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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.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2740 on: April 04, 2014, 10:38:57 AM »
link=buoy?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2741 on: April 04, 2014, 10:43:00 AM »
Sorry. So I was supposed to use fan. Got it.
Float was correct

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2742 on: April 04, 2014, 11:04:36 AM »

Sorry. So I was supposed to use fan. Got it.
Float was correct
Good one!
Word#1 canoe
Word#2 reduced

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2743 on: April 04, 2014, 11:05:39 AM »
sunk?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2744 on: April 04, 2014, 11:11:20 AM »
link=buoy?
That's how I got to my proposed water links!

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2745 on: April 04, 2014, 11:14:12 AM »
sail/sale

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2747 on: April 04, 2014, 12:16:25 PM »
Shall we wait for    icapd1, or move on?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2748 on: April 04, 2014, 12:37:12 PM »
Icapd1 is offline so...

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2749 on: April 04, 2014, 12:38:00 PM »
word1: reduced
word2: bike
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2750 on: April 04, 2014, 12:40:34 PM »
word1: reduced
word2: bike
link=gears?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2751 on: April 04, 2014, 12:42:29 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2752 on: April 04, 2014, 01:07:50 PM »
I just got a chance to look at this thread again. Sorry for keeping you waiting. If I don't post a new word within 5 minutes, my turn is up for grabs.
Now for the new round- is it re-cycle ?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2753 on: April 04, 2014, 01:08:47 PM »
I just got a chance to look at this thread again. Sorry for keeping you waiting. If I don't post a new word within 5 minutes, my turn is up for grabs.
Now for the new round- is it re-cycle ?
you got it!
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2754 on: April 04, 2014, 01:13:00 PM »
Carbon emissions

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« Reply #2755 on: April 04, 2014, 01:45:50 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2756 on: April 04, 2014, 01:49:46 PM »
bumpity bump
while you're waiting for the next link-up to be posted,
It looks like Dan knew that you were having printer trouble yesterday and posted this on DDMS: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/42918
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2757 on: April 04, 2014, 01:51:19 PM »
while you're waiting for the next link-up to be posted,
It looks like Dan knew that you were having printer trouble yesterday and posted this on DDMS: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/42918
Ha!
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2758 on: April 04, 2014, 01:51:32 PM »
while you're waiting for the next link-up to be posted,
It looks like Dan knew that you were having printer trouble yesterday and posted this on DDMS: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/42918
big brother is watching....
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #2759 on: April 04, 2014, 02:16:00 PM »
Can I take this one?
Nobody else seems to eager...