Looking for rules to pencil & paper dexterity race game
R. Alan Monroe 6 December 2004 01:18:56
I'm looking for rules to an old pencil & paper dexterity race game.The one on which you drew a narrow race course covered with amorphous blobs that represented oil slicks. You took turns flicking your pencil to leave as long and well-aimed streak as you could, the ending point of which became your starting point for the next turn.
Google wasn't much use because the terms game pencil flick race etc. were too generic.
amonroejj@yahoo.com (R. Alan Monroe) wrote in news:4XKsd.30973$CG4.25782@fe2.columbus.rr.com:
I'm looking for rules to an old pencil & paper dexterity race game.The > one on which you drew a narrow race course covered with amorphous > blobs that represented oil slicks. You took turns flicking your pencil > to leave as long and well-aimed streak as you could, the ending point > of which became your starting point for the next turn.
I think that just about sums up the rules nicely. What else would there be to it?
R. Alan Monroe 6 December 2004 07:45:07 [ permanent link ]
In article <Xns95B6CFFE04897dbohnenbergeryahooco@216.196.97.142>, Dweeb <dbohnenberger@yahoo.com> wrote:>amonroejj@yahoo.com (R. Alan Monroe) wrote in >news:4XKsd.30973$CG4.25782@fe2.columbus.rr.com:>
I'm looking for rules to an old pencil & paper dexterity race game.The >> one on which you drew a narrow race course covered with amorphous >> blobs that represented oil slicks. You took turns flicking your pencil >> to leave as long and well-aimed streak as you could, the ending point >> of which became your starting point for the next turn.>
I think that just about sums up the rules nicely. What else would there be >to it?
It seemed like there were some special bonuses I'm forgetting. I also think that landing in an oil slick let your competitor flick you backwards, but my memories are a bit fuzzy.
R. Alan Monroe wrote:> In article <Xns95B6CFFE04897dbohnenbergeryahooco@216.196.97.142>, Dweeb <dbohnenberger@yahoo.com> wrote:>
amonroejj@yahoo.com (R. Alan Monroe) wrote in >>news:4XKsd.30973$CG4.25782@fe2.columbus.rr.com:>>
I'm looking for rules to an old pencil & paper dexterity race game.The >>>one on which you drew a narrow race course covered with amorphous >>>blobs that represented oil slicks. You took turns flicking your pencil >>>to leave as long and well-aimed streak as you could, the ending point >>>of which became your starting point for the next turn.>>
I think that just about sums up the rules nicely. What else would there be >>to it?>
It seemed like there were some special bonuses I'm forgetting. I also > think that landing in an oil slick let your competitor flick you > backwards, but my memories are a bit fuzzy.>
Alan
I think this kind of game has a slightly different rule set for each group of kids playing it. Part of the fun is making up the rules.
I remember playing it simply are a "draw a set of turret and shoot at the other player's turrets" (i.e. no "moving"). Just fire one turret per turn.
I remember playing it as a game of navy ships. Draw islands all over the map, maybe some minefields too. Some ships have "marines" on them who can land on the island. Each turn you can move or fire 3 times (i.e. 3 pencil swishes) but each unit can only move or fire once.
I remember playing it as a "flotilla" of space ships, each ship gets to move and fire once each turn. (Lots and lots of action). Of course, modifications on this were that one player has more ships but needs to fly them down a "trench" and fire a bomb into a hole to blow up the Death Star. Darth Vader player gets fewer ships but some fixed turrets. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader each can take 3 hits before they are destroyed.
My pals culmination was a Space 1999 version of the game where we had each a team of about 10 guys who could all move and fire, a few space ships ("Eagles"), we drew in craters and mountains (yes, this was on the moon) and we used those enormous roller computer printout paper (these were the old IBM jobbies that were about 24" across... Dad used to come home with stacks and stacks of them).
The only limit on the rules is your imagination and your supply of pencils, erasers and paper.
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