Swordgame is a game where everyone wins.
It is free. Play it, and free your mind!
It is free. Play it, and free your mind!
1. The game starts with the first player suggesting a unique word, person, phrase etc.
Ex. “Bruce Springsteen”
2. Each player in turn adds a new unique phrase to the original, sharing an overlapping sound in common with the original, but veering into a new direction. It should have no relation to the previous phrase, except for the sound.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-(Tina Turner).”
Ex. "Mark Twain" -> "Mark Tw(ain't no mountain high enough)."
Ex. "Komodo Dragon" -> "(Kokomo)do Dragon" (assuming everyone playing knows the beach boys song)
The resulting phrase should be said as if one continuous phrase.
3. Play continues, as the phrase grows ever larger, and all players must recite the entire phrase every time they add their new segment.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-(Nerd Herd)”
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-Nerd (Heard it through the grapevine)”
and so on…
4. Whenever you feel like it, start again.
In the beginning stages, it’s easiest to add new phrasing to the beginning or the end of the master phrase, but as you get experience, you can insert anywhere. This gets harder for the mind to remember.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-Nerd Heard it th-(rue the day) grapevine”
5. At any time, a player may suggest a new rule by attempting a new move; acceptance is based on the other players solely on style. The move, if accepted, is named after the first example of the successful play of that move.
Ex.: An 'I-Bruce-Profen' : "Bruce SpringsTina Turner" -> “I-Bruce-Profen Springs-Tina Turner”: flanking an existing sound.
Ex: A 'helluvalymediseasa' : "Helve(tic)a" -> "Helluva (lyme disease)-a": since a tick causes lyme disease, and more importantly since it's fun to say 'helluvalymediseasa'.
Ex: A 'Doprah Winfrey Network' :"D(own)" -> "D(oprah Winfrey Network)": since OWN stands for the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Since this is all about style, specificity wins. “Labrador Retriever" > “dog".
6. So far we’ve only found possible definitive way to end a round, which is to add the same sound to the beginning and end of the phrase, so that the entire phrase becomes one infinite loop.
A sample round example below. No need to try to make sense of it, just an example to show where these things can go after a few minutes:
"Seeing eye to eye/I can't go for that's the sh-it's good to be king james bible belt drive bye by(e) george W(double-you) gotta have faith hill street blues to green machine drum circle jerk chicken pot pie in the skymallrats of nimh-bus clouds of thought bubble gum-by and pokey-mon-seigner jones-in for a j(ay) silver and gold-en girls just wanna have fun-yun-certain times we're livin in-sectic-i'd buy that for a dollar a pound puppy love me tenderloin district of columbia disas-terminator two men and a baby."
These are much more difficult to write than to say - the earlier the mind gets into the sound of it, the easier the game is to play.
Stop thinking about it. Play swordgame!
Have a great round or a new rule possibility? Send it to us or tag it #swordgame.
Check out a few samples in the video.
Ex. “Bruce Springsteen”
2. Each player in turn adds a new unique phrase to the original, sharing an overlapping sound in common with the original, but veering into a new direction. It should have no relation to the previous phrase, except for the sound.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-(Tina Turner).”
Ex. "Mark Twain" -> "Mark Tw(ain't no mountain high enough)."
Ex. "Komodo Dragon" -> "(Kokomo)do Dragon" (assuming everyone playing knows the beach boys song)
The resulting phrase should be said as if one continuous phrase.
3. Play continues, as the phrase grows ever larger, and all players must recite the entire phrase every time they add their new segment.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-(Nerd Herd)”
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-Nerd (Heard it through the grapevine)”
and so on…
4. Whenever you feel like it, start again.
In the beginning stages, it’s easiest to add new phrasing to the beginning or the end of the master phrase, but as you get experience, you can insert anywhere. This gets harder for the mind to remember.
Ex. “Bruce Springs-Tina Tur-Nerd Heard it th-(rue the day) grapevine”
5. At any time, a player may suggest a new rule by attempting a new move; acceptance is based on the other players solely on style. The move, if accepted, is named after the first example of the successful play of that move.
Ex.: An 'I-Bruce-Profen' : "Bruce SpringsTina Turner" -> “I-Bruce-Profen Springs-Tina Turner”: flanking an existing sound.
Ex: A 'helluvalymediseasa' : "Helve(tic)a" -> "Helluva (lyme disease)-a": since a tick causes lyme disease, and more importantly since it's fun to say 'helluvalymediseasa'.
Ex: A 'Doprah Winfrey Network' :"D(own)" -> "D(oprah Winfrey Network)": since OWN stands for the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Since this is all about style, specificity wins. “Labrador Retriever" > “dog".
6. So far we’ve only found possible definitive way to end a round, which is to add the same sound to the beginning and end of the phrase, so that the entire phrase becomes one infinite loop.
A sample round example below. No need to try to make sense of it, just an example to show where these things can go after a few minutes:
"Seeing eye to eye/I can't go for that's the sh-it's good to be king james bible belt drive bye by(e) george W(double-you) gotta have faith hill street blues to green machine drum circle jerk chicken pot pie in the skymallrats of nimh-bus clouds of thought bubble gum-by and pokey-mon-seigner jones-in for a j(ay) silver and gold-en girls just wanna have fun-yun-certain times we're livin in-sectic-i'd buy that for a dollar a pound puppy love me tenderloin district of columbia disas-terminator two men and a baby."
These are much more difficult to write than to say - the earlier the mind gets into the sound of it, the easier the game is to play.
Stop thinking about it. Play swordgame!
Have a great round or a new rule possibility? Send it to us or tag it #swordgame.
Check out a few samples in the video.
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