The Town of Odyssey

Invitation wrote:YOU'RE INVITED!
To a Christmas Party hosted by the Israelites!

Two years ago we held a Christmas Party
that reactivated the Chatroom with new life!
And it has remained active ever since!
So this party will not only be celebrating the Christmas season,
but the Chat’s new found activity over the last two years!

So Please, come join us for FUN and GAMES
in celebration of all the friendships formed via
TheToO Chatroom!

The leader selects a word of moderate length, and types it scrambled, with the letters out of order. Players have to guess the word, typing it whenever they think they have the solution.

1) To the right of the chat room panel you will see a list of user names. The message to be passed on begins with one person who then right clicks on the user name of the person listed just under him, selects "Send Message," types the message out, and sends it.
2) The recipient reads the message ONCE and ONLY ONCE (the honor system works here), then either closes or minimizes the window, and sends the message privately, as he remembers it, to the person listed just under him in the user list.
3) Once the message is received back by the person who wrote it, he types out the original message as originally sent, and then types out the message as received after it's made the rounds. Hilarity ensues.

Leader uses one AIO related category list.

When all players are ready, the leader loads the URL below to get a randomly chosen letter (letters (H, I, J, K, O, Q, U, V, Y, and Z are omitted as options):

Then the leader types "GO!" in the chat room and quickly starts the 5-minute timer.

Players look at the list of 12 AIO categories and have 5 minutes to write their answers on their pieces of paper -- all beginning with the random letter chosen. All categories may not have an answer with a particular letter, so just leave that category blank and move on.

When time is up, the leader types 'TIME' in the chat room. Players then PM their answers to the leader. When all have been read, answers are tallied and players move on to the next round. Game ends after however many rounds are set (generally, 3).

Example:

Leader randomly selects the letter H and starts the timer. Players look at the list, which is:

1. Fruits and Vegetables
2. Countries
3. Things you'd find in a church
4. Things that are cold
5. Things you wear
6. Animals
7. People who wear uniforms
8. Things one plugs in
9. Book titles
10. Saint symbols
11. Sandwiches
12. Terms of endearment

A player might write these as answers on his piece of paper (not in the chat room):

1. hominy
2. Haiti
3. high altar
4. Haagen Dazs ice cream
5. hats
6. hyenas
7. hat check girls
8. heater
9. How to Win Friends and Influence People
10. hive (St. Ambrose)
11. hero
12. honey-bunny

All answers begin with the letter H. When the five minutes are up, the leader indicates so by typing 'TIME', alerting players that the time is up. All players stop writing, even if they have not found an answer for each category. Then, players private message (PM) their answers to the leader.