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Boticelli

boticelli This is a very simple "Who am I?" game. It is played until all mystery persons are identified and whoever scores the most points wins. Anyone can join in at any time.

There are 6 mystery persons, who may be alive or dead, real or fictitious. Every turn, each player gets up to six goes (depending on the number of unidentified persons), each of which may be a yes/no question for a particular person, or a guess at a person's identity. 10 points are scored for a correct guess - 20 points if you are the only player to guess a particular mystery person that turn. A penalty of 1 point is incurred for an incorrect guess. The GM may also award bonus points at will for particularly useful questions.

All the questions so far are displayed for each mystery person. For example:

Mystery Personage #1

Are you alive? - YES

Are you male? - YES

Are you a politician? - YES

Are you a smarmy git who plays the guitar? - YES

Note that the GM has the option to deviate a little from YES and NO (perhaps give a little more info) if he feels like it. Also players must bear in mind that the GM is not omnipotent, and thus may give the odd duff answer. Players may whinge, but this will have no effect on the scoring - it's not meant to be serious!

By Richard Smith 1998