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* Who Am I? (Name on my back)
* Who Am I? (Name on my back)
** Multiple categories: People, places, things - the List Game
*** Allow players to contribute their own categories
* Telephone Game
* Telephone Game
* Coders / Decoders: [[Volvelle (nonfiction)|Volvelle]], [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|Nomogram]]
* Coders / Decoders: [[Volvelle (nonfiction)|Volvelle]], [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|Nomogram]]
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=== Items ===
=== Items ===


* Cards (postcard-sized) in dispensers posted in key locations - cards entice players, lure them in, get them started, and direct them to the game headquarters
* Coders / Decoders: [[Volvelle (nonfiction)|Volvelle]], [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|Nomogram]]
* Coders / Decoders: [[Volvelle (nonfiction)|Volvelle]], [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|Nomogram]]
** Two-card volvelle with windows in upper card revealing details of lower card
* Logic Cards / Envelopes, e.g. Clue
* Logic Cards / Envelopes, e.g. Clue
** Envelopes with windows, reveal card details -- cards might slide, changing options
* Minicon 55 custom playing cards
* Minicon 55 custom playing cards


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* [https://boingboing.net/2019/07/11/gentleman-with-fake-electrical.html Gentleman with fake electrical outlet sticker bedevils people in need of charging their phones] @ Boing Boing
* [https://boingboing.net/2019/07/11/gentleman-with-fake-electrical.html Gentleman with fake electrical outlet sticker bedevils people in need of charging their phones] @ Boing Boing
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia Pareidolia] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia Pareidolia] @ Wikipedia
=== Structural ===
* Pyramid, Ponzi-like games - viral memetics


== Potential recruits ==
== Potential recruits ==
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* Thorin - reporter, editor, newspaper publisher
* Thorin - reporter, editor, newspaper publisher
* DDB - photojournalist
* DDB - photojournalist
* Andre Guirard - writer, thinker
* Richard Tatge - game guy emeritus
* Richard Tatge - game guy emeritus
* Karen Cooper - human resources
* Karen Cooper - human resources

Latest revision as of 11:16, 15 July 2019

Chimera is a party game which is made up of various other games.

It was conceived as a party game for Minicon 55, following the inspiring success of the Great Nerd Giveaway at Minicon 54.

Rules

Games and puzzles

  • Who Am I? (Name on my back)
    • Multiple categories: People, places, things - the List Game
      • Allow players to contribute their own categories
  • Telephone Game
  • Coders / Decoders: Volvelle, Nomogram
  • Logic Cards / Envelopes, e.g. Clue
  • Charades
  • Pictionary
  • Clay pictionary
  • Puppet/toy miming

Items

  • Cards (postcard-sized) in dispensers posted in key locations - cards entice players, lure them in, get them started, and direct them to the game headquarters
  • Coders / Decoders: Volvelle, Nomogram
    • Two-card volvelle with windows in upper card revealing details of lower card
  • Logic Cards / Envelopes, e.g. Clue
    • Envelopes with windows, reveal card details -- cards might slide, changing options
  • Minicon 55 custom playing cards

Perception Pranks and Pareidolia

Structural

  • Pyramid, Ponzi-like games - viral memetics

Potential recruits

  • Thorin - reporter, editor, newspaper publisher
  • DDB - photojournalist
  • Andre Guirard - writer, thinker
  • Richard Tatge - game guy emeritus
  • Karen Cooper - human resources

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

Great Nerd Giveaway Poster.png


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