THE REVEAL - Aaron Jenning's House Of Games

[aaronjennings]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the (slightly delayed) grand reveal of House Of Games
 
Who will walk away with the coveted House of Games trophy and complimentary Luggage Set, and who will walk away with the dreaded Passport Holder?
 
We have five rounds - and potentially one tie-breaker - to determine the answer

 
20 people stepped up to the plate, and they are:
 
ari101
Barney92
cee_jay
davetherave
DejaBoo
E.N.
Edser
EEFGGFEDCCDEEDD
jp liz v1
Kol
Leg End Reject
Mam of 4
Necro
nothing
quickbeam
Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick
Toto Wolfcastle
Trigger
Wichita Lineman
Zaph
 
Join us at 8pm, when all will be revealed

[E.N.]

I never did crack the Aussie soap/Stephen King one. I expect to be kicking myself when that's revealed

[Leg End Reject]

I'm not sure I can live with the shame!

[Trigger]

I never did crack the Aussie soap/Stephen King one. I expect to be kicking myself when that's revealed

It literally just popped into my head right now when you said it. 

My answer is so bad

[quickbeam]

I never did crack the Aussie soap/Stephen King one. I expect to be kicking myself when that's revealed

It literally just popped into my head right now when you said it. 

My answer is so bad

Ditto. Except for the bit about it popping in to my head. I did come up with a soap that sort of referenced a King, but I highly doubt it's the answer AJ was looking for.

[aaronjennings]

Before we get started in a few hours time, I am interested in some opinions:

In Round 1, if someone were to omit a word from the answer, or add one in, how strict do you want me to be?

Rounds 2-5 I will definitely make some enemies with the decisions I've made  but Round 1, I'm willing to be flexible if you want me to

[Mam of 4]

I'm not sure I can live with the shame!

Don't worry , my answers are so dire that you'll look like a member of Mensa by comparison. (I'm not even joking , I honestly hadn't a clue what I was doing )

[Leg End Reject]

Be flexible!

[Trigger]

Before we get started in a few hours time, I am interested in some opinions:

In Round 1, if someone were to omit a word from the answer, or add one in, how strict do you want me to be?

Rounds 2-5 I will definitely make some enemies with the decisions I've made  but Round 1, I'm willing to be flexible if you want me to

Whatever you feel AJ.. but don't let the masses push you into given them answers they don't deserve

[E.N.]

Before we get started in a few hours time, I am interested in some opinions:

In Round 1, if someone were to omit a word from the answer, or add one in, how strict do you want me to be?

Rounds 2-5 I will definitely make some enemies with the decisions I've made  but Round 1, I'm willing to be flexible if you want me to

Depends on how important the word is
Missing or adding "the", "and" etc I think is fine.
"Tools and Horses" wouldn't be, I'd say

[Wichita Lineman]

Ooh great. I thought this was on last night when I was watching Liverpool beat Athletico Madrid in the footie. 

[quickbeam]

Before we get started in a few hours time, I am interested in some opinions:

In Round 1, if someone were to omit a word from the answer, or add one in, how strict do you want me to be?

Rounds 2-5 I will definitely make some enemies with the decisions I've made  but Round 1, I'm willing to be flexible if you want me to

Same as EN. Depends how important the word is. Whatever your best judgement is, go for it though. We're always grateful to anyone running a game and don't want to be dicks to them about their decisions.

[quickbeam]

Tonight's episode of House of Games had me in stitches. Best episode yet. Needed that laugh too.

[aaronjennings]

Tonight's episode of House of Games had me in stitches.  Best episode yet.  Needed that laugh too.

That capital cities round, you just knew one of them was going to say London

[nothing]

Looking forward to this cheering me up later, I definitely had some hilariously terrible answers!

[aaronjennings]

ROUND 1 - MOUSE OF GAMES
 
Q1:
 
So, we have lots to talk about with this question
 
The answer I was looking for was The Bin Bang Theory - changing the ‘G’ in ‘Big’ to ‘N’
 
Some of the other answers I received were Mythdusters and Bag Bang Theory. Even though they weren’t the answers I had in mind, I couldn’t really call them ‘wrong’ based on the question I provided, so I decided to allow them
 
Elsewhere: I said I would be strict on spellings, however based on pre-game opinions, and based on the fact I’ve been super-strict on spellings in Round 3, I am going to be lenient for this round. Which means I am also allowing Bin Bang (which removed ‘Theory’), The Big Bag Theory (which removed a letter rather than changing one) and The Great Bin Bang Theory (which added ‘Great’)
 
Here is the full list of answers submitted for this question (green meaning one point earned):

[Mam of 4]

The Big Fang Theory is a good change!

[aaronjennings]

Q2:
 
There were some excellent incorrect answers to this question, including “The Weakest Sink” and “Ireland’s Fattest Family” - incidentally, the title of my upcoming autobiography .
 
However, the answer I was looking for was Winning Stream - changing the ‘K’ in ‘Streak’ to ‘M’


 
(Full scores will be revealed at the end of every round)

[nothing]

Mythdusters! Hah!

[ari101]

Oh gosh you are naming and shaming us... I would like to distance myself from my own wild random suggestions now

[aaronjennings]

Mythdusters! Hah!

Better than the actual answer, honestly

[nothing]

Aaahhhh hahaha The P Factor, oh Necro

[aaronjennings]

Q3:
 
Some of the answers I received throughout the game were genuine attempts at getting the answer right. Some, not-so-much, and which I enjoyed even more than the correct ones, such “Kingaroo”. “Hope and Away”, at the other end of the scale, was a much better attempt.
 
The somewhat cryptic answer I wanted, however, was Dome and Away - changing the ‘H’ in ‘Home’ to ‘D’, invoking Mr King’s ‘Under the Dome’

[nothing]

@jp liz v1 genius!

I think this was my only good round lol

[ari101]

Not sure I ever heard of Under the Dome (cannot stand King/Horror), I was just trying to come up with one letter changes to Home and Away that made a real word (ABCD... Not that far into the alphabet, and Dome sounded ominous - can't believe that paid off)

[aaronjennings]

Not sure I ever heard of Under the Dome (cannot stand King/Horror), I was just trying to come up with one letter changes to Home and Away that made a real word (ABCD... Not that far into the alphabet, and Dome sounded ominous - can't believe that paid off)

(Looks ahead at next question)

Yep, that checks out

[quickbeam]

OMG - I really didn't expect Dome & Away to be right. Wow!

[E.N.]

I never did crack the Aussie soap/Stephen King one. I expect to be kicking myself when that's revealed

It literally just popped into my head right now when you said it. 

My answer is so bad

It's the lies that hurt the most!

[Leg End Reject]

My hope and away was a random answer because it was the only Australian I could think of where a change of letter was possible!

[nothing]

I'd quite like to watch Dome and Away

[aaronjennings]

Q4:
 
This one made me laugh when I thought of it - did anyone spot the little ‘Mercy’ clue in the question?
 
The answer was not “Tom Bones” which was an excellent attempt, but Duffy The Vampire Slayer - changing the ‘B’ in ‘Buffy’ to ‘D’

[ari101]

Not sure I ever heard of Under the Dome (cannot stand King/Horror), I was just trying to come up with one letter changes to Home and Away that made a real word (ABCD... Not that far into the alphabet, and Dome sounded ominous - can't believe that paid off)

(Looks ahead at next question)

Yep, that checks out

I remember thinking I might know 3 of them (not incl. Dome) and then it was all downhill after that (and not the good kind of downhill )

[quickbeam]

I'd quite like to watch Dome and Away

Residents of Summer Bay trapped under a Dome with no exit. Just where they belong.

That was a great book, but an awful TV series, btw.

[Mam of 4]

Well feck that for a game of cowboys!

[nothing]

Zom Jones and Tom Bones are definitely mates

[aaronjennings]

SCORES AFTER ROUND 1:

Nine people are on perfect scores after four questions, can one of them go all the way?

[nothing]

I'd quite like to watch Dome and Away

Residents of Summer Bay trapped under a Dome with no exit.  Just where they belong.

That was a great book, but an awful TV series, btw.

I enjoyed the series but haven't read the book yet, someone else told me that too

[Leg End Reject]

Zom Jones and Tom Bones are definitely mates

I'm in knots reading them, but then I remember some of my own clangers!

[quickbeam]

This one made me laugh when I thought of it - did anyone spot the little ‘Mercy’ clue in the question?

If that was a reference to a Duffy song then it totally went over my head. I was lucky to have heard of her, never mind know any of her songs.

[Edser]

Not sure I ever heard of Under the Dome (cannot stand King/Horror), I was just trying to come up with one letter changes to Home and Away that made a real word (ABCD... Not that far into the alphabet, and Dome sounded ominous - can't believe that paid off)

It's a good book, quite long, and probably more weird sci-fi/horror. TV series weaker.