Talk:List of games with concealed rules

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This article was nominated for deletion on 5 September 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

I don't believe Cripple Mr. Onion belongs here, as the rules certainly exist in-universe. And were created for real as well. CitiCat ^♫ 02:52, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

As another example, there was an episode of Scrubs where JD was told about an anti-game/concealed rule game, which was then casually mentioned by other hospital staff. His curiousity piqued, JD insisted that he be allowed to play a round, at which point it was revealed that the only rule of the game was that the other staff get to pelt JD with tennis balls. If anyone has a reference and can remember the title of the game (and other specifics), it would make a great addition to this article. 71.60.175.57 (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Jiggly ball from episode My Jiggly Ball. At the end, Janitor stated the rules but then disclosed that there were no rules as the game didn't exist. Very interesting article by the way. WiiNie (talk) 05:52, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Calvinball doesn't have "undisclosed" rules - as it says, the only rule is that the rules are never the same. Maybe there's an article on meta-games? It would fit better there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.233.85 (talk) 02:06, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

For the onlookers, nomic is the term for games that are made up as they go. Its article has a link to Calvin and Hobbes#Calvinball. --Kizor 06:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC)