Equinox 55

The 55th Semi-Annual 

EQUINOX WORD GAMES PARTY
was held on
Saturday, September 15, 2012
in Berkeley, CA

Theme: Twins

Name tags - You and your (evil?) twin by Henri Picciotto (Hot)
Wall game - Twin Cities, by Mike Selinker (Slik)

Table game - Favorite Flavors, by Ian Tullis
Table game - Chain Gangs, by Andrew Chaikin (Kid Beyond)
Wall games - Nation Cryptic Crosswords  by Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto (Trazom and Hot)
Mixer - Long-Lost Conjoined Twins by NeilFred Picciotto (Renfield) and Dan Egnor
Paper-and-pencil puzzle - Twinsets by Ann Daniels and Jon Zingman (Iolanthe and Plaid)
Creative game - Separated at Birth by Rick Rubenstein (Rubrick)
Paper-and-pencil puzzle - A Nation Cryptic by Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto (Trazom and Hot)

Performance game -Perceive Sound at This Location! by Dan Bennett

Pencil and paper game - Twin Peeks by Andrew Chaikin (Murdoch)

Twinsets

A paper-and-pencil puzzle from Equinox 55 - Twinsets by Ann Daniels and Jon Zingman (Iolanthe and Plaid)

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Perceive Sound at This Location!

A performance game from Equinox 55: Perceive Sound at This Location! by Dan Bennett

The MC reads sentences that contains synonyms for two homonyms. (For the title, the answer is "Hear here".) Each player gets a turn to stand up and try to guess the homonyms. If they don't get it, the room shouts out the answer and the player gets a second and final sentence.

PowerPoint

PDF

Long-Lost Conjoined Twins

A mixer from Equinox 55: Long-Lost Conjoined Twins by NeilFred Picciotto (Renfield) and Dan Egnor.

Separated at Birth

A creative game from Equinox 55: Separated at Birth by Rick Rubenstein (Rubrick).

A pass-and-fold guessing game. Players started with a well-known quote or proverb, then applied a randomly-chosen transformation (such as "Change a letter in up to three words" or "Replace two words with words that rhyme with them") and passed the resulting new phrase along. After seven modifications, the remaining player(s) tried to guess the original phrase.

The transformations are listed in this file. They were cut out and enclosed in an envelope. One player in each group was responsible for drawing a transformation from the envelope for each turn.

Twin Cities

 Wall game from Equinox 55: Twin Cities, by Mike Selinker (Slik)

Favorite Flavors

A table game from Equinox 55, presented by NeilFred Picciotto (Renfield): Favorite Flavors, by Ian Tullis

(The game involves actual ice cream, and originated at Shinteki.)

Equinox Party Dates

Equinox 55 is scheduled for September 15, 2012. Note the change!

Equinox 56 is scheduled for March 23, 2013.

Mark your calendars!

Equinox Party Dates

Equinox 53 was held on September 17, in Berkeley CA.

Equinox 54 is scheduled for March 17, 2012.

Equinox 55 is scheduled for September 22, 2012.

Mark your calendars!

--Henri