[Fictionary] STONE rules Results

[Jim Moskowitz]

Okay, I now propose that we add orienteering to the list of 
activities at the Fictionary Real-world Get-together.  I'd especially 
like it if it's a Score-O.


At 7:03 PM -0500 12/19/11, J-J Cote wrote:
>WHAT??!!!!
>
>Are you Adrian Owens's mother??  And Kestrel's grandmother?
>
>Jean-Joseph
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>On 12/19/2011 9:27 AM, lindafowens at netzero.com wrote:
>>My game sort of existed when my son Greg made it up when he babysat 
>>for several hyperactive kids in our neighborhood (both went on to 
>>be great Basketball players in high school, while the dad killed 
>>himself). Anyway, instead of stones they used boat-like 
>>constructions they made in our cellar, painted, and stored in our 
>>backyard shed.  There were dozens of them, and I think Greg still 
>>has a few.  I was never sure how the game actually worked, and the 
>>rules may have changed at a whim, but those boys were always 
>>pounding on our door to play in our front yard, which also had 
>>three bases among the grass and gardens.  Greg also made up, with 
>>his brothers, an outdoor version of D&D, after the indoor versions 
>>became too sedentary. During breaks, the kids would come in for a 
>>snack, and tend to their wounds, real and imagined, learn heraldry 
>>and other stuff, like costume and weapon making, useful for 
>>activities in The Society for Creative Anachronism, as 
>>reinterpreted by themselves. Kept them off the streets.  Linda  PS 
>>They are now in their 40's and still enjoy outdoor games, like 
>>adventure racing and ski orienteering, of which Greg's brothers are 
>>national champs currently.