Games Update

Question

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to write with a quick update on the games. I know many of you love participating in daily games, and I think they are a great way to practice new vocabulary and grammar. You'll notice that we have even created a tab at the top of the forum so you can get to the games a lot faster.

Starting tomorrow, I will be posting the Word of the Day game in the forum to coordinate with the current Word of the Day that goes out in the email. I can't wait to see all of your creative ways to use the Word of the Day that I didn't think of!

We are also going to build more games based on interest, so feel free to let me know what you would like to see more of in the forum every day. Some options include:

• A-Z game - Given a category, each person adds a word for each letter of the alphabet example: colors - (person 1) A: amarillo, (person 2) B: beis, (person 3) C: café
• English Word of the Day - write an English and Spanish phrase, given an English word
• Picture of the Day - Given a picture, write the best caption in both English and Spanish

Saludos, Paralee

Answer 1

Paralee,

I believe that gintar77 was doing the 'Picture of the Day' threads. I would contact him to make sure this was ok.

• Definitely! Anyone who was in charge of a game that still wants to be in charge is perfect! I just want to make sure we have someone for every game. - Paralee Feb 15, 2012

Answer 2

Can crucigramas (crosswords) be implemented? with clues, all in Spanish, of course. They could also be made for English learners, perhaps with same clues, but different arrangement of boxes due to obvious differences in words between languages, etc.

Answer 3

Drop One, Take One was a favorite of mine, though I really just started browsing through it a week or two before the old one was down. And definitely keep the Word of the Days, English and Spanish.

• Drop One, Take One is still there as "New" Drop one, take one. Recoge una, quita otra". - xocoyote Feb 15, 2012
• I know. Notice, I said before the OLD one was down. I was just expressing my support of keeping that one up. - Jadey7 Feb 15, 2012
• Yes, I miss the old but Heidita deleted it, so unless it it restored from a backup, I think it is lost forever. How many entries were there, some 7400 of them? - xocoyote Feb 16, 2012
• Something like that. Actually, I meant "that one" as in the game in general, not necessarily Heidita's, though. - Jadey7 Feb 16, 2012

Answer 4

Mad-libs game in Spanish. It will not only help our Spanish, but also exercise our stomach muscles.

• Great idea! I'll get to work on that and see what I can come up with. - Paralee Feb 15, 2012
• It is already like a mad-libs. - Spenco Feb 22, 2012

Answer 5

Can we have a joke of the day section?