There were some very impressive solves yesterday. Well done to each of Hominidae, Aristocrat, and DreamTrawler. Since we're on the subject of rules: I've actually had a proposal for reforming the system of free and non-free guesses in the back of my mind for some time. Allowing non-free guesses som...

To be fair, that rule keeps getting changed, so it's not just a matter of forgetting. I still think that it makes perfect sense to ask two questions then use a free guess. Use my version of the rules if you win ;-) Part of it, at least to me, is that the new option of 'passed' makes counting weird....

Thank you and sorry - I keep forgetting how the consecutive guess/answer works. Free guess: Freddie Mercury To be fair, that rule keeps getting changed, so it's not just a matter of forgetting. I still think that it makes perfect sense to ask two questions then use a free guess. Use my version of t...

Thank you and sorry - I keep forgetting how the consecutive guess/answer works. Free guess: Freddie Mercury To be fair, that rule keeps getting changed, so it's not just a matter of forgetting. I still think that it makes perfect sense to ask two questions then use a free guess. Use my version of t...

Born in Chinese Outer Mongolia, Japanese-occupied Manchuria or Japanese-occupied Korea? I see where you are going with this question, and I thought of Tibet and Hong Kong also, but the question QM passed on was "born in what is now China, Taiwan or Japan." These places you ask about are all now cle...

Born in Chinese Outer Mongolia, Japanese-occupied Manchuria or Japanese-occupied Korea?

Born after 1300 CE on Terra and saw Sol at least once in their life?

JECE wrote: ↑

Tue May 28, 2024 1:29 am

Visual artist born east of the Mississippi, west of the Rhine, south of the magnetic north pole and north of Aconcagua?

I'll withdraw this question with much scratching in protest of Aristocrat beating me to it

Visual artist born east of the Mississippi, west of the Rhine, south of the magnetic north pole and north of Aconcagua?

Born in Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans or an island of the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian or Black Seas?

I don't have an objection per se, but I would note that game masters can always choose to hand the game off to another player even if they won the game.

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 9:30 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 8:30 pm

(does Valencian count as Spanish?)

For the record, no. Valencian is a form of Catalan, which is definitely a different language from Spanish.

Cesare Borgia may not have been a native speaker of any Iberian language, though, right?

DiplomacyandWarfare wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 10:29 pm

. . . Exactly one of conditions 3, 6, and 10 applies

Well, good thing that conditional questions aren't allowed then

This is the webDiplomacy Forum that I missed

I like some parts of the old rules, but this section always bothered me, even though I wasn't playing back when people really used these rules: Before the twentieth question is answered, players who have not yet used their free guess may choose to expend their free guess alongside two consecutive q...

free guess: Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares? You got it! Richelieu and Olivares , by J. H. Elliott, is a great, short book that explains this period of history. I couldn't help but laugh when I read in this thread comments like that Spain was a highly "centralized kingdom". If only! You gu...

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 2:48 pm

Free guess: John Joseph of Austria

No

Wattsthematter wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 1:29 pm

Not sure if this is a wasted question or not, as I'm not 100% confident on where native speakers would most likely be born between 1570-1727, but...

Born in Spain in the 17th century?

No

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 1:02 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 12:44 pm

Was this person ever a pope, a doge of Venice, or a captain regent of San Marino?

Were any of those people native speakers of Spanish?

did miss that one but there is a chance I suppose

No, but native Spanish speakers did become Pope

DiplomacyandWarfare wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 12:04 pm

Point of order:
What does the QM consider "Northern Europe" or "Western Europe"?

My consideration is irrelevant. See the original question:

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Thu May 23, 2024 7:58 pm

Born in Northern Europe, Western Europe, or South America as currently defined in the UN Geoscheme?