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Introduction

This is a fun and simple game. It's in the Sandbox - feel free to join in! It's a good place to practice making links to articles, and to start looking for interesting articles on Wikipedia.

How to Play

By way of example, a game might start off with: cat. Then, the next person might add cat, dog. And after a few more rounds, we might get cat, dog, pet, animal, forest, tree, ...

Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Please use only blue links when associating. Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus Sebastian Junger would be followed by 1962, and Latin by ancient.

Try to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 400 words. Please note that this word limit should not be raised as well!

Occasionally, it's good to have some branches that diverge the main game into several sections. The official limit for said branches is 80 words. Try not to make a branch when the main game is about to close down; that will only store your branch away in the archives. Please only branch when the word exists in the word list.

In spirit of the game, please only type one word consecutively. Then, another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!

The Game

We are now on Game #15! Looking to see how Game 14 turned out? Check out the archive!

Main word: "Cyclone"

Cyclone, Tracy, Darwin, Evolution, Revolution, Revolution 9, John Lennon, Vladmir Lenin, Nikita Khrushchev, Cruise Ship, Celia Cruz, Tom Cruise, Scientology, South Park, Kenny McCormick, Hardcastle and McCormick, Smith and Wesson, Grampa Simpson, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Sofia, Sophocles, Athens, Sparta, Spartan (comics), SuperTed, Teeny Little Super Guy, Sesame Street, Pigeon Street, Pigeon Forge, Blacksmith, Iron, Steel, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baseball, Major League Baseball, 2006 World Series, America, America (band), America (Paul Simon song), America (Neil Diamond song), America (The Book), Tornado Alley, Naked Lunch, Jenna Jameson, Jesse Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Shaft (2000 film), Elevator, Love in an Elevator, Mile High Club, Mile High Comics, Mile High City, Rocky Mountains, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Sylvester the cat, Tweety Pie, Humble Pie, Peter Frampton, Peter Piper, pickles, Sweet Pickles, Mr. Men, X-Men, Mathematician, Kurt Gödel, Pierre de Fermat, Fermentation, Vinegar, Fish and chips, Haddock, Hickock, hiccup, Burp, Methane, Flatulence, Beano (dietary supplement), The Beano, Dennis the Menace, Dennis Thatcher, Dennis Leary, No Cure For Cancer, Bill Hicks, Relentless, Time, Newsweek, Newspaper, liberal, Conservatism, Christian right, The Wright Brothers, Kitty Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Falcon Crest, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves, The Brave Little Toaster, Berkeley Systems, Virus, Viral video, YouTube, Potato Gun, spray paint, Tag, Silly String, Biggest ball of twine, Useless, Eustace Scrubb, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronic, Dr. Dre, DJ Casper, Caspar Weinberger, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Laban, the friendly ghost, Dr. Seuss, Whoville, Who's on First, Joe vs. The Volcano, Tom Hanks, Philadelphia (film), Cream cheese, Cheesecake, Black Forest gateau, Battenberg cake, Gutenberg Bible, King James Bible, Good King Wenceslas, Alms, Almshouse, Poorhouse, Morehouse, Wodehouse, House in the Wood, Spades, Trick, Treat, Confectionary, Sugar, Prostitution, Sin City,

Word count 143/400 as of word: Sin City.

Branch: "Iron" (closed)

Iron, The Iron Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, San Diego, San Sebastian, San Jose, Winchester Mystery House, Winchester rifle, Winchester, Massachusetts, The Other One, The Other Ones, Grateful Dead, Grateful Dawg, Deputy Dawg, Top Cat, Top Dog, Crufts, listcruft, LISTSERV, GNU Mailman, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, that dog., Wolf, Peter and the Wolf, Five Live Drive, 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 2PEP, British Rail, Fungal nail, Personal hygiene, Purell, Persil, Clearasil, Acne, Dynamite, Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Coyote Ugly, Bar, Beer, Homer Simpson, Donuts, Sprinkles, Hundreds and Thousands, Cupcake, Brownie, Pixie, Pixy Stix, Coco Pops, Coco the Monkey, The Monkees, Mike Nesmith, James Naismith, Basketball, BASEketball, Bass Drum, Energizer Bunny, Infinity, Continuum hypothesis, Time Travel, Quantum Leap, JAG, Jaguar (car), Rolls Royce, Car, Escargots, Escalopes, Mussels, Seafood, Diet, Kokkai, Cockeyed, Cockney, The Streets, Birmingham, Brummie, Black Country.

Word count 80/80 as of word: Black Country (branch closed).

Branch: "Pickles" (Closed)

Pickles, Cucumbers, Green, Golf, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Beetle, Run to the Sun, Prisoners of the Sun, Tintin in Thailand, Parody, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Saga Begins, The Saga Continues..., Sega Genesis, In The Beginning, Babylon 5, Spaced, Hallucinogen, LSD, Drug, Wikipediaholic, Geek, /., :), Emotion, emo, Elmo, St. Elmo's Fire, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Mr. Sheen, Mr. Clean, Mr Sparkle, Homer Simpson, Homey D. Clown, The Man, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Pink Panther (2006 film), Cowardly Lion, Courage, Braveheart, Military, Solder, Welding, Torch, Fantastic 4, Invisible Girl, Violet Parr, Violet Beauregarde, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Scrumdidilyumptious, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, Edelweiss (song), Hollie Vise, Flexible, Stretch Armstrong, Plastic Man, Lego, Toy, Toy poodle, Labradoodle, Cockapoo, Cockatoo, Cockatiel, Cockadoodledoo, Chicken, Chicken Little, The Sky is Falling, Plane, Geometry, Pythagoras, Beans, Tomato, BLT sandwich, Subway, Glasgow Subway, A Clockwork Orange

Word count 80/80 as of word: A Clockwork Orange.

Branch: "Bill Hicks"

Bill Hicks, Just for Laughs, Montreal, Smoked meat, Smoked mackerel, Smokey the Bear, Saccharine, TaB, tablature, Klavarskribo, The Netherlands, Hollandaise sauce, Mayonnaise, Mayo Clinic, Miracle Whip, Whip It, Whippits, Whippets, Handcuffs, Police, RCMP, Due South, Paul Gross, Gross, GDP, GST, GMT, The Village Voice, The Village People, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Meridian, Date Line, Dateline NBC, Colbert report, Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw, Rory Bremner, Phil Cool, Cool Runnings, Toboggan, Sled, Rosebud, Anus, Anal retentive, Personality, Identity, Ego, Egg, Omlette, Ham, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Sound of Music, One Song To The Tune Of Another, One Chord to Another,

Word count 54/80 as of word: One Chord to Another.

Branch: Poorhouse

Poorhouse, The Great Depression, Water-borne disease, The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum,

Word count 5/80 as of word: Robert Ludlum.

Other Games


Archive of old games

Normal

(normal games are played out one word after another, with occasional splitting branches.)

Lasted until we had about 400 words on the list, and a bunch of repeated ones.
Our first attempt at word disassociation. Creativity was somewhat lower.
Our third word association game. Lasted until there were around 849 words on the list, including four "branches".
Our fourth word association game. Was limited to 400 words in the main branch, but several branches arose, including two invisible branches.
The fifth word association game.
The sixth word association game, with 400 words in the main branch and 5 other branches totaling another 510 words.
  • Game #7 ("Tram" → "Tom Bombadil")
The seventh word association game.
  • Game #8 ("NIMBY" → "Crystal Cave")
The eighth word assocation game, with branches "King", "AAA", "Dudley" and "Iowa".
The ninth word assocation game, with three normal branches and a branch of a branch.
  • Game #10 ("Pennsylvania" → "Alphabet soup")
The tenth word association game, with 400 words and four branches.
The eleventh word association game, with 400 words and four branches.
The twelfth word association game, with branches "The Sims", "Skyscraper", "Paddy wagon" and "K2"
  • Game #13 ("High Force" → "Pease Porridge Hot")
The thirteenth word association game, featuring the branches "Indian Reservation," "Bandit," "Hopscotch," and "I, Robot."
  • Game #14 ("Reflectance" → "Chewbacca Defense")
Game number 14 ended up having no fewer than ten branches, three of which were branches of other branches! The branches were: "Mirror," "Pansy," "The Final Solution," "Super Mario Kart," "Robinson Crusoe," "Big Ben," "Insect," "Guinness," "Vincent Van Gogh," and "Mustache."

Ultra

(Ultra games are played out on a 7x15 table, associating from the upper left to the bottom right)

The first Ultra Association game on a 7x15 grid.
Second Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15. The game only got to 7x14 when it ended.
Third Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Fourth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Fifth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Sixth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
Lucky sevens!
No hiding behind the 8 ball during this game!
No myths about this 9th game, just word associations.
What do Monty Python and taxidermy have in common? Find out here...
From a small English village to tropical produce in 105 easy steps!
There's a lot of space in this game!
No bad luck, just traditional Chinese medicine to American popular culture via Latin.
quite humorous choice for the last word (a disguised duplication!).
Sex, violence and Walt Disney!
Railways featured heavily in this game.

Fixed

(fixed games are played on a 7x15 grid, starting with the top and left filled and going to the bottom right.)

The branch of an older game, with slightly different rules than ultra that started it all.
The second ultra fixed game.
The third ultra fixed game.
The fourth ultra fixed game.
The fifth ultra fixed game.
Wikipedians hit this game for 6!
Lucky or the seventh deadly sin? Look at the archive and decide for yourself
A somewhat European game!
From a god to a ship via Birmingham, Discworld and the Soviet Union
Another eclectic gathering including Desperate Housewives, Meat Loaf and Shrinkwrap.
  • Ultra Fixed #11 ("Kidwelly railway station" → "The Goodies and the Baddies")
From Rural Wales to a British comedy via American Football? Only on Wikipedia!
Don't know what Gypogyna means? Neither do most people, but find out here how it links to tournament!
This game included a lot of fattening food, but also a famine!

Radial

(Radial games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards.)

  • Radial Ultra #1 ("Albert Einstein" → "Child", "Malnourishment", "L'Inferno (1911)" and "Sexual slavery")
The first game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #2 ("Crackpot" → "Piracy", "Stephen King", "Bikini" and "Madame de Staël")
The second game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #3 ("Language" → "BBC Two", "Christmas special", "Fish" and "La Francophonie")
The third game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #4 ("Curling" → "Trail of Tears", "Tony Blair", "Electra" and "Red")
The fourth game of Radial Ultra Association
  • Radial Ultra #5 ("Rutland" → "Witchfinder General", "Second Avenue Line", "Computer Virus" and "Coolness")
The fifth game in the increasingly inaccurately named Radial Ultra Association trilogy
  • Radial Ultra #6 ("ColdFusion" → "Prison", "Dutch courage", "Sexual abstinence" and "Top Ten")
The sixth game - it seems Wikipedians enjoy radiating words
  • Radial Ultra #7 ("True Lover's Knot" → "James Bond", "Incineration", "Fireplace" and "Sunset Strip")
Seventh heaven?
  • Radial Ultra #8 ("Beit Al Qur'an" → "Punch", "Poverty", "Legendarium" and "Colon")
The eighth game, I'm sure you understand it all by now.
  • Radial Ultra #9 ("World Sevens Series"→"π", "Slapstick", "Can't Sleep, Clown will eat me" and "Orange Juice")
Game number nine; a rip-roaring ride of fun!
  • Radial Ultra #10 (Sam Brown (Rastafari)→"Calories", "Shoe", "George VI of the United Kingdom" and "Plasma TV")
The Radial game goes to double figures
  • Radial Ultra #11 (Toronto dollar→SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, The Winner Takes It All, Listen with Mother and British Empire)
Lucky legs eleven for Radial Ultra
  • Radial Ultra #12 (Derek Jameson→The Frog Princess, Jackson, Robert Victor, Barney Gumble and Antivenin)
Actually there are some who would compare Derek Jameson to Barney Gumble... find out what else they have in common!

Radial Ultra Cross

(Radial ultra cross games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards with predetermined letters forming a cross shape.)

  • Radial Ultra Cross #1 ("One" → "Word surfing champion", "Percussion", "War Pigs" and "Human evolution")
The first game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were: "W O R D A S S O C I A T I O N" (vertical) and "C R O S S" (horizontal, centred on the 'O' of 'association')
The second game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "EMERALD", "RINGS" across and "PEARLANDDIAMOND" down.
The third game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "SOUTH" and "CHINA" across, and "DEUSEXMACHINA" down.
  • Radial Ultra Cross #4 ("North Sea" → "Isaac", "Killing In The Name", "Prawn Cocktail" and "Green curry")
The fourth game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "L SANGER" across, and "JIMMY DONAL WALES" down.
The start letters were "CIVITAS" across, and "QUEEN ELIZABETH 2" down.
The start letters were the letters of the alphabet from A to U radiating out clockwise from the centre. Additionally V, W, Y and X were start letters for the corner cells.
  • Radial Ultra Cross #7 ("Trinity, Jersey" → "Cruise ship", "Christianity", "Sogn og Fjordane" and "Quadruped")
The start letters were "ELIZABETH CASTLE" down and "FORTIFY" across. Quite a European game with emphasis on Belgium and Scandinavia!

Reverse Radial Ultra

Radial Ultra association in reverse - start at the corners and work to the middle.
The second game of working towards the centre from the corners
  • Reverse Radial Ultra #3 ("Varduli", "Andover, South Dakota", "Yi Yi: A One and a Two" and "Claus Spahn" → "The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve")
The third game that became strangely syncronised towards the centre
War and heavy metal
Quite a lot of food in this one!
  • Reverse Radial Ultra #7 ("Highways Act 1980", "Carluke", "Architecture in London" and "Greg Graffin" → "Stephen King bibliography")
Fantasy novelists, Beatles songs and various cities all have this in common
  • Reverse Radiual Ultra #8 ("Only Fools and Horses", "Tactical Divers Group", "Bundesverdienstkreuz" and "Meremere" → "Violence")
Along with British and American culture and swimming, violence was prevalent in this game.

Psychadelic

(Psychadelic games feature unusual ultra ideas. Games 1 to 6 were started by Xhin. Thryduulf has started the games from number 7 onwards)

The first game of Psychadelic Word Association; featured ten words in random places.
Featured four unknown words that had to be guessed at.
In possibly the best effort of word associationists, you had to play the game like psychadelic #1, except all of the first letters are fixed, some of them t, e, a, e, or s. There were only three letters remaining at the end. Well done.
In this edition, you had to Expand out the entire table from one word, reaching all four corners of an 8x8 grid.
In this flavor, you had to-- Well, why don't you read the instructions for yourself?
Your run of the mill radial word association, with one exception...
A remake of game #1, this time the words were the names of islands and the word "island" was prohibited.
A development on the 10 islands idea, except the starting words were placed in a diamond pattern around the board.

Misc

(An archive of different game concepts that haven't had four in a series yet.)

  • Enigmatic #1 (Scratching post, Garfield:The movie, pink panther, Dowsing rod, the internet movie database.)
The first game of Enigmatic. Was like a condensed version of psychadelic #2.
  • Enigmatic #2 (Tuxedo, Channel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles, Dominoes, Microwave)
Like the first Enigmatic game, although this took a little longer.
Like the normal assocation games, but with words not associated with the previous one.
Like the Ultra Fixed association games, but the words don't associate with each other.
Same as last time but with different disassociations.
Same as last two times but with different disassociations.
Associate with a spiral of disassociated words.
Each player adds one word, and selects ___location of next move, and whether to associate or disassociate.
WA with a purpose?!
Word association with a goal?!
Based on the film Sliding Doors, this was two games of ultra fixed in one. This game inspired the other Sliding Doors associations.
Two games of ultra association in one
One game featured the Soviet Union heavily, while Star Trek and insects featured in the other.

Players

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Active players

SOLVE INFERNIS, Nickptar, Takitei, Rixth, fratboy, Hosterweis (talk) (contribs), Sirmob, Enkauston, GeeJo, CannotResolveSymbol, 24.83.111.176, Craig3410, Mark J, Snhivhitavae, Jimmyatic, Soo, Occono, jaurisova6, Braddie,  Grue , FunFuBarMan, RobyWayne,  Alfakim --  talk , Larrymels, Gururvishnu, Bearbear, gkhan, Catamorphism, Neoballmon,  Akako|☎, Peter T.S., Stix, hydnjo, Malacandra, Underorbit, GVOLTT, WAvegetarian, Algebra, Luigi30, mikecb, MatthewF, Francs2000  , Cristi Is Awsome, PinkDeoxys, 86.145.132.168, Maltmomma (chat),  chsf , Thryduulf, Simply MP, WriterFromAfar755, Sparky Lurkdragon, Melaen, User:FlorenceWynne, dposse, 81.151.156.0, PhatePunk, mahlered, Phileas,   Jordy540 , Aaronak, Mazzy, Michaelritchie200, 64.229.218.70, Rholton, T.o.n.y, Perimosocordiae, Paragon12321, Deyyaz, Michael J, 2KT, Uncke Herb, SeanMcG, Andy Blak, Kookykman|(t)e, PatDonovan130, FunkyCheese47, Steve Farrell, Blade_boy222, BratX, PilgrimDeckhand, OsmosisChesterfieldFoodstuff, tckma, FireSpike, Wikiwow, Fairgoldberry, Crabbyass, Húsönd, (co), TheGreatLlama (speak to the Llama!), Simon, AKKIfokkusuTaLk, bibliomaniac15, Simply south, Forum User, neverstarsburn, WaltCip, Baseracer, mugsiam, Irish Hog, Robin Chen,

Total: 100

Casually Observing Players

11kowrom, ANNA REXIA, Corey520, knoodelhed, PryItOpen, Kodukadvakch (KOE-due-KODD-vahk), Jonathan Weiss, Nil Einne, Yayasirrah, FrankCostanza, Dewar912, Milk77, Aquarius Rising, Xiagu, PrinceDog, Calibration, Ilyanep, mahlered, HappyCamper, Sceptre (Talk),   ArkansasTraveler, gobeirne, Daniel, Ian Manka, Ghelae, Anthon, Majora4, Sotakeit, talktothehand07, Sonicrazy, Midgetmogget, Keeperoftheseal, Bubzie29!, Mproud, Jordan Elder(talk), MarinBeth, Qwertyuiop, Think Fast, He Who Is, Pharaoh Hound, BJK, Algebra, GregE, Gray Porpoise, User:Jeffklib, Keakealani, ? JARED (t) , —Editor at Large, Robert, Edlin2, D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C•••

Total: 51

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