FYI-- Baker's Dozen Rules (streamlined) -- 3/25 restart
For anyone just starting out with the Baker's Dozen games ... or those who need a refresher.... here's how they work. If anything's unclear please ask.
1. A topic is given; the object of the game is to reach 13 answers fitting the topic.
Unless specifically allowed in the topic title or instructions using REMAKES, SEQUELS, PREQUELS, or other FILMS IN A SERIES (i.e. 007 films, Friday the 13th series, etc) should be avoided as they are considered to be repetitive answers.
2. Players should CUT and PASTE the entire list into their post then add ONE ANSWER only to the end.
3. Players take turns alternating with other players.
In general players may not add consecutive answers by replying to one of their own posts. However if no one else has added an answer in 24 hours a player may add a consecutive answer in order to keep a topic going.
4. If a topic originator creates restrictions or instructions, they should also be copied & pasted along with the list of answers.
5. !!!!! After posting, check to see if another response has preceded yours!!!!! -- if so, please update your post to include the missing answer(s) or delete your post if it repeats a previously given answer.
6. The player adding the thirteenth item creates the next topic.
Please remember to create topics that fit the given game -- title topics for FILM TITLES, filming sites for MOVIE LOCATIONS, etc. Also please pick topics for which there are at least 13 possible answers. In other words don't go too obscure.
7. In the event of multiple postings for #13, the posting time stamp will be the final arbiter.
8. The player posting the 13th & final answer has 15 minutes to post a new topic.
If a new topic is not posted within that time anyone may post the next topic.
9. New topics should be started in a new reply with the new topic title in the Subject header box rather than by simply naming the topic at the end of your 13th answer reply.
This avoids the confusion that comes when a subject header is not changed and then does not jive with the list within the post.
10. Answers not correctly fitting the topic can and should be deleted by subsequent posters.
Please include in your post the reason for deletion so posters can learn from the mistake or dispute the deletion. (Considering the rash of skipped answers it will also help people know the deletion was deliberate, not just a skip.)
11. If there have been no new items posted to the current topic in 24 hours, it can be considered dead and anyone may start a new topic. EDIT: To avoid confusion please do not try to revive a dead topic once the game has moved on. With different people viewing in different modes inserting additions, even to simply finish a topic, can create an awful tangle.
12. When a thread becomes overlong and difficult to follow please start a new thread.
This is usually done at between 200 and 400 posts (some people who keep an eye on threads prefer 200, some 300, some 400). At whatever point the person restarting the thread should announce in the current thread that the thread is being closed. To help players find the new thread please include a link to the restart thread.
13. SUGGESTION: If you do not like the current topic in a given Baker's Dozen game please DO NOT simply start a new game thread; it gets very confusing when there are multiple threads going for the same game genre PLUS topic ideas get used up that much faster.
Enjoy! And welcome to the games!
I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.