The Shipping Game ================= (this was original posted to MSPAForums 2011-04-25 by Armada, but the Android app was lost.) This game was inspired by a Japanese game know as the King's Game (or Ousama). Here's how you play: Take a chopstick for each player, write "Osama" on one of them, and number the others from 1 upwards. Then someone holds the chopsticks in their fist, so the numbers are concealed, and everybody draws a stick, without telling anyone their number. The lucky guy or gal with the "Osama" chopstick gets to be the King. The Osama decides on a task and then states the numbers of the players who must perform it, (without knowing who they are). For example: "number two must kiss number five!" or "number three has to do the Macarena!" or "numbers seven and eight must down their drinks!" This inevitably leads to a succession of pant-pissingly funny antics (as long as you're not the person performing the embarrassing acts.) After each deed is done, the chopsticks are gathered again, and the process is repeated. Usually everybody gets a chance to be the King, and players relish the chance to exact revenge on those who tormented them in previous rounds of the game. So with the two weeks I had between Tekkoshocon and the Pittsburghstuck meetup, I came up with a "shipping" styled version of this with a Homestuck theme. "Cards" were used instead of just "free" commands so that there would four distinct quardants, but this could easily be played the original way. How To Play: ----- To start, get a random way to select everyone's number and the Shipper (basically the king from the original game with a different name. They give the orders). Use cards, draw straws, use a random number generator. Anything will work pretty much. Just make sure you have something directly designated for the shipper (it could be the highest number or the letter S). Randomly assign a number to everyone (draw you straws or cards). DON'T TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU GOT UNLESS YOU ARE THE SHIPPER. The shipper draws a card from the pile. In the Android app, press the menu button and press new card. If you're using your own physical cards, just pick one off the top. If you feel like freestyling, go ahead and make something up. The shipper replaces X, Y, and Z on the card with numbers. The numbers then do whatever that card said. (The shipper places the card on the bottom of the pile if you are playing with physical cards.) Gather up you cards or straws or whatever from the players. Randomize again and repeat the whole process. Now you're cooking with gas! Example of play ----- 8 players are playing. They have 8 playing cards, 1 through 7 and a king card, to assign numbers. The cards are shuffled and everyone picks one. Nepeta is the shipper. Nepeta draws a new card that reads: "X and Y have a hate filled rap-off". She chooses numbers 1 and 5. John and Karkat are those numbers, and they proceed to have the shittiest rap-off in the history of love raps. Everyone has a good laugh! Downloads ----- The original Android app was hosted on [Armada's website at lostsignalweb]( http://armada.lostsignalweb.com/apk/shipping.apk) These are the 104 cards that were used in the game; one could use a double-deck of playing cards, 26 of each suit. Calignious <3< - X and Y have a hatefilled rap-off - X, write Y a hate note - X and Y, draw a hate romance novel cover featuring you - X, give Y an especially vicious noogie - X and Y, strife! - X, pull Y's hair - X, deploy your pickup line! - X, propose to Y - X, sing Y's ears off and melt their brain - X and Y, do a hateful courting dance - X, be a vampire and bite Y - X, kill everyone else and present trophies to Y - X, scope out Y's choice ass. WE HAVE LIFDOFF. - X, insult Y's mother/lusus - Shit, let's play telephone. X, transmit a message to Y through all the other trolls. - X and Y, make a <3< symbol with your arms/bodies - X, arrest Y. - X and Y, armwrestle - X and Y, thumb war - X, make derogatory comments about Y's behind. - X, mock Y behind their back (mimic what they're doing) - X and Y, gaze deeply into each others eyes and exclaim how much you just FUCKING HATE THEM - X and Y, whisper sweet nothings to your kismesis - X, mind control Y. - X and Y, pose for a kismetic photo - X and Y, do your best BLUH pose Flushed <3 - X and Y have a romantic rap-off - X, stalk Y (?) - X, write Y a love note - X, fondle Y's horns. If Y has no horns, fondle Y's face. - X, give Y a present - X, serenade Y - X and Y, draw a love romance novel cover featuring you - X and Y, reenact the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, as badly as possible - X, use a pickup line on Y - X, propose to Y - X, kiss Y's hand like the gentleman/troll/lady you are - X and Y, be cute and wear each others' accessories - X and Y, do a mating dance - X, be a romantic vampire and bite Y - X, scope out Y's choice ass. WE HAVE LIFDOFF. - X, sing How Do I Live with Y - X, beatbox a love message to Y - Shit, let's play telephone. X, send a message to Y through all the other trolls. - X, Captain Morgan pose. Y, swoon. - X and Y, make a <3 symbol with your arms/bodies - X and Y, pose for a photo - X and Y, dramatic slow motion hug - X and Y, pretend to kiss - X and Y, recite horrible love poetry - X, mourn over Y's dead body - X and Y, skip around the room hand in hand Moirails <> - X and Y get your flow on and bro-rap. - X and Y must pose for a photo - X, attempt the climb Y - X, do something dumb. Y, try to prevent it. - X, wheelbarrow walk with Y - X, give Y a noogie - X and Y, LARP - X and Y, wear each others' accessories - X and Y, dance-off! - Shit, let's be fashion designers. X and Y, make lovely accessories for each other. - X, play pattycake with Y - X and Y sing the chorus from Take on Me - X and Y: CARMELDANSEN - X, explain babby making to Y (it can be totally inaccurate) - X, piggyback ride Y - X, offer Y a towel - X and Y: stand back to back, link arms, lift each other up - X and Y, make a <> symbol with your arms/bodies - X, catch Y in a trust fall - X and Y, fistbunp! - X and Y, create a secret handshake - X, give Y a motivational speech - X and Y, do your best Game Bro pose! (Stoner Lou) - X and Y, be the nucleus of a giant hug ball. Gather everyone! - X, tell Y a bedtime story or fairytale - X, be wingman for Y. (Pick a quadrant.) Auspitice c3< - Z, be the beatbox as X and Y rap - Z, force X and Y to compliment each other - Z, come over and smash X and Y into a hug - X, Y and Z: 2x three legged combo! Make everyone else team up and race against you. Y and Z, carry X around. - X and Y, argue, or argue-sing. Z, do a shut-up serenade. Z, interfere with X and Y's hate-dance - X and Y look horrible! Z, be What Not To Wear. - X, Y, and Z: do See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil - X, Y, and Z: grab a fourth and do the YMCA - X, Y, Z: make a small human/troll pyramid - X, Y, Z: monkey in the middle Z, gently knock X and Y's skulls together - X, Y, Z: Be the Three Stooges - X, break up a slapfight between Y and Z. - X, Y, Z: Play Ring Around the Rosie (feel free to grab more players) Shit, let's be mailmen. Z, deliver note from X to Y. (Y must read it aloud) - X, Y, Z: Make three competing conga lines! Longest one wins. - X, Y, Z: make a c3< symbol with your arms/bodies - X, Y, Z: pose for a photo - X, Y, Z: Congratulations, you have been drafted by the Power Rangers. Pose for photo! - X and Z play tug of war with Y's arms - X, use Y as a shield against Z's attacks - X, Y, and Z do the cancan - X, Y, Z: Sunglasses jenga. Put as many on one person's face as possible. - X, Y, Z: Do the wwavve. Add as many people as possible.