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NEW GAME - MISSING LINK - A Creative Thinking Game of Associations

(NOTE: This thread is for THIS game ONLY.  All other games can be played here: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=34043.0)

Rules:
1.  You need to figure out the ONE or TWO word Missing Link which connects two separate game words, word1--> Missing Link--> word2.

2.  The Missing Link must be somehow associated to word1 AND to word2.  (see examples below)

3.  Any member can guess the Missing Link by posting this:  link="Missing Link guess"?

4.  The Poster of the correct Missing Link gets to post the new word2 in the following format:
  • word1= "old word2"
  • word2= "OP's new word"
5.  The Poster of word2 is encouraged to give hints if members have difficulty finding the Missing Link (until it is so easy that a member gets it).

6.  In case the current OP of the riddle is offline or not responding, any logical Missing Link guess that is posted and then seconded
     by another member is good enough to win that riddle.  The OP member who thought of the link can CMIIW.  This way we don't have to wait.

7.  3MR=The 3 Minute Rule:  The member correctly guessing the Missing Link has 3 minutes to post word2, otherwise any member may post it in order to keep the game flowing.



This is not just a free flow association game, but rather, each pair of words is its own new, challenging riddle to be solved before continuing.

Example:   If Riddle#1 were "Sunday-->Superbowl-->cereal"   then   Riddle#2 could be "cereal-->spoon-->fork"
       In Riddle#1, if a member correctly guesses the Missing Link for word2 of "cereal", then "cereal" now becomes new word1 in Riddle#2.
       The member then thinks of a Missing Link to a new word2 and posts the new word2.   (The guessed link DOES NOT become word2.) 

Possibilities:
Word1Word2LinkLevel
cereal,fork-you eat cereal with a spoon, which is a utensil just like a fork (easy)
cereal,cow-you eat cereal with milk, which comes from a cow (easy)
cereal,soup-you eat cereal in a bowl, as you do soup (easy)
cereal,lane-you eat cereal in a bowl, and you bowl down a lane (moderate)
cereal,hear-cereal starts with "see", which is one of the 5 senses, as is hear (moderate)
cereal,bounce-cereal ends with "roll", which is an action like bounce (moderate)
cereal,trout-cereal sounds like "sole", which is a fish, like trout (hard)
cereal,celery-cereal is crunchy, just like celery (hard)

Ready?  I propose we start off with easy/moderate until members feel comfortable joining.

NOTE: Players agree to ignore any posts that do not comply with the rules, and instead, to refer those posters to the wiki.
« Last edited by srap on February 10, 2017, 02:55:52 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13180 on: July 18, 2017, 01:37:04 PM »
Bear/beer
No. I thought you guys would get this in 10 seconds.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13181 on: July 18, 2017, 04:22:28 PM »
Ringling
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13182 on: July 18, 2017, 07:48:12 PM »
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If it's not bear/beer, that's GOT to be it.  Great one.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13183 on: July 18, 2017, 11:54:59 PM »
With that endorsement:


word 1. Yuengling
word 2. cards
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13184 on: July 18, 2017, 11:55:47 PM »
With that endorsement:


word 1. Yuengling
word 2. cards
gamble?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13185 on: July 19, 2017, 01:41:09 AM »
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13186 on: July 19, 2017, 10:07:45 AM »
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For the record, that is correct.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13187 on: July 19, 2017, 12:33:39 PM »
Old Maid?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13188 on: July 19, 2017, 12:38:38 PM »
Nope

Hint: they each have this (the link)
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13189 on: July 19, 2017, 12:40:29 PM »
Nope

Hint: they each have this (the link)
jack? king? queen?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13190 on: July 19, 2017, 01:01:44 PM »
Nope

Hint: they each have this (the link)
Random association time:

Yeungling - bottle, cap, foam, bubbles, stars, liquid, young, eagle, bird,
cards -       suit, heart, spade, club, diamond, red, black, corners, deck, players,

club? (weak, but you drink beer at a club)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13191 on: July 19, 2017, 01:59:14 PM »
Random association time:

Yeungling - foam, bubbles,


Yeungling - work from this.   (Link has no s at the end)
Cards - the link is same word but has an s at the end.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13192 on: July 19, 2017, 09:29:23 PM »
Brewers (baseball team) connects with cards (as in cardinals)

Didn't fit with the hints but still a good link!
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13193 on: July 19, 2017, 09:51:40 PM »
Random association time:

Yeungling - foam, bubbles,
Yeungling - work from this.   (Link has no s at the end)
Cards - the link is same word but has an s at the end.

Hint: they each have this (the link)
What do you call the foam, bubbles on a Yeungling (or any beer)?
Doesn't cards have something by the same name?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13194 on: July 19, 2017, 10:48:20 PM »
Terribly embarrassed!! :-[
Word#2 should have been COIN. 

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13195 on: July 19, 2017, 10:59:14 PM »
Head
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« Reply #13196 on: July 19, 2017, 11:01:41 PM »
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« Reply #13197 on: July 19, 2017, 11:17:06 PM »
yes
  :-[  So sorry!
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« Reply #13198 on: July 19, 2017, 11:19:13 PM »
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #13199 on: July 19, 2017, 11:19:27 PM »
1. Coin
2. Drill
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