gaming wonton: January 2012

Eat Poop You Cat!

Brawn: Eat Poop You Cat is the best telephone type game out there! It combines the elements of Pictionary and telephone to a wonderful amalgamation of awesome-ness!

Appeal: Truly depends on whom you choose to play Eat Poop You Cat. Not everyone is an artist, but almost all finished games of Eat Poop You Cat are hilarious!

Damage: Do you own a few sheets of paper? Some pencils? Several friends--preferably an odd number--with a good sense of humor in the same room? Then you have the necessary resources to play Eat Poop You Cat!

Amusement: When it is party time, Eat Poop You Cat tends to come out to join in the fun! Even when it is not party time, and there are enough players, Eat Poop You Cat is passed around the various gaming tables.

Skill: No skill is required as long as you have no shame!

Square Wonton's Approval: Get your friends together, because Square Wonton demands you play Eat Poop You Cat!

The origins of Eat Poop You Cat seem to be a mystery. In the amount of time ten minutes of research can afford, Square Wonton found that Eat Poop You Cat has existed since early 2001. However, this game existed under other names dating back to the early 1920s and possibly earlier. Eat Poop You Cat is a telephone-like game that goes from a sentence to a picture to a sentence and so on until the ending sentence is a far (and often hilarious) cry from the original. Square Wonton recommends any odd-number of players over 5. It is possible to play with an even-number of players, but easiest with an odd-number. The main objective is to interpret the previous sentence or picture and convert it to a picture or sentence respectively in an alternating pattern.

How To Play
Get a piece of paper or two and some pens or pencils. Roll a die, or do whichever starting player decision-making method you choose to determine who goes first. The starting player and the ending player must write a sentence. No exceptions.

Fold Down & the Same Direction

The starting player chooses a mundane, uncomfortable, wacky, or whatever type of sentence to start the game. Then he or she passes the paper to the next player. The next player must draw the sentence to the best of his or her ability. Once the second player is finished, he or she folds the paper so only his or her drawing can be seen. Square Wonton recommends you fold the paper towards you, and for all players to fold the same direction.

Then the paper is passed to the next player. The third player must now write a sentence describing the drawn image. When finished, he or she folds the paper so the image can no longer be seen (nor the original sentence) and passes the paper to the next player.

The game continues until everyone has had a chance to draw or write a sentence. Then, whoever wins the honor of reading the first and last sentences in an epic battle to the death opens up the page for laughter and merriment for all.

Basic Summary of Play

Get paper and writing utensil(s).
Choose a starting player.
Make up a sentence, and write it down at the top of the paper.
Pass the paper to the next player.
Second player draws a picture of the sentence.
Fold the paper so only the picture can be seen.
Pass the paper to the next player.
Third player writes a sentence of the picture.
Fold the paper so only the just written sentence can be seen.
Continue steps 4 to 9 until all players have had a chance to write or draw something.
Open up the page and read the first and last sentence. Look at the transitions and laugh or marvel at the other players' interpretations.

Fin

If you want to only play Eat Poop You Cat, you can give everyone a piece of paper to come up with a starting sentence and pass around the room or table in an orderly fashion. If you have an even number of people, it is best to let everyone have a starting sentence, or at least have a couple different games going on simultaneously. Eat Poop You Cat is a wonderfully hilarious game! Square Wonton definitely recommends you to try it out! Best part is that you don't have to invest anything to start having fun!