Pirate Pass-Off: A Very Simple Game

[Chairman Risus]

Have initiated Pirate Pass Off here. So far, so good. Everyone thinks it's amazing.
Spreading like pirate ninja wildfire.
Can't wait to throw in the cowboy card.

[Telarus]

:bump:

We has a Student/Faculty mixer @ school today. 2 sets of Pirate cards(& 2 Ninja cards) were seeded into the crowd. Seemed to be a hit! When my co-conspirator and I started seeding the Ninja cards, we got a lot of, "But I'm already.... wait, what? OHGODDAMNIT!"

[Cramulus]

moo ha ha! That is the intended effect 

[Xicked]

I brought some Pirate Pass-Off cards to the Primus concert in Vancouver last night.

It was a huge success!  I wasn't sure how the cards would be perceived, but everyone seemed to love it.  I can't deny feeling a little surge of triumph as I was standing in the beer line, and seeing cards being passed around, and people trying to pass cards back to me later. 

The funniest part was when people had already seen a card, but forgot the "answer" to "are you a pirate?"  There were a lot of people where the answer was, "YES, I AM!....or - wait.... no... ARRRRRRR!!"  Then I'd give them a ninja card. 

One regret is that I didn't stick a link or something on them which would direct people here.  There were a lot of comments like, "this is awesome!"  "Where did you find out about this game?"  "Where can I find more stuff like this?"  I passed out a lot of cards, so at least anyone who was "stuck" with one at the end of the night can Google it and will inevitably be led here.  I also didn't see any crumpled up cards on the floor, which I actually kind of expected to see.

This game is a really excellent way to encourage interaction and communication between strangers.  I have a hard time approaching people, but this game allowed me to chat with a ton of people who I would have never spoken to otherwise.  And, it was just super fun.

Going to another concert in a few weeks.   

[The Great Pope of OUTSIDE]

I swear to Eris this is how I will introduce myself at college.

We'll see what kind of friends I make that way. 

[Triple Zero]

I swear to Eris this is how I will introduce myself at college.

We'll see what kind of friends I make that way. 

DONT FORGET TO PUT A URL ON IT

SUGGESTIONS:

HTTP://principiadiscordia.com (duh)

HTTP://bit.ly/5bip23 (random page on blackironprison.com wiki)

HTTP://cramul.us (he thought up the game, there's awesome stuff there, plus it'll lead back to here some way or other)

[Cramulus]

*cough cough*

http://cramul.us/2010/06/pirate-pass-off/


edit:
I'll update that to add the ninja card later today

[Triple Zero]

@ "the game practically plays itself!"

also, am I missing something or is there no URL printed on the pirate cards on that page either?

[Xicked]

I'll be passing these out again next Thursday at a much larger venue.

I'll add a URL this time, but I was also thinking I could hide some "buried treasure" within the card.  Last week I printed off the card on 4"x3" paper and taped it at the edges with double-sided tape to a slightly larger piece of heavy (and shiny!) card stock.  This leaves a space between the two pages, about the size of a business card.  I was thinking of leaving stuff in there; quotes, meme bombs, other random things.  You'd have to destroy the card to get to the treasure, but it wouldn't be obvious that something was in there unless someone really examined the card.

What do you think?  Too much messing with an already-good thing?

[LMNO]

I like that Idea.