Please read Games 1 and 2 for the rules of this game called Twistominoes. There is no big rule change in this game, only a change to their game strategy. If you're ready for a little more accidental contact, read on dear reader, read on.
Twistominoes Game 3
Another five minutes have passed since the second game, and our group of college students are getting more worked up. Alan is still looking forward to a more involved game having been poorly placed in the first two games. Simon got fresh with Mandy and Trisha in the first game, but had an uneventful second game. The last game was all about Jake and Gina, or at least Gina hoped no one had noticed. Jake had been literally pushed past the borderline and had momentarily gotten Gina's clothed breast into his mouth.
"Gina, are you alright?" Mandy asked her through the closed washroom door. "Just fine," came the reply. "You've been in there a while."
Gina stood before the mirror, staring at her flushed reflection. "Stay calm, Gina, be cool." After psyching herself up and making sure the wet spot at her left nipple had faded, she exited the washroom to find the other five hanging around the couch area talking. Was it her, or was there a nervous tension in the air?
"Are you feeling alright Gina?" Jake asked. She felt a flutter in her tummy and wondered what was behind his smile. "Yes, much better. So what are we doing now?"
"I think we should play it again," volunteered Simon. He wanted to get back into the game. All this stalling for time was not helping his game plan.
"I'm up for another round," quipped Mandy. "Though I think we should mix it up a bit more. I think Alan's bored of starting us out."
Alan made a big show of rolling his eyes to express his boredom and Trisha giggled. Alan always got into lousy positions because he started first and couldn't reach Trisha afterward. Perhaps a chance would be nice. Trisha's gaze flittered from Alan to Jake and then to Simon. Simon was the shortest guy, maybe half a foot shorter than Alan, but still half a foot taller than her. She could blame her mother's Asian genes for being so predominant. Not that she could really complain.
Trisha had a really good mix of genes. She received her mother's dark hair, fair skin and small stature, but her father's bright grey eyes and nose. She was glad not to get her mother's thin lips too. She kept fit with volleyball and was in the college team. She got her mother's temper and her father's demand for perfection. That drove her and she made no excuses for them
"I liked the mass chaos at the end of the last game. We should do that after each of us have taken our turn, before the next round." Everyone agreed that Trisha's idea was great. "We'll all go once, and then we'll all do the group play."
"How about we score no points for the group play, but we can connect with anyone we like? This way, it'll make more connections between multiple people rather than just a circle." Mandy offered.
They threw out a few more ideas before deciding that talking about the game wasn't as fun as actually playing it.
The new changes they decided on were:
1. They would each pick a tile to decide the order in which the play would go. The player with the largest number would go first, followed by the next largest, etc.
2. They would put all the tiles back into the bag after each round, i.e. after all players and before the group play. This was decided so that they wouldn't pick the same tile in a single round, though it may show up again in group play, but the game could continue on for longer because they wouldn't run out of tiles. No one wanted to limit the number of rounds they were going to play.
3. The group play would not be scored, as per Mandy's suggestion. The simple purpose of the group play was to further compound the connections. They would work as a group to make sure that everyone got connected.
4. A player could opt to lose 10 points to break an existing connection. If a connection was inadvertently broken, it would be a penalty of 5 points if it were reconnected. If it was left broken, it would be the full 10 points.
They kept the same number arrangement and scoring:
1 & 2 - Left & Right arm, worth 1 point.
3 & 4 - Left & Right leg, worth 2 points.
5 & 6 - Head & Body, worth 3 points.
After randomly picking out tiles, their new order was Simon, Mandy, Alan, Trisha, Jake, Gina.
"Okay Simon, start us off!"
Simon could not believe his luck. He already knew what he wanted to do if he were to start first. He moved to the center of the room and sat down on the carpet. Mandy smiled knowingly. Trisha was the first to speak up. "That would change a lot of dynamics." Gina looked around nervously and saw that Jake was looking at her. She looked away quickly as if his brown eyes could read her thoughts.
Jake admired Gina unabashedly. He thought she was enticing, all aqua eyes and long blonde hair. He had checked if the damp spot at her nipple had dried, and it had. That had been awkward and random and strangely erotic. She'd probably think I'm nuts or crazy or something. He brought himself back to the game.
Mandy had been dealt 4-4 and now sat on Simon's right side so they were facing each other and their legs were touching on the outside. She in turn produced 5-6 so Alan knelt down facing her so he could rest her head on his chest. Trisha was just moving into place with a 1-1; she opted to shake Alan's left hand and sat cross-legged on the opposite side of Mandy with Alan's outstretched arm hanging over Mandy's head.
She drew 5-4 and Jake was the first player who chose to stand. He placed himself on Trisha's left so she could lean against his thigh. His draw was a 1-5 so Gina had to touch his head with her left hand. Fortunately he wasn't too tall, but she was forced to stand as well. She picked 3-5 and Simon had to reposition himself to reach her left leg. It wasn't far, but because he started off sitting, he would have to change his sitting position to get there.
He stood up and making sure not to break the connection between his right foot and Mandy's right leg, he sat down in front of Jake and next to Trisha with his knees bent and feet between Mandy's knees. Once he was comfortable, he placed his head on Gina's left thigh.
"That was a pretty fast round!" remarked Alan. "Yeah, we're getting good at this!" Mandy pointed out as they tossed their tiles back into the bag for the next round. "Simon, what's our group play challenge?" "1-4" came the reply. "Left arm, right leg."
Simon grabbed Mandy's ankle since it was already under his legs on his left side. Mandy rested her left palm on Trisha's knee. Alan leaned forward and lowered his hand to touch Trisha's ankle so he didn't have to move. "That's cheating!" Trisha exclaimed. "Not at all," Alan replied. "That's just convenient."
Trisha decided to slide over so her elbow could touch Simon's raised knee. Since Trisha had to lean over to reach Simon's knee, Jake had to come down more. He chose to sit facing Simon's back and touched Gina's left knee. Gina had no choice since her hand was stuck to Jake's head. She sat down next to Jake and he raised his knee so she could prop her arm between his right knee and his head.
"Gosh that was hard," remarked Gina. "You look like you're pretty uncomfortable over there Trisha." "You're in a pretty similar predicament," Trisha noted.
Simon drew 3-6 and Mandy grabbed his left foot under his right knee to rest on her belly. "No tickling!" she warned. Alan had to think when he saw the 4-1 that Mandy picked. He lowered his arm even more so that his elbow now rested against Mandy's thigh. Mandy had to move her head around so it was on his back. This in turn moved Simon's foot lower so he was barely connected to her belly with his toes. No one seemed to notice or comment but Simon felt a slight stir of excitement. His toes were less than two inches away from the crotch of Mandy's green shorts. He wondered what kind of panties she wore, having seen Trisha's whites earlier.
Mandy had noticed, of course. She made no show of it, but the thought of Simon's foot dipping lower made her quiver with anticipation. The game had to go on though. Maybe she'd be dealt something good later.
Alan retrieved 5-5 and Trisha muttered under her breath. Being stuck to Jake's right knee, she couldn't move over to touch Alan's head. "Alan, you owe me for this one." Even in defeat she was fiery.