Hey, guess what GNN! This month marks the fifth anniversary of the day we decided not to keep emailing each other like luddites and step into the twenty-first century with our own blog.
Well, hasn't time flown? We've had people come and go, empires rise and fall (usually in one evening) and babies galore in this semi-decade. To mark this event I didn't fancy another spreadsheet and instead I decided on a little puzzle for us.
Below are fifteen of the best, most apt puns that we've had describing certain games. Take a look and see if you can identify them. Of course, you could use a search engine to do the work for you, but where's the fun in that? Best of luck, and be warned: one game appears twice.
Inglorious Pasties
A flicker of interest
How do you solve a problem like Moria
Grape Expectations
Pillage Idiots
Keen as mustered
We need to talk about Kiev-ing
Do not pass ghost
Techs as Instruments
No Sachsen please, we’re Bm Luttich
Holmes Alone
Under Prussia
It's a shame about Reille
I pity the Thule
Jack, your body
SPOILER WARNING: answers are in the comments below, so if you want to play along, don't scroll down any more.
Hah, nice. I think I can spot most of these, though I'm having trouble with Techs as Intruments. Might be Eclipse, I'm thinking...
ReplyDeleteI think I've got seven.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to us! Don't read this if you don't want spoilers - I think I've got eight with seven shots in the dark:
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Inglorious Pasties - Must be Tinners Trail
A flicker of interest - Either Cube Quest or the space-flicky game that I've forgotten the name of. So I'll have to say Cube Quest.
How do you solve a problem like Moria - Maria, the 3-way European war simulator!
Grape Expectations - Pairs?
Pillage Idiots - wasn't there a viking-themed game that get traded away after two plays?
Keen as mustered - presumably a war game - maybe 1812 - the invasion of Canada?
We need to talk about Kiev-ing - Russian Railroads?
Do not pass ghost - Hugo!
Techs as Instruments - Innovation?
No Sachsen please, we’re Bm Luttich - Wallenstein!
Holmes Alone - is this your single-player Sherlock Holmes exploits Andrew?
Under Prussia - it can't be Russian Railroads again (although it could, apparently). Perhaps Hab and Gut or Thurn and Taxis. But no, it must be Wallenstein again.
It's a shame about Reille - no idea
I pity the Thule - Thurn and Taxis?
Jack, your body - Mr Jack!
That tallies with my thoughts Adam, although the Moria one must be Lord of the Rings, surely? Reille is The Waterloo game I think.
DeleteI actually didn't get any of those until I read Adam's post...
ReplyDeleteI think a flicker of interest was Ascending Empires but yes, could be Cube Quest. I thought Pillage Idiots would involve Village though.
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Inglorious Pasties -Tinners’ Trail
A flicker of interest - Ascending Empries
How do you solve a problem like Moria- Lord of the Rings
Grape Expectations -Pairs
Pillage Idiots - Ekethorp
Keen as mustered - 1812 Invasion of Canada
We need to talk about Kiev-ing - Russian Railroads
Do not pass ghost - Midnight Party/Hugo
Techs as Instruments - Ascending Empires
No Sachsen please, we’re Bm Luttich - Wallenstein
Holmes Alone - Sherlock
Under Prussia - Campaign
It's a shame about Reille - W1815
I pity the Thule - Greenland
Jack, your body - Letters from Whitechapel
There were a few mean ones in there: It looks like no one could remember Ekethorp (even if Adam vaguely remembered it existed), and Campaign (the dice-based chess derivative) was only played once, so I'm not surprised no one got it. And possibly only Martin would've got Greenland. Ascending Empires was the game that appeared twice. It had techs in it, too.
On my brief scan, I definitely identified Greenland, but I couldn't post from work and then forgot about it :)
DeleteI only got 6... sheesh
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