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Acronymble is a board game published in 1991. It challenges players to create funny acronyms (known as noodles) from a random sequence of letters.
For example, if players received the letters E.U.M.G., one might write, "Elvis Unglued My Grandfather", and another, "Eek!!! Ugly Man-eating Gerbils!" Players then vote for their favorite acronym using a blind voting process, and are not allowed to vote for their own noodles.
The game gives players three to seven letters each round to write their "Noodles". Letters are given in one of three ways:
Acronymble is mostly subjective, in that there are no right and wrong answers, although players are awarded points if their Noodle contains a complete sentence. [1]
Acronymble was developed by Acronymwits Inc. in 1991, and designed by Steven May.[ citation needed ] An Acronymble game show spoof was later produced using the premise. It aired on public access television in Massachusetts and won the Massachusetts Cable Commission award for "Best Entertainment and Variety Show" in 1997.[ citation needed ] May also writes fiction under the pseudonym "Commander Pants". [2]
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