Thanks Rusty!
JP (is a she btw)

is JP trying to get me to say that the defense play is illegal so he can nullify your wins, JY? don’t let him do it (although i will state for the record that you should have called this as part of your rules before playing – the ABC game isn’t like Quarters where you add rules as you go along…)

As person #2 mentioned in JP’s comment below, I want to clarify that we are both in our late twenties, and college educated. Also Person #2 in the scenario was also the driver and eating a blizzard from Dairy Queen. I think in a normal game (you know, ages 18 and under) defense may not have its place but we were well into our second round and there were plenty of signs.

Later in the same game I was also called for a violation on a sign i could see but couldn’t necessarily read. It was a work zone sign and I knew what it said but couldn’t necessarily make it out.

Thanks for the great story, it was hilarious to find it the next day after playing two competitive rounds.

Oh and let the record show, Person #2 won both games.

first, i think that blocking / playing “defense” is unnecessary, as the Q, X, and Z words, among others, are naturally hard to come by, making blocking simply punitive and possibly inflaming what should be a relatively fun game.

second, the beauty of this game is: you can make up your own rules. if blocking sounds like fun and can be done without making the game unpleasant, by all means, do it.

none of the games i’ve played in years of youth ministry come with hard and fast rules – there are some that SEEM like they should, but students are quite creative when it comes to making up new / better rules. :-) go with it!