How to play
Next time you’re at a conference, you and a friend/coworker each pick one of the grids below. When you see something happen cross it off. The first player to cross off five boxes in a row wins. The grids below appeared in Issue 07 of Chalkdust. To generate new random grids, click here.
Grid A
| A question that’s actually a comment |
Someone cites your paper |
Run out of coffee |
Slides projected in the wrong aspect ratio |
A proof is left as an exercise |
| Someone forgot their Mac adaptor |
A talk overruns into the break |
Your free pen runs out |
Laser pointer gets shined in your eye |
Someone reading Chalkdust |
| Spill ketchup on your last clean shirt |
Ugly Beamer slides |
Ugly PowerPoint slides |
Fire drill |
You fall asleep in a talk |
| Someone uses confusing notation |
You understand a talk |
A video doesn’t work |
You run out of tea bags in your room |
Drunk Fields medallist |
| Someone uses chalk |
The roof is leaking |
Board pen runs out |
Someone else playing conference bingo |
One of everything for breakfast |
Grid 1
| PDF slides not full-screened |
Slide clicker batteries run out |
You sleep through first talk |
Permanent marker on a whiteboard |
No clock in the room |
| No milk for tea |
You lose your name tag |
Only bad biscuits left |
Skip talks to go sightseeing |
You smash your conference mug |
| You lose your programme |
Your supervisor is drunk |
You can’t connect to eduroam |
Person in front of you playing Minesweeper |
Awkward forced socialising |
| You’re the only one using the hashtag |
You get on the wrong German train |
Someone gets your name wrong |
You get someone’s name wrong |
You forgot toothpaste |
| Someone’s phone goes off in a talk |
Windows needs to install updates |
Projector overheats |
Too hot in room |
Too cold in room |
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