Countdown!
Part of the Game Show Marathon 2015
Welcome to Countdown! The exciting puzzle solving game! This game features three types of puzzles, a Letters Game, a Numbers Game, and the Conundrum! The Format of this game will consist of 3 Matches. The first section will have 2 Letters Games, followed by 2 Numbers Games. The 2nd Match will consist of 3 Letters Games followed by 1 Numbers Game. The 3rd Match will have an alternation of 2 Letters Games with 2 Numbers Games and finally the conundrum. The player who selects from the decks for the first match will be decided by a coin toss, and then will alternate between players each Game. The player who has the most points leading in to Matches 2 and 3 will select from decks. They may elect the other player to select first if they so desire. The player with the most points at the end of the Conundrum wins the game, and moves on to the semi-final round of the Game Show Marathon! If both players are tied at the end of the Conundrum, I will give further Conundrums until the tie is broken and a winner can be declared.
LETTERS GAME:
The Letters Game will consist of one player drawing letters randomly from a two decks which are based off of the frequency of the letters used in the English Language. One deck consists of consonants, and the other consists of vowels. The decks will be produced randomly prior to the game’s start. The player selecting letters must select 9 letters from the deck with at least 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Players may select one letter at a time or elect to select multiple letters at once. (Example: I want V, C, V, C, C, C, etc.) Once the 9 letters are selected, players will have 24 hours from my say so to come up with the longest word they can come up with from that string of letters and PM me their word. The player with the longest valid word will win points equal to the number of letters in their word. In the case of a tie, both players get points equal to the number of letters. If a player manages to use all 9 letters they get 18 points instead of 9.
For this game, Y is considered a consonant in terms of which deck it is in. Valid words consist of words using my own dictionary source. If they are not in my dictionary, they will not be counted as valid. Players may NOT use any dictionary or similar resource to look for words or check for the validity of their words. Words also may not repeat a letter that has already been used unless more than one of that letter has been selected.
NUMBERS GAME:
The Numbers Game has two decks like the Letters Game. The two decks are Large Numbers which consist of (25, 50, 75, and 100) and Small Numbers which consist of 2 sequences of the numbers 1-10. The player whose turn it is will select from 0-4 large numbers and will be given a random assortment from the large deck and a random assortment from the small deck to give 6 numbers. A 3 digit number from 101-999 will be randomly generated. Players will then have 24 hours from my say so to PM me an expression using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division with any amount of the 6 numbers to reach the target number. A player need not use all numbers, but a player cannot use a number more than once unless more than one of a number is drawn. All numbers must be whole numbers.
The player who gets closest to the target will win the round. They score 10 points if they hit the target exactly, 7 points if they don’t reach the target but are within 5 + or -, and 5 points if they are within 10 + or -. If neither player uses a valid method or does not get within 10 of the target (i.e. 11 away or greater) no points will be awarded. In the event that both players are equidistant from the target, they both score points.
CONUNDRUM:
I will scramble a 9 letter word and players will have 24 hours to PM me their guess as to what the word. If a player successfully gives me the unscrambled word, they receive 10 points. Again if both players get it correct, they both receive 10 points. Players may NOT use any sort of outside source including but not limited to an anagram unscrambler for this round.
Our players are:
Blackberry!
and…
doctorwho!
| Name | Score |
| Blackberry | 68 |
| doctorwho | 82 |
General rules:
1) Have Fun! It’s a game, enjoy yourself!
2) In this game I am the law. What I say goes. I will do my best to be fair and impartial. I also am not perfect and I may be prone to mistakes from time to time. Feel free to PM me with any questions, concerns, clarifications, etc.
3) No outside sources. The nature of this game does make it somewhat easy to cheat. Test yourself. See what you can do on your own merits! I trust you to be honorable and play fairly.
4) Deadlines for this game will be strict. They will always be 24 hours. Even if I do not update in that time, once 24 hours have been reached, PMs by players will not be accepted for that particular game.
5) If I have made a typo or an unclear rule, please let me know (preferably via PM) and I will correct it. If a rule needs to be altered in this way I will announce that publicly.
6) Because of the strict nature of the deadline, you may want to let me know if you will be on V/LA for more than 24 hours. Try to let me know in advance if possible. I will likely not stop a game in progress but I will be lenient and will likely wait for you to be return before starting the next one.
MARK! It's a proper noun! It's also a valid word worth 4 points!
RAIN! Rain is a valid 4 letter word worth 4 points!