paizo.com Recent Posts in The Wikipedia Gamepaizo.com Recent Posts in The Wikipedia Game2012-08-18T20:11:15Z2012-08-18T20:11:15ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#212013-02-01T13:20:54Z2013-02-01T13:20:54Z<p>San Nicolas del Puerto</p>
<p>Seville
<br />
Spain
<br />
Europe
<br />
Asia
<br />
Iraq
<br />
Culture of Iraq
<br />
Iraqi literature
<br />
Category:Iraqi writers
<br />
Category:Iraqi poets
<br />
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati</p>
<p>The Dragon (poem)</p>
<p>44 points.</p>San Nicolas del Puerto
Seville
Spain
Europe
Asia
Iraq
Culture of Iraq
Iraqi literature
Category:Iraqi writers
Category:Iraqi poets
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
The Dragon (poem)
44 points.hobbsdadolfin2013-02-01T13:20:54ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameConman the Bardbarianhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#202013-02-01T03:36:53Z2013-02-01T03:36:53Z<p>It looks like in the rules that if the random page is an orphan, you'd mulligan until you have a non-orphan. It says you can't edit a page though, but I ran into the same problem with a Finnish soccer player who had a page but on the other pages where I was able to find his name it wasn't linked. We should be able to add a link if the name is already there. But not add content to create a link that wouldn't have been there before.</p>It looks like in the rules that if the random page is an orphan, you'd mulligan until you have a non-orphan. It says you can't edit a page though, but I ran into the same problem with a Finnish soccer player who had a page but on the other pages where I was able to find his name it wasn't linked. We should be able to add a link if the name is already there. But not add content to create a link that wouldn't have been there before.Conman the Bardbarian2013-02-01T03:36:53ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameI'm Hiding In Your Closethttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#192013-02-01T03:04:24Z2013-02-01T03:04:24Z<p>OK, RULES QUESTIONS:</p>
<p>What do we do if the "random page" we're sent to is truly impossible to connect to what we started with (such as if we go to one of the "orphan" articles)? Can we just mulligan the random page, and if so, how many times may we?</p>
<p>Also, is it ok to turn non-linked words already on the article into links if they weren't when we got there (for instance, "Electronics industry in Japan" lists Sony as one of the significant component companies, but unlike most of the others listed, it wasn't linked to the "Sony" article for some reason).</p>OK, RULES QUESTIONS:
What do we do if the "random page" we're sent to is truly impossible to connect to what we started with (such as if we go to one of the "orphan" articles)? Can we just mulligan the random page, and if so, how many times may we?
Also, is it ok to turn non-linked words already on the article into links if they weren't when we got there (for instance, "Electronics industry in Japan" lists Sony as one of the significant component companies, but unlike most of the others...I'm Hiding In Your Closet2013-02-01T03:04:24ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameCelestial Healerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#182013-01-31T18:13:42Z2013-01-31T18:13:42Z<p>List of Catholic churches in Canada
<br />
Canada
<br />
NATO
<br />
Spain
<br />
Province of Seville
<br />
List of municipalities in Seville
<br />
San Nicolás del Puerto</p>
<p>5 points brings me up to 26.</p>List of Catholic churches in Canada
Canada
NATO
Spain
Province of Seville
List of municipalities in Seville
San Nicolás del Puerto
5 points brings me up to 26.Celestial Healer2013-01-31T18:13:42ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#172013-01-31T14:14:31Z2013-01-31T14:14:31Z<p>oh crap.</p>
<p>Platychile</p>
<p>Beetle
<br />
The Beatles
<br />
Liverpool
<br />
United Kingdom
<br />
G8
<br />
Canada
<br />
Religion in Canada</p>
<p>List of Catholic churches in Canada</p>
<p>34 points</p>
<p>I will bet anyone 5 bucks that this current game will end before someone gets a direct link.</p>oh crap.
Platychile
Beetle
The Beatles
Liverpool
United Kingdom
G8
Canada
Religion in Canada
List of Catholic churches in Canada
34 points
I will bet anyone 5 bucks that this current game will end before someone gets a direct link.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-31T14:14:31ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameVod Canockershttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#162013-01-25T21:58:08Z2013-01-25T21:58:08Z<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Gonzales" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Erich Gonzales</a>
<br />
Philippines
<br />
Wildlife of the Philippines
<br />
Tiger beetle
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platychile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Platychile</a></p>
<p>10 points total</p>Erich Gonzales
Philippines
Wildlife of the Philippines
Tiger beetle
Platychile
10 points totalVod Canockers2013-01-25T21:58:08ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#152013-01-25T14:04:00Z2013-01-25T14:04:00Z<p>6</p>
<p>Once Upon a Time in China</p>
<p>Hong Kong Film Award
<br />
Taiwan
<br />
Philippines
<br />
Cinema of the Philippines
<br />
Erich Gonzales</p>
<p>Suddenly It's Magic</p>
<p>27 points. still winning.</p>6
Once Upon a Time in China
Hong Kong Film Award
Taiwan
Philippines
Cinema of the Philippines
Erich Gonzales
Suddenly It's Magic
27 points. still winning.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-25T14:04:00ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameI'm Hiding In Your Closethttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#142013-01-25T05:07:05Z2013-01-25T05:07:05Z<p>Hypericum cumulicola
<br />
endangered species
<br />
baiji
<br />
China
<br />
Hong Kong
<br />
Jet Li
<br />
Once Upon a Time in China (film series)
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_China" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Once Upon Time in China</a></p>
<p>7 points, am I correct?</p>Hypericum cumulicola
endangered species
baiji
China
Hong Kong
Jet Li
Once Upon a Time in China (film series)
Once Upon Time in China
7 points, am I correct?I'm Hiding In Your Closet2013-01-25T05:07:05ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameCelestial Healerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#132013-01-24T16:41:57Z2013-01-24T16:41:57Z<p>Vietnamese pronouns
<br />
Vietnamese language
<br />
Latin script
<br />
Latin
<br />
Taxonomy
<br />
Kingdom (biology)
<br />
Plant
<br />
Flowering Plant
<br />
Eudicots
<br />
Malpighiales
<br />
Hypericaceae
<br />
Hypericum
<br />
Hypericum cumulicola</p>
<p>11 points. Total 21. This one hurt.</p>Vietnamese pronouns
Vietnamese language
Latin script
Latin
Taxonomy
Kingdom (biology)
Plant
Flowering Plant
Eudicots
Malpighiales
Hypericaceae
Hypericum
Hypericum cumulicola
11 points. Total 21. This one hurt.Celestial Healer2013-01-24T16:41:57ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#122013-01-24T15:40:15Z2013-01-24T15:40:15Z<p>this is going to be impossible</p>
<p>Joseph Petty</p>
<p>Democratic Party (United States)
<br />
United States
<br />
North America
<br />
Asia
<br />
Vietnam
<br />
Vietnamese language</p>
<p>Vietnamese pronouns</p>
<p>22 points total</p>
<p>not that hard, really.</p>this is going to be impossible
Joseph Petty
Democratic Party (United States)
United States
North America
Asia
Vietnam
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese pronouns
22 points total
not that hard, really.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-24T15:40:15ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameVod Canockershttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#112013-01-24T14:40:29Z2013-01-24T14:40:29Z<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Corner,_New_York" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Boston Corner, New York</a>
<br />
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
<br />
Massachusetts
<br />
Worcester, Massachusetts
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Petty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joseph Petty</a></p>
<p>7 points</p>
<p>Next time I expect to find one with a direct link.</p>Boston Corner, New York
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Joseph Petty
7 points
Next time I expect to find one with a direct link.Vod Canockers2013-01-24T14:40:29ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#102013-01-24T13:48:13Z2013-01-24T13:48:13Z<p>you have 10 points, not 14. only count the links between the start and the target.</p>
<p>Julian Grimau</p>
<p>People's Party (Spain)
<br />
List of political parties in Spain
<br />
Spain
<br />
United Nations
<br />
Member states of the United Nations
<br />
United States
<br />
Mid-Atlantic states
<br />
New York
<br />
Columbia County, New York</p>
<p>Boston Corner, New York</p>
<p>16 points total.</p>you have 10 points, not 14. only count the links between the start and the target.
Julian Grimau
People's Party (Spain)
List of political parties in Spain
Spain
United Nations
Member states of the United Nations
United States
Mid-Atlantic states
New York
Columbia County, New York
Boston Corner, New York
16 points total.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-24T13:48:13ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamelucky7 (alias of Elizabeth Brasell)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#92013-01-23T22:33:59Z2013-01-23T22:33:59Z<p>Pristerodontia
<br />
Permian-Triassic Extinction event.
<br />
China
<br />
Communist Party of China
<br />
Communist Party of Spain
<br />
Julian Grimau</p>
<p>14 points</p>Pristerodontia
Permian-Triassic Extinction event.
China
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of Spain
Julian Grimau
14 pointslucky7 (alias of Elizabeth Brasell)2013-01-23T22:33:59ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameCelestial Healerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#82013-01-23T17:58:04Z2013-01-23T17:58:04Z<p>I pick good ones. </p>
<p>Oak Park, Nova Scotia
<br />
Canada
<br />
Glacial Period
<br />
Geologic Time Scale
<br />
Therapsid
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristerodontia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pristerodontia</a></p>
<p>4 points. Up to 10 total for 2 posts.</p>I pick good ones.
Oak Park, Nova Scotia
Canada
Glacial Period
Geologic Time Scale
Therapsid
Pristerodontia
4 points. Up to 10 total for 2 posts.Celestial Healer2013-01-23T17:58:04ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#72013-01-23T17:33:34Z2013-01-23T17:33:34Z<p>Triin Ojaste</p>
<p>Vancouver
<br />
Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
<br />
Quebec
<br />
Nova Scotia
<br />
List of communities in Nova Scotia</p>
<p>Oak Park, Nova Scotia</p>
<p>five points.
<br />
eight points total.</p>Triin Ojaste
Vancouver
Communauté métropolitaine de Québec
Quebec
Nova Scotia
List of communities in Nova Scotia
Oak Park, Nova Scotia
five points.
eight points total.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-23T17:33:34ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameCelestial Healerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#62013-01-23T15:55:37Z2013-01-23T15:55:37Z<p>Ouch. This isn't going to be easy.</p>
<p>Spencer Chamberlain
<br />
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
<br />
United States
<br />
Canada
<br />
Vancouver
<br />
2010 Winter Olympics
<br />
Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triin_Ojaste" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Triin Ojaste</a></p>
<p>6 points</p>
<p>I took the easy way by using the United States and Canada pages. But I wasn't sure how else to link an american punk rocker and a non-medal-winning Estonian olympic athlete.</p>Ouch. This isn't going to be easy.
Spencer Chamberlain
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States
Canada
Vancouver
2010 Winter Olympics
Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Triin Ojaste
6 points
I took the easy way by using the United States and Canada pages. But I wasn't sure how else to link an american punk rocker and a non-medal-winning Estonian olympic athlete.Celestial Healer2013-01-23T15:55:37ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamehobbsdadolfinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#52013-01-23T14:49:00Z2013-01-23T14:49:00Z<p>James H. Knight
<br />
Des Moines, Iowa
<br />
Raleigh, North Carolina
<br />
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
<br />
Spencer Chamberlain</p>
<p>3 points.</p>James H. Knight
Des Moines, Iowa
Raleigh, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Spencer Chamberlain
3 points.hobbsdadolfin2013-01-23T14:49:00ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia Gamelucky7 (alias of Elizabeth Brasell)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#42013-01-23T11:53:53Z2013-01-23T11:53:53Z<p>Italian General election, 1865
<br />
Italy in World War II
<br />
Air Combat in world war II
<br />
Air Force
<br />
Air Planes
<br />
Air Planes in the United States
<br />
U.S. Postal service.
<br />
James H. Knight.</p>Italian General election, 1865
Italy in World War II
Air Combat in world war II
Air Force
Air Planes
Air Planes in the United States
U.S. Postal service.
James H. Knight.lucky7 (alias of Elizabeth Brasell)2013-01-23T11:53:53ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameVod Canockershttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#32013-01-23T10:38:32Z2013-01-23T10:38:32Z<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_pipefish" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bull Pipefish</a>
<br />
->Atlantic Ocean
<br />
->Mediterranean Sea
<br />
->Italy
<br />
->Italian general election, 2008
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_general_election,_1865" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Italian general election, 1865</a></p>
<p>4 points</p>Bull Pipefish
->Atlantic Ocean
->Mediterranean Sea
->Italy
->Italian general election, 2008
Italian general election, 1865
4 pointsVod Canockers2013-01-23T10:38:32ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameConman the Bardbarianhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#22012-09-12T19:00:36Z2012-09-12T19:00:36Z<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview,_Indiana" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Riverview, Indiana</a>
<br />
-> Indiana
<br />
-> Mississippian culture
<br />
-> Atlantic Ocean
<br />
-> Fish
<br />
-> Chordate
<br />
-> Actinopterygii
<br />
-> Pipefish
<br />
-> Seaweed pipefish</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_pipefish" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bull Pipefish</a></p>
<p>8 points </p>
<p>I could have had six and knocked you down to zero by going bee-north america-great lakes-indiana-sullivan county-fairbanks-riverview, but i've spent enough time in Indiana not to wish it on others.</p>Riverview, Indiana
-> Indiana
-> Mississippian culture
-> Atlantic Ocean
-> Fish
-> Chordate
-> Actinopterygii
-> Pipefish
-> Seaweed pipefish
Bull Pipefish
8 points
I could have had six and knocked you down to zero by going bee-north america-great lakes-indiana-sullivan county-fairbanks-riverview, but i've spent enough time in Indiana not to wish it on others.Conman the Bardbarian2012-09-12T19:00:36ZForums: Forum Games: The Wikipedia GameDerek Vande Brakehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oozc?The-Wikipedia-Game#12012-08-18T20:11:15Z2012-08-18T20:11:15Z<p>This game tests your ability to think of connections between two concepts. The idea is simple - you add to a chain of articles on Wikipedia.</p>
<p>To start a journey, use the random page link on Wikipedia to find a target page. If the page has no links, or is an orphan page, you should choose a new one, because otherwise either you or the next player will break the chain. Your starting page is the previous person's target page. You click through links on the page until you reach your target page. You can use any link within an article (or even list), but you can't click links common to all Wikipedia pages (for example, the talk page for an article), nor can you edit a page.</p>
<p>You score 1 point for each link you make. However, someone can attempt the same journey and if they do it in fewer links than you, you get 0 points. You may not take two journeys in a row - someone else must make a journey between your two consecutive ones. The first person to reach 150 points wins, and the next person should start a new chain. (But remember they can instead still remove you as winner if they post a shorter journey right after you.)</p>
<p>I'll go first to illustrate. I used a random page for a start page as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bro%C5%BCek" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jan Brożek</a>
<br />
-> Polish
<br />
-> NATO
<br />
-> Cold War
<br />
-> United States
<br />
-> U.S. State
<br />
-> Indiana
<br />
-> counties
<br />
-> Sullivan County
<br />
-> Fairbanks
<br />
-> Riverview
<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview,_Indiana" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Riverview, Indiana</a></p>
<p>The next player must either make a journey from Jan Brożek to Riverview, Indiana in fewer than 10 links or randomly get a new target page and make a journey from Riverview, Indiana to that.</p>
<p>I now have 10 points.</p>This game tests your ability to think of connections between two concepts. The idea is simple - you add to a chain of articles on Wikipedia.
To start a journey, use the random page link on Wikipedia to find a target page. If the page has no links, or is an orphan page, you should choose a new one, because otherwise either you or the next player will break the chain. Your starting page is the previous person's target page. You click through links on the page until you reach your target page....Derek Vande Brake2012-08-18T20:11:15Z