If you are familiar with the game "The Minister's Cat," this is the same game only adapted to October Undead.

The basic format is: "Bloody Jack is a _____ killer," where you fill in the blank. You can fill it in with anything, but if you are playing for points, then the first person to fill it in with a proper word gets the point. Chat line-order determines who's first. Yep, lag can be screwy. Oh well.

Often, whoever starts the game will choose the sequence (one of the variations below). No one else will know what it is, though, and one of the game tasks is to determine which sequence it is so you can start issuing correct statements. Usually, either the player that starts issues the points or a non-playing or appointed referee can issue the points.

Alphabet Sequence: A, B, C, etc., the fill-in word can start with any letter but must go through the entire alphabet to the letter just before the one started with. So, if you started with M, you'd go through to Z, then A, then thru to L to complete the game. Whoever has the most points at the end of the letter sequence wins. Keep going through letters to break any ties.

Reverse Alphabet Sequence: as above, but in reverse.

Cascade: Stay on the same letter until no one can come up with another word that begins with that letter. Then, the last person to have a good word with that letter scores a point, and you move on to the next letter.

Tail-Eater: The first letter of the next fill-in word must begin with the last letter of the previous fill-in word. So if you said, "Bloody Jack is a foul killer," the next fill-in word would start with L to get the point.

NOTES

- Each player keeps track of their own score, but it can be verified by chat log by anyone at anytime.

- Once one game is completed, another player can start a new game by saying "NEW GAME: See if you can figure out the sequence!" You can play another round the same or change it up.

- Yes, you can invent your own sequences! Skip a letter, start with the second letter of the last fill-in word, etc. It is polite to gauge the level of complexity to fit the group's experience and readiness level. If you have newbies, start simple so they get the structure of the game. Then move on to trickier sequences. Tournaments can get into some really crazy sequences. For the more complex sequences (e.g., three letters after the second consonent in the word), it is perhaps a good idea for the starting player to issue TWO correct statements to begin the set, so players have at least something to start their pattern-matching data from.