OK, might as well give this a shot, it would be cool if this works!
FORUM CALVINBALL!
If you're not familiar with Calvinball, here's are some examples:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6,
Part 7,
Part 8,
Part 9
The following explanation is just a guideline to fall back on if things get out of hand. Just do like Calvin & Hobbes do in the above examples & follow the spirit of the stuff below (which is actually so unimportant that I've made it impossible to read.. we've been doing fine without it anyway).
We are in an open field on the edge of a wooded area
We have all the stuff Calvin and Hobbes had:
*flags
*a croquet set (mallets, wickets and goals)
*volleyballs and soccer balls
*badminton rackets and birds
*balloons that could become water balloons
*buckets
*little numbered cards on sticks placed around randomly
*a hobby horse
*giant burlap sacks
*stuff we make up (within reason.. if things start getting too weird I'll pull us back from the brink)
The objective:
Using the equipment above, try to do things that make it look like you're "winning" (like having a flag, or running with a ball to the other end of the field, or hitting a croquet ball around or whatever). While someone's doing that, try to stop them by pegging them with the Calvinball or getting them to do something mildly humiliating, even though it's impossible to win or even score.
The Permanent Rules:
1. Rules are made up as you go by the player (or players) with a ball or some other instrument of humiliation
2. No rule may be used twice
3. Nobody questions the masks (just.. imagine we're wearing the masks)
Kinds of moves:
*Getting and using something
*Doing a specific action/making something
*Making a new rule
*Responding to a new rule aimed at you
Responding to a new rule:
*You need to think of a reason why a new rule aimed at you doesn't work. Your opponent gets to say why your reason is wrong. The first person who can't think of an original retort has to do what the other player says. Seriously, if you have trouble making up a retort, just give in and do what the other person says.
*If you can find proof that their rule or argument has been used before at any point, you automatically gain the upper hand.
(the next two are formalities, only used to resolve disputes:)
*If you don't respond before 3 other people move, the other person gets their way & you have to do that thing they say in the next post
*If another 3 people post and you haven't done that thing, the other person can move on to do other things.
I'll resolve any disputes.
Sorry if all this seems really complicated for a game that's supposed to be really simple. It's hard to adapt this to a forum game!
It's not really possible to win or lose. The point is to be on top of the situation in each moment because there's no end to the game.
Oh yeah, shouting nonsense phrases and making up random scores are highly encouraged.
FIRST MOVE:
*grabs a flag & runs*
"FOR THE EMPEROR!!"
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