Scribbletopia is a scribbling game my father played with me (I think his father taught him) and I in turn play my children. I have heard of others playing the same game, so it’s not something particular to our family.
In Scribbletopia, one player makes a scribble (we try to make it a contiguous line, just to make the game more challenging). The other player then tries to make a drawing out of it. Then it’s the other player’s turn.
I’ve been playing it since I was a wee bairn. Now, my kids are into it.
The new twist to the story is that we never had a name for the game. We just knew what it was on when one challenged the other with a scribble. But, my clever little daughter, on the verge of being all of 8 years old, came up with the name ‘Scribbletopia’ (topia, from Dinotopia), and told me for the first time today.
The name was so right, that it now official. The Googleverse does show one vanished (Tripod) instance of the name, so it is fair to say that my daughter is simply amazing (and so is her brother, of course, but that’s a story for a different day).
Does anyone have another name for this game? I’ve found descriptions to it. Here it’s called Squiggle. And other links show people using it in group settings.
PS The ® in the title is a joke – I have not registered the name. D’oh.
We used to play that as kids as well. I just asked my brother if we had a name for it and he thought we called it Squiggles.
I think the name that your daughter chose is absolutely perfect!! The “topia” just enhances to the game itself!!
When in doubt, leave well enough alone!