Story/prose game

Stealhead · 12-19-14, 12:26 AM

I have this idea for a story/prose/poem game. Basicly the winner of each round lists some items that they would like to see used in a story or poem what have you. They'd also list the tone they'd like to see maybe humours, melancholy, or dark humor what ever. Of course the forum rules would apply.

Any how since I had this idea I'll start it off. Along with listing some rules.

1. Winner of each round will list their "topic words" and tone this will signal the start of a new round. Once listed and a response (submission) posted allow 24 hours for the round host to read and post if they liked what was posted.(time span ends when the host responds to a post).
2. Follow forum rules when hosting and responding.
3. Round host should respond to a post expressing if they liked or disliked that will be the vote a like is winning a dislike is losing.
4. A dislike vote puts you out for one response(not an entire round)
5. Host has the option to vote a challenge which means they like a responce but they want to see if another player can create a better response. A challenge shall consist two players.
6. A responce should generally be at least one paragraph in length.
7. All responses are to be original material created by the poster(or is that ee).
8. During a challenge round the participants may request a crowd vote to select the winner this will over ride the host if a 2\3 majority is achieved.
9. This is all for fun and there is no champion

So round one
I'm looking for something funny here is my list of subjects to include
Events: Battle of Hastings
Things: battle ax,beer, poultry, PC with highly compromising material
People: Confused English solider, terrified serf, Oberon, Dowly, Jimbuna,
Places: battlefield, quaint village, pub

Eichhörnchen · 12-19-14, 05:58 AM

"This is unthinkable!" The Headmaster stared furiously at the boy, who could not meet his gaze. "You and those two friends of yours! What are their names... yes: Oberon and Jimbuna. What kind of names are these anyway?" He got up from his desk and began to prowl behind the trembling pupil. "You and your friends, Mister Dowly, could be facing expulsion from School over this; how will you explain that to your father, the Earl of Dowly? I expected much more from you: your family's history stretches back to The Conquest. The Battle of Hastings no less, when Duke William gifted the Earldom to your ancestor, Sir Wilbur de Bumfrey."

The Head was greatly disappointed with Dowly. He might have expected such behaviour from the other two, but he was mortified to discover the involvement of this boy, with his family pedigree. The three of them had been found in the school library, uploading images detailing some unexpected interactions between livestock farmers and their charges, including sheep, horses and pigs, onto the laptop of an unpopular master.

What the Head couldn't have known was that, following the invasion of 1066 (about half-past four in the afternoon) Sir Wilbur de Bumfrey, carrying a mighty battle-axe, did wade ashore with his men-at-arms from their boat (having hidden away until the fighting had died down a bit) and entered the quaint Saxon village of Nosehair-On-The-Wolds, where they inflicted martial terror, laying about them with sword and mace until every chicken and duck in the place was killed. Then they found an inn, the "Strangled Bodkin", from which they ejected a terrified serf, the sole customer on the premises and, like themselves, reluctant to get involved in the unpleasantness going on up the road. There they spent the remainder of the afternoon boozing, until they were verily in their cups.

That evening, after a jolly game known to the Normans as "Ye Buttocke Frenzy", the precise nature of which is now lost to history but did include undressing, the igniting of gaseous bodily emissions and the exchange of garments, Sir Wilbur be Bumfrey did swap his clothes with a lowly man-at-arms, Boggis, then wandered out into the night where he met an English soldier who, dazed and confused by battle, was now also heading for the pub to get some in. These two found to their delight that they had certain hobbies and interests in common, so went off and disappeared into the mists of time.

Boggis woke up the next morning and, with his new retainers, processed to the brand-new Earldom of Dowly, which he'd learned had been granted to Sir Wilbur (i.e. him) by the Duke, where he commenced to enjoy the enormous benefits of the first historically recorded instance of identity-theft in this country. There are, I grant you, certain yawning great holes in this tale, but then I'm a squirrel, not a bleeding historian.

And so it was, after centuries of evading the Fraud Squad, that the "noble" family Dowly came to its' inevitable shame. "Breeding will out", so they say.

Ho-hum...

Stealhead · 12-19-14, 07:33 AM

I think that was a pretty good story coming from a squirrel. I grant your squirrelhood the honor of hosting the next round.

Eichhörnchen · 12-19-14, 09:41 AM

Flattered I'm sure, Old Boy. I'm pretty certain you're not expecting other contributors to write anywhere near as much as I did, only you did give us a ****load of stuff to start with, didn't you?

Anyway, my list comprises the following:

Aeroplane, hunchback, squirrel and a General Hospital

12-19-14, 12:26 AM	#1
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Story/prose game I have this idea for a story/prose/poem game. Basicly the winner of each round lists some items that they would like to see used in a story or poem what have you. They'd also list the tone they'd like to see maybe humours, melancholy, or dark humor what ever. Of course the forum rules would apply. Any how since I had this idea I'll start it off. Along with listing some rules. 1. Winner of each round will list their "topic words" and tone this will signal the start of a new round. Once listed and a response (submission) posted allow 24 hours for the round host to read and post if they liked what was posted.(time span ends when the host responds to a post). 2. Follow forum rules when hosting and responding. 3. Round host should respond to a post expressing if they liked or disliked that will be the vote a like is winning a dislike is losing. 4. A dislike vote puts you out for one response(not an entire round) 5. Host has the option to vote a challenge which means they like a responce but they want to see if another player can create a better response. A challenge shall consist two players. 6. A responce should generally be at least one paragraph in length. 7. All responses are to be original material created by the poster(or is that ee). 8. During a challenge round the participants may request a crowd vote to select the winner this will over ride the host if a 2\3 majority is achieved. 9. This is all for fun and there is no champion So round one I'm looking for something funny here is my list of subjects to include Events: Battle of Hastings Things: battle ax,beer, poultry, PC with highly compromising material People: Confused English solider, terrified serf, Oberon, Dowly, Jimbuna, Places: battlefield, quaint village, pub

12-19-14, 05:58 AM	#2
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The Fall of The House of Dowly "This is unthinkable!" The Headmaster stared furiously at the boy, who could not meet his gaze. "You and those two friends of yours! What are their names... yes: Oberon and Jimbuna. What kind of names are these anyway?" He got up from his desk and began to prowl behind the trembling pupil. "You and your friends, Mister Dowly, could be facing expulsion from School over this; how will you explain that to your father, the Earl of Dowly? I expected much more from you: your family's history stretches back to The Conquest. The Battle of Hastings no less, when Duke William gifted the Earldom to your ancestor, Sir Wilbur de Bumfrey." The Head was greatly disappointed with Dowly. He might have expected such behaviour from the other two, but he was mortified to discover the involvement of this boy, with his family pedigree. The three of them had been found in the school library, uploading images detailing some unexpected interactions between livestock farmers and their charges, including sheep, horses and pigs, onto the laptop of an unpopular master. What the Head couldn't have known was that, following the invasion of 1066 (about half-past four in the afternoon) Sir Wilbur de Bumfrey, carrying a mighty battle-axe, did wade ashore with his men-at-arms from their boat (having hidden away until the fighting had died down a bit) and entered the quaint Saxon village of Nosehair-On-The-Wolds, where they inflicted martial terror, laying about them with sword and mace until every chicken and duck in the place was killed. Then they found an inn, the "Strangled Bodkin", from which they ejected a terrified serf, the sole customer on the premises and, like themselves, reluctant to get involved in the unpleasantness going on up the road. There they spent the remainder of the afternoon boozing, until they were verily in their cups. That evening, after a jolly game known to the Normans as "Ye Buttocke Frenzy", the precise nature of which is now lost to history but did include undressing, the igniting of gaseous bodily emissions and the exchange of garments, Sir Wilbur be Bumfrey did swap his clothes with a lowly man-at-arms, Boggis, then wandered out into the night where he met an English soldier who, dazed and confused by battle, was now also heading for the pub to get some in. These two found to their delight that they had certain hobbies and interests in common, so went off and disappeared into the mists of time. Boggis woke up the next morning and, with his new retainers, processed to the brand-new Earldom of Dowly, which he'd learned had been granted to Sir Wilbur (i.e. him) by the Duke, where he commenced to enjoy the enormous benefits of the first historically recorded instance of identity-theft in this country. There are, I grant you, certain yawning great holes in this tale, but then I'm a squirrel, not a bleeding historian. And so it was, after centuries of evading the Fraud Squad, that the "noble" family Dowly came to its' inevitable shame. "Breeding will out", so they say. Ho-hum... Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 12-19-14 at 07:24 AM.

12-19-14, 09:41 AM	#4
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Flattered I'm sure, Old Boy. I'm pretty certain you're not expecting other contributors to write anywhere near as much as I did, only you did give us a ***load of stuff to start with, didn't you? Anyway, my list comprises the following: Aeroplane, hunchback, squirrel and a General Hospital Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 12-19-14 at 10:02 AM.*

12-19-14, 07:33 AM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think that was a pretty good story coming from a squirrel. I grant your squirrelhood the honor of hosting the next round.