New Games (III): Stick It Up Your Crace

Inspired by an excellent response to a comment posted here, ‘Stick It Up Your Crace’ involves transforming the surnames of public figures into expletives. Points are awarded at your discretion, though special credit should be given for Cognomenisms. In other words, if John Crace really is an arsehole, you get a massive bonus.

Kinky Friedman, the doyen of Gonzo private detective fiction, has the right idea when he describes the act of defecation as ‘taking a Nixon’.

New Games (II): ‘Ad Nauseam’

If faeces are not your idea of fun, how about a game with a musical theme?

In order to play Ad Nauseam, you’ll need to trawl through your record collection to find songs which have been used in adverts. Once you have gathered a decent selection, play random snippets to the contestants (aka: your friends). It is their task to guess the artist, track title, product and brand. Award one point for each element the contestant correctly identifies, and a bonus point if they get all four.

New Games (I): ‘Gangster Number Two’

This simple dinner-party word game requires you to name films which have a vague affiliation to pooh, rather than films which actually are pooh. Points are awarded for original titles (Jackie Brown, Cable Guy) and variations thereof (hence ‘Gangster Number Two’).