The Geography thread

[ranskaldan]

Is it on the mainland African continent?

[Adalbertus]

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no

[ranskaldan]

okay... i certainly hope that I can still ask questions because I've had two yeses:

Is the country's area smaller than 580000 sq km (220000 sq mi)?

(here's a clarification question, so it doesn't count : does "old world" include Australia and Oceania?)

[Wernazuma III]

Does it have a coast to the Indian Ocean?

[Adalbertus]

ranskaldan: yes
Wernazuma: yes

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes

Clarification: Australia and Oceania don't belong to the old world (I hoped this was clear when I specified the continents Africa, Asia, Europe).

[ranskaldan]

Alright.... We're down to about three countries now... let's see....

Was this country once a British colony?

[Adalbertus]

ranskaldan, no, you're out

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no

About improving the game system: Has anyone a good idea to introduce a round mechanism with a varying and not too reliable number of players? This way we might get around the problems I mentioned earler.

[Ecthy]

I thought it had to have been a British colony at some point... so it must be South East Asian and a French or Dutch colony....

well, it appears there's only Indonesia there, and that's more than 580 000 sq km

so it's Madagaskar, which is not mainland africa after all

[ranskaldan]

Madagascar is 587 401 sq km
why do you think I asked that question, with that particular number?

well anyway, now at least I know the answer...

[Ecthy]

huh? I didn't know there were... oh...

Mauritius?

[Adalbertus]

Ecthelion, both no. You're out, , oops,

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no

[ranskaldan]

Can I guess? Can I guess?

[Jonny]

Is it Comoros?

[Adalbertus]

Jonny, no, you're out.

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no
- Comoros: no

ranskaldan: Outside the game by PM, if you want.

[Jonny]

That was only my second question, so I think I'm still in.