Survivor Game Rules

A Survivor game usually takes the form of a thread where the Original Poster(OP) will list a group of items that are related to each other, such as the names of all the Races in 40K. A number is then assigned to each item. The object of the game is that users will come along and scroll down to the last post, then copy and paste that post into a new one. They then decide on which item in the list they wish to deduct 1 from before posting it as a new post. Another poster will then come along and do the same. This continues until all but one item has been reduced to 0, the remaining single item that is 1 or more will be deemed the WINNER of this survivor game.

Here is an example of how this would work. Bob316 will post a list of names, in this case he has chosen to list 4 items and has given them a value of 5 for each one
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Original Post by Bob316
Space Marine 5
Chaos Marine 5
Tau 5
Eldar 5

A second user comes along and see the post, he copies and pastes the last post (which in this case is the original post) and decides to reduce the item Tau by 1 and also leaves a "-" symbol to show which item has been reduced
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Second Poster Charlie
Space Marine 5
Chaos Marine 5
Tau 4 -
Eldar 5

Another user comes along and copies and pastes the last post (which in this case would be Charlie's post) and decides to reduce the item Space Marine by 1 and again leaves a "-" symbol next to it to show which item he has removed while removing the old "-" symbol from the previous posters post.
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Third Poster Derek
Space Marine 4 -
Chaos Marine 5
Tau 4
Eldar 5

Eventually enough people will have voted until only a single item is left with a positive number, all the ones with a 0 are the losers and the sole remaining item is the Winner. In this example you can see that the Tau were the winners as Xena removed the last vote from the Eldar item and reduced it to 0, leaving Tau as the only item which had 1 or more
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Twentieth Poster Xena
Space Marine 0
Chaos Marine 0
Tau 1
Eldar 0 -



Rules
There are no set rules on how a Survivor game should be played, however there is a standard template that most people use when creating a new game that I will list here. If you look at the *Variation* part in this guide you will notice I have include some of the variations I have seen that add more depth and interest to the game.

(1) A list should contain approximately 10 to 15 related items. (listing the names of all the Space Marine Primarch's for example)

(2) A number of 10 should be assigned to each item.

(3) A user can reduce an item by 1 each time they post.

(4) Use the symbol "-" to show which items are being reduced.

(5) A user may only post again in the same thread after two different people have posted or a time frame of 1 hour has passed.

(6) If you are the creator of the thread then write the rules for the game that are in effect.

I feel this point is important enough to stress that the rules listed above are for standard games only and you do not need to adhere to them if you do not wish to

ahzek wrote:
Chaos Cannon of Khorne - 10
Chaos Contagion Plague Engine - 4----
Chaos Doom Blaster - 10
Eldar Night Spinner - 9
Eldar Fireprism - 9
Imperial Guard Basilisk - 11
Imperial Guard Deathstrike - 11
Imperial Guard Bombard - 10
Necron Pylon - 9
Ork Braincrusha - 10
Ork Doom Diva Magna Kannon - 10
Ork Squig Catapult - 13
Space Marine Whirlwind - 9
Space Marine Land Raider Helios - 11 +++
Squat Goliath Mega-cannon - 11
Tau Skyray - 10
Tyranid Dactylis - 10
Tyranid Exocrine - 10

ahzek wrote:

Chaos Cannon of Khorne - 10
Chaos Contagion Plague Engine - 4
Chaos Doom Blaster - 10
Eldar Night Spinner - 9
Eldar Fireprism - 8
Imperial Guard Basilisk - 10
Imperial Guard Deathstrike - 11
Imperial Guard Bombard - 10
Necron Pylon - 9
Ork Braincrusha - 10
Ork Doom Diva Magna Kannon - 10
Ork Squig Catapult - 13
Space Marine Whirlwind - 10
Space Marine Land Raider Helios - 11
Squat Goliath Mega-cannon - 11
Tau Skyray - 10
Tyranid Dactylis - 10
Tyranid Exocrine - 10