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shadowsword87 posted...

Well, even calvinball has rules.

Calvinball is also a fictional concept which doesn't actually exist as a real game, and its "rules" aren't real as much as a meta-fictional scenario in which there are no rules.

It falls more into the realm of thought experiment or fictional meta-game (like Mornington Crescent), wherein it's really just an exercise in improv pretending to be a real game.



On a semi-related note, I know there's a card game like that that people used to occasionally play at conventions, where it literally consists of the "players" putting down normal playing cards or cards from some abstract deck or another, and pretending that there are actually rules, pantomiming actions and responses that literally don't exist because there are no actual rules, no real game mechanics, and no standard meaning or value for any card. The goal being to basically come up with creative descriptions of card effects, combinations, and counters to amuse the people you're playing with, with the true meta goal being to see if you can get anyone else nearby to come over and ask you what game you're playing and what the rules are (and then how long you can bullshit them talking about nonexistent rules).

I heard about it a few years ago (maybe 10? maybe less or more - I'm old and the passage of time blurs now), but I can't remember what the name of it was.

The only names coming to mind are Mao and Nomic, but I know it isn't one of those because those actually DO have rules.


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