Double Acrostics

Source: What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games And Pastimes
Category: WRITING GAMES



In "Double Acrostics" the game is played in precisely the same way,
except that the letters of the word, after having been arranged in a
line down the paper, are then arranged again in a line up the paper,
so that the first letter is opposite the last, and the last opposite
the first. Thus:--

G N
O R
V E
E V
R O
N G

The players have then to fill in words beginning and ending with the
letters as thus arranged. One paper might come out thus:--

G rai N
O rde R
V ersatil E
E ... V
R apall O
N othin G

This word is rather a hard one on account of the E and V. As a rule,
words of only three letters are not allowed in "Acrostics," nor are
plurals. That is to say, if the word has to end in "S," one must not
simply add "S" to an ordinary word, such as "grooms" for G----S, but
find a word ending naturally in "S," such as "Genesis."

It is not necessary to invert the same word in order to get letters
for the ends of the words. Two words of equal length can be chosen and
arranged side by side. Thus (but this is almost too difficult an
example):--

D K
I I
C P
K L
E I
N N
S G

"Acrostics" may be made more difficult and interesting by giving them
a distinct character. Thus, it may be decided that all the words that
are filled in must be geographical, or literary, or relating to
flowers.


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