Hangman: The Forum Game, 19th edition

[Drogue]

I feel a little guilty, playing the rules, but it does say only one letter guess before update, but word guesses at any time.

New word:

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10 guesses remaining

[Ljube]

I

[Nikolai]

A

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Drogue
I feel a little guilty, playing the rules, but it does say only one letter guess before update, but word guesses at any time.

If only to prove the point I made above.

[joncha]

So what's the verdict on the rules that need updating? I'll add them in when I update the standings.

[DrSpike]

Update to ban 5 letter words that are either plurals of 4 letter words, or 4 letter verbs with an S on the end.

[Ljube]

Re: Re: Hangman: The Forum Game, 19th edition

Here, DrSpike's rules proposal with my modification to rule 9 to represent the option supported by most people.


Rules

• 1. A maximum of 9 incorrect guesses.
• 2. Updates must be posted within 24 hours of each other, and will occur in sets of 2, except for the final 2 guesses, which will be updated individually. An update must also occur after each word guess.
• 3. Any letters guessed after the conditions for an update set out in rule 2 have been met, but before the actual update, will be ignored, and will not carry over to the next set of guesses.
• 4. You can only pick one letter for every two consecutive sets of guesses.
• 5. Guesses cannot be changed after being posted.
• 6. You can guess the word at any time, subject to the qualification in rule 7, but guessing incorrectly eliminates you from play.
• 7. If you make a letter guess you may not make a word guess before an update has occured. The converse also applies as a consequence of rule 2.
• 8. Incorrect word guesses also count as losing a life.
• 9. Words must be 5 or more letters. If the word is exactly 5 letters and the last letter is S, the first four letters must not make a standard english word.
• 10. Words must be standard english, and cannot be proper nouns.

[Sparrowhawk]

I like it!

One remaining question...is the word setter expected to update when it gets down to 3 guesses remaining and 1 letter guess has been made? As the rules read now they don't (which is fine) but it seems common practice that updates occur (rather than waiting for 2 letter guesses, which if both wrong would only leave 1 guess remaining).

I would prefer that updates occur after one guess when there are only 3 guesses left, but if this is not the majority opinion I would be fine with leaving as is (giving the word setter the option of updating with only 3 guesses left after every letter guess if they feel generous).

/me

[Paddy]

the joys and diplomacy of Hangman

[joncha]

I say leave the update at 3 guesses as it stands. The whole idea behind the last two guesses being done individually was to prevent the word being lost on two wrong guesses. I think we might want to add in that spirit to prevent word guesses when the last letter guess is still pending.

[DrSpike]

I think we should leave the update situation with 3 guesses left as is.

[duke o' york]

After Drogue decides to leave the union bar, and actually update us with some letters:

E

[Drogue]

Actually, it was being ill, as opposed to drunk

But sorry for the delay.

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9 guesses remaining
Incorrect guesses: A

[joncha]

S

[Drogue]

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7 guesses remaining
Incorrect guesses: SEA