking climax.
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Dafyd
Shipmate
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Connect 4
For Truth. For Justice. For Adventure. For Connecting People.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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