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Intro

This is a fun and simple game. It's in the Sandbox — feel free to join in! Why not? It's a good place to practice making links to articles and find interesting pages to edit on Wikipedia.

How to play

Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Edit the main game or branch section, add a word, enclose it in brackets, update the word count, and save the page.

An Example

By way of example, a game might start off with: cat. Then, the next person might add cat, dog. And after a few more rounds, we might get cat, dog, pet, animal, forest, tree, house, ...

Repeated Words

Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Please use only blue links when associating. Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as when a word may have many ambiguities, like [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus "Sebastian Junger" would be followed by "United States", and "Latin" by "Italic languages".

In the spirit of the game, please type only one word consecutively. Then another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!

Rules

Players can only play one associated word at a time. If the current word is chair, the next player can only add musical chairs, not musical chairs and party games as well.

In game, as usual, it is a must to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 555 words. Please note that this word limit must not be raised.

Every 100th word may be made into a new branch. However, there cannot be any sub-branches and therefore the total number of Branches possible in this game are 5-6. Branches may contain up to 100 words maximum and 35 minimum.

For Game #25, in which the starting word was Garner H. Tullis and the ending word was Solo with branches Nanae, Hokkaidō, V for Vendetta, Drug cartel, Nintendo 64, and White & Nerdy, see this link.

This is Game #26, starting with the word "Sha". It was selected by Special:Random.

Main Game #26: "Sha"

Sha, Cyrillic alphabet, Russian, Petrograd, Leningrad, Lenin, Stalin, USSR, Tetris, Pong, Allan Alcorn, Acorn, Chipmunk, Squirrel, Scrat, Persistence, "Persistence of Vision", The Persistence of Memory, Time, Fourth dimension, String theory, String instrument, Cello, Violin, Viola, Note, Footnote, Pedal, Clutch, Clutch Cargo, Television program, Television, Radio, Radio waves, Waves, Ocean, Sea, Sears, Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Missouri, Compromise, Demand, Diamond, Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Dry ice, Ice XV, Ice-nine, Cat's Cradle, "Cat's in the Cradle", Folk rock, Bob Dylan, Cousin, Kissin' Cousins, Incest, Sex, Madonna, Madona, Latvia, Europe, Eurasia, Asia, China, Chairman Mao, Little Red Book, Little Red Lighthouse, George Washington Bridge, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Marxism, "Workers of the world, unite!", "We Are the World", Quincy Jones, Quincy (Cher), Quincy (FoxTrot character), John Quincy Adams, John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Children's music, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat", Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Salzburg, "The Sound of Music", Musical film, Glee, "Don't Stop Believin'", "Waiting on the World to Change", "Change the World", "Don't Wanna Change the World", "Leave the world behind", "Make the World Go Away", Apocalypse, Apocalyptica, Helsinki, Finland, Sweden, Swedish Chef, Swedish Fish, Gummi bear, Gummo Marx, Karl Marx, Karl Rove, Mars rover, Rover Company, The Dover Company, Dover, Ben Dover, Bend over, Bender, Bending, The Last Airbender, The Last of the Mohicans, Mohican, Mohican River, Ohio, Ohayō, Good morning, Good Morning, Vietnam, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indochinese Peninsula, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Dubai Ports World, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Amiga, Computer, HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey, "Daisy Bell", Daisy (advertisement), Daisy (Keeping Up Appearances), Keeping Up Appearances, How Clean Is Your House?, Reality television, Drawn Together, Drawn to Life, Still life, Apple, Banana, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Hampsterdance, Dramatic Prairie Dog, Dumb, Scientology, Science, Physics, Quantum mechanics, Quantum Leap (TV series), Paradigm shift, Future Shock, Futurama, Science fiction, Doctor Who, David Tennant, Jermaine Pennant, Germany, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Haarlem, Harlem, Apollo Theater, Apollo, Apollo 11, The Eagle Has Landed, Eagle crater, Eagle, Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, Miami, Florida, Florida, Georgia, Caucasus Mountains, Mount Elbrus, Alborz, Iran, "I Ran", I Ran, A Flock of Seagulls, Seagulls, Steven Seagal, Stephen Colbert, Political satire, Political discourse analysis, FiveThirtyEight.com, Electoral-vote.com, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "O Tannenbaum", Santa Claus, Sinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, Saint-Tropez, Trapeze artist, Circus, Cirque du Soleil, French, France, Paris, Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton, Blogger, Twitter, Social network service, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerbaby, Alberta, Canada, Canadensis, Canandaigua,

Word count is 219/555 as of word: Canandaigua.

Branch #1: Apocalyptica (branch closed)

Apocalyptica, Apocrypha, Bible, Book of Genesis, Book of Revelation, Armageddon, Whore of Babylon, Whore, Brothel, Pimp, Pimp My Ride, "Ridin'", "White & Nerdy", Geek, Greek, Roman, Romulan, Vulcan, Volcano, Iceland, Reykjavik, Bobby Fischer, Fishing, Hunting, Predator, Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Sargent Shriver, Dick Sargent, Dick Cheney, Cheney Stadium, Target Field, Target, KMart, Wal-Mart, Wall Street, Stock market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones & Company, News Corporation, Fox News, Sarah Palin, Moron, Maroon, Maroon 5, Pottsville Maroons, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsylvania, Pot, "What's the New Mary Jane", Sarah Jane Smith, Doctor Who, MD, Doctor, Dentist, Teeth, Tooth Fairy, Tooth Fairy, Toothed whale, Baleen whale, "Fail whale", Epic fail, Fail, Fail-Safe, Wile E. Coyote, Coyote, Canidae, Canada, "O Canada", "O Holy Night", Jesus, Jesús Alou, Matty Alou, Baseball, Football, 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa, Afrikaans, Africa, African Plate, China plate, Communist Party of China, Tea Party, Tea Party movement, "Tea for Two", "Bicycle Built for Two", Tandem bicycle, Bicycle, Playing cards, Magic: The Gathering, Collectible card game, Pokémon TCG, Anime, Japanese, Nintendo, Mario.

Word count is 97/97 as of word: Mario.

Branch #2: Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas, Nicholas, Nickel, Nickel (coin), United States dollar, Canadian dollar, Sand Dollar, Sea urchin, Street urchin, Begging, Beijing, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin orange, Apple (fruit), Apple Inc., Nineteen Eighty-Four, Big Brother, Newspeak, Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, New York, New Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Marijuana, High Times, Hard Times,

Word count is 27/98 as of word: Hard Times.

Players

Here is where you can place your name and become a common player.

@@ Line 408: / Line 408: @@
 [[Marijuana]],
 ''[[High Times]]'',
+''[[Hard Times]]'',
 <!-- PLEASE update the word count and last word whenever you add a word -->
-''Word count is 26/98 as of word: '''[[High Times]]'''.''
+''Word count is 27/98 as of word: '''[[Hard Times]]'''.''
 <!-- MAXIMUM: 98. LEAVE A BLANK LINE ABOVE THIS ONE. Don't forget to change the word count and the current word, but do not update ahead of time or state incoherent info. There have been miscounts in the previous games. AVOID miscounting!