So you want to start a new Elimination game?

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  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited August 2017 Posts: 4,151
    I'll put my Non-Fleming Bond Novel Titles ideas in the hat. List below. I can add Young Bond novels if so wished. I also think a 15 point start?

    The List –

    Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)


    Colonel Sun

    John Gardner

    Licence Renewed
    For Special Services
    Icebreaker
    Role of Honour
    Nobody Lives Forever
    No Deals, Mr Bond
    Scorpius
    Win, Lose or Die
    Licence to Kill (Novelisation)
    Brokenclaw
    The Man from Barbarossa
    Death is Forever
    Never Send Flowers
    Seafire
    Goldeneye (Novelisation)
    Cold

    Raymond Benson

    Blast from The Past (Short story)
    Zero Minus Ten
    Tomorrow Never Dies (Novelisation)
    The Facts of Death
    Midsummer Night’s Doom (Short story)
    Live at Five (Short story)
    The World is not Enough (Novelisation)
    High Time to Kill
    Doubleshot
    Never Dream of Dying
    The Man with the Red Tattoo
    Die Another Day (Novelisation)

    Sebastian Faulks

    Devil May Care

    Jeffrey Deaver

    Carte Blanche

    William Boyd

    Solo

    Anthony Horowitz

    Trigger Mortis

  • edited August 2017 Posts: 2,189
    I had a version of this game that included 48 entries, because Bond makes A-LOT of escapes in the films, but I've come to realise that the key to these elimination games is that "Less Is More". So, in order to make it more competitive and appealing, I cut it down to One escape per movie. What do people think? Here is my revised consideration for The Great Bond Escape Elimination Game":


    DN: Bond escaped his cell on Crab Key through the vent to make it to the control room
    FRWL: Bond tricks Grant into opening the case with the tear gas then fights him
    GF: Bond talks his way off the cutting table in the laser room at Auric Enterprises
    TB: Bond escapes a car, is chased through Mardi Gras, then uses Fiona as a human shield
    YOLT: Bond uses his rocket cigarette to escape Blofeld's volcano control room
    OHMSS: Bond climbs out of the gondola mechanical room and skis down Piz Gloria
    DAF: Bond manages to escape the pipeline he is buried in by shorting out the probe
    LALD: Bond Walks on crocodiles to get back to shore and burn down the dope shop
    TMWTGG: Bond fights his way off of Scaramanga's island by outsmarting him at gun play
    TSWLM: The elaborate assault on the Liprus control room buy Bond and the sailors
    MR: Bond evades capture on the plane, and in free-fall steals the parachute from Jaws
    FYEO: Bond takes control of the RC helicopter and drops Blofeld down a chimney
    OP: Bond uses the acid pen, is smuggled out as a corps, then evades gunfire and a Tiger
    AVTAK: Bond feigns drowning to escape Zorin and May Day by breathing from a tire
    TLD: Bond whistles Rule Britannia to activate the tear gas and escape the Soviet prison
    LTK: Bond manages to escape the cocaine crusher by sending Dario down instead
    GE: Bond manages to hit the ejector button before he and Natalya are killed by missiles
    TND: Bond and Wai Lin fight then repel down the side of Carvers tower in Saigon
    TWINE: Bond and Christmas escape the pipeline by faking their deaths
    DAD: Bond stops his own heart by meditation in order to lure nurses to open his cell
    CR: Bond shoots the gas tank to avoid the firing squad in Madagascar
    QOS: Bond beats up the guards M sent to detain him in the elevator
    SF: Bond activates his radio tracker and stalls form time on Silva's island
    SP: Bond shoots his way through Blofeld's desert fortress to escape with Madeleine

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Fine by me.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Good one!
  • NSGWNSGW London
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    I'm in!
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Looks like we need another game, as there is only one going at the moment? I'll throw my Non-Fleming Bond titles (Continuation Titles) in the mix again:

    The List –

    Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)


    Colonel Sun

    John Gardner

    Licence Renewed
    For Special Services
    Icebreaker
    Role of Honour
    Nobody Lives Forever
    No Deals, Mr Bond
    Scorpius
    Win, Lose or Die
    Licence to Kill (Novelisation)
    Brokenclaw
    The Man from Barbarossa
    Death is Forever
    Never Send Flowers
    Seafire
    Goldeneye (Novelisation)
    Cold

    Raymond Benson

    Blast from The Past (Short story)
    Zero Minus Ten
    Tomorrow Never Dies (Novelisation)
    The Facts of Death
    Midsummer Night’s Doom (Short story)
    Live at Five (Short story)
    The World is not Enough (Novelisation)
    High Time to Kill
    Doubleshot
    Never Dream of Dying
    The Man with the Red Tattoo
    Die Another Day (Novelisation)

    Sebastian Faulks

    Devil May Care

    Jeffrey Deaver

    Carte Blanche

    William Boyd

    Solo

    Anthony Horowitz

    Trigger Mortis
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Fine by me.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Cheers. Well, if a mod gives me the nod, I'll get it running.
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    This is one I made back on page 68 which hasn't been used yet :

    The Great Bond Villain Plot Game :

    1) (DN) Doctor No's toppling of American test missiles to aid the Russians programme,to give them the lead in the race,gaining funds for SPECTRE. (15)

    2) (FRWL) SPECTRE's plan to play British and Russian Secret Services against each other,therefore stealing a Lector Decoding Machine for themselves,making them a powerhouse ransom in the process as both sides bid to buy it back. (15)

    3) (GF) Goldfinger's plot to contaminate Fort Knox and make him the only Gold merchant and supplier for years to come.(15)

    4) (TB) SPECTRE's plot to steal 2 nuclear warheads and hold the world for a massive ransom or a major British or American city will be destroyed.(15)

    5) (YOLT) SPECTRE 's plot capturing American and Russian spacecraft,leading both countries to begin World War III,on the payroll of China.(15)

    6) (OHMSS) SPECTRE's plot to send out brainwashed girls who can activate a major virus around the world unless Blofeld is pardoned for all his crimes and becomes a Count.(15)

    7) (DAF) BLOFELD's plot to use smuggled diamonds in a satellite ,made in the laboratories of Willard Whyte,to hold the world to ransom for a large sum.(15)

    8) (LALD) Mr BIG/DR KANANGA's plot to spread heroin throughout New York and eventually all the US,to become the new national drug lord ,using his poppy fields for supply on San Monique.(15)

    9) (TMWTGG) Scaramanga's plot to use the 'Solex Agitator',which can help solve the Worlds energy crisis,to sell to the highest bidder,regardless who they may be.(15)

    10) (TSWLM) Stromberg's plot to use British,American and Russian nuclear submarines to destroy major parts of the world,leading to a world existing only under the sea.(15)

    11) (MR) Drax's plot to use fatal orchid's,launched from space,to wipe out civilization,leaving his 'master' race to re-populate,with him as their leader.(15)

    12 (FYEO) Kristatos' plot to retrieve the ATAK in the West,on behalf of the Russians,for a large sum of money,while misleading MI6 with his heroic Western war record.(15)

    13 (OP) General Orlov and Kamal Khan's plot to set off a nuclear Bomb in a US Airforce base in West Germany,tearing NATO apart and leaving the West defenceless against Russian invasion.(15)

    14) (AVTAK) Zorin's plot to flood Silicon Valley,California,to totally command the worlds microchip market and earn domination in the field of computers.(15)

    15) (TLD) Khoskov and Whitakers plot to use Russian funds to purchase opium from the Muhjahideen, keep most of the money for themselves,and give arms to Russian forces while buying Western arms from Whitaker,playing all sides against each other.(15)

    16) (LTK) Sanchez's plan to increase his drug empire to the Far East,while having Stinger missiles,using them to blackmail Governments by threatening commercial airliners,for immense sums of money.(15)

    17) (GE) Trevelyn's plot to use a second unknown 'Goldeneye' EMP satellite to fire on London and destroy the UK's finances and all known records,causing global financial meltdown .(15)

    18) (TND) Carver's plot to play off British and Chinese Governments against each other to begin a war,with the help of Chinese General Chang,meaning he can gain exclusive rights to China for his media corporation,and install Chang as the new President.(15)

    19) (TWINE) King's plot to destroy Istanbul and the oil pipe-lines ,leaving hers the only one to be used,to totally control the oil industry,by using an old Soviet Nuclear submarine. (15)

    20 (DAD) Graves' plot to use the Icarus satellite,showing as a natural sun-reflector for 24 hour growth of crops,to fire on the DMZ in Korea,to allow North Korea to destroy the South and become a world power.(15)

    21 (CR) Le Chiffre's plot to use trusted guerrilla funds to win back shares invested in a escapade that went wrong,by desparately playing poker,no matter what it takes.(15)

    22 (QOS) Greene's plot to take over the water supply of Bolivia and then start the same procedure for all South America,leaving the whole continent in the control of Quantum.(15)

    23 (SF) Silva's plot using cyber-terrorism and a stolen hard-drive revealing Western agents and their cover,to gain revenge on M and MI6 ...to cause maximum damage .(15)

    24 (SP) Blofeld's plot to use the 'Nine Eyes' programme,a programme where 9 major nations would share total access to eachothers intel,for his own means,to gain total access to the World's Intelligence services,leading to corruption and control for SPECTRE.(15)

    Just bumping it,before it falls into the deep bowels of this thread,never to be used .
  • edited September 2017 Posts: 6,844
    @Shark_0f_Largo, I like the idea, but would recommend against including novelizations simply because the titles originated as films rather than novels.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    @Shark_0f_Largo, I like the idea, but would recommend against including novelizations simply because the titles originated as films rather than novels.

    Good idea. I'd take those out.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    The (Revised) List –

    Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)

    Colonel Sun

    John Gardner

    Licence Renewed
    For Special Services
    Icebreaker
    Role of Honour
    Nobody Lives Forever
    No Deals, Mr Bond
    Scorpius
    Win, Lose or Die
    Brokenclaw
    The Man from Barbarossa
    Death is Forever
    Never Send Flowers
    Seafire
    Cold

    Raymond Benson

    Blast from The Past (Short story)
    Zero Minus Ten
    The Facts of Death
    Midsummer Night’s Doom (Short story)
    Live at Five (Short story)
    High Time to Kill
    Doubleshot
    Never Dream of Dying
    The Man with the Red Tattoo

    Sebastian Faulks

    Devil May Care

    Jeffrey Deaver

    Carte Blanche

    William Boyd

    Solo

    Anthony Horowitz

    Trigger Mortis
  • edited September 2017 Posts: 2,189
    Some here seemed receptive to my idea for The Great Bond Escape Elimination Game", but I want to do this officially. Either I'd like a vote from others or a nod from a MOD before I go ahead with this game listed below:


    DN: Bond escapes his cell on Crab Key through the vent to make it to the control room
    FRWL: Bond tricks Grant into opening the case with the tear gas then fights him
    GF: Bond talks his way off the cutting table in the laser room at Auric Enterprises
    TB: Bond escapes a car, is chased through Mardi Gras, then uses Fiona as a human shield
    YOLT: Bond uses his rocket cigarette to escape Blofeld's volcano control room
    OHMSS: Bond climbs out of the gondola mechanical room and skis down Piz Gloria
    DAF: Bond manages to escape the pipeline he is buried in by shorting out the probe
    LALD: Bond Walks on crocodiles to get back to shore and burn down the dope shop
    TMWTGG: Bond fights his way off of Scaramanga's island by outsmarting him at gun play
    TSWLM: The elaborate assault on the Liprus control room buy Bond and the sailors
    MR: Bond evades capture on the plane, and in free-fall steals the parachute from Jaws
    FYEO: Bond takes control of the RC helicopter and drops Blofeld down a chimney
    OP: Bond uses the acid pen, is smuggled out as a corps, then evades gunfire and a Tiger
    AVTAK: Bond feigns drowning to escape Zorin and May Day by breathing from a tire
    TLD: Bond whistles Rule Britannia to activate the tear gas and escape the Soviet prison
    LTK: Bond manages to escape the cocaine crusher by sending Dario down instead
    GE: Bond manages to hit the ejector button before he and Natalya are killed by missiles
    TND: Bond and Wai Lin fight then repel down the side of Carvers tower in Saigon
    TWINE: Bond and Christmas escape the pipeline by faking their deaths
    DAD: Bond stops his own heart by meditation in order to lure nurses to open his cell
    CR: Bond shoots the gas tank to avoid the firing squad in Madagascar
    QOS: Bond beats up the guards M sent to detain him in the elevator
    SF: Bond activates his radio tracker and stalls form time on Silva's island
    SP: Bond shoots his way through Blofeld's desert fortress to escape with Madeleine
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    All of those are all right.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Have we done Bond performances (with each film a separate entrant) yet?

    We should definitely do that
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Sounds good as well.
  • I launched my "Great James Bond Escapes" elimination game. We've been running only one for a while so I just went and started it. Please join in the game!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    So what next?
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Well, I have a Continuation Titles ready if mods are up for it. Or, there are others I'm sure are ready.
  • Birdleson wrote: »
    How about Main Bond Girls from the Fleming novels?

    Good idea, though I don't know how many would be able to participate (and personally, I'd rather wait until I finish our current Fleming-a-thon so I can vote from a recently informed perspective)
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Have we done Bond performances (with each film a separate entrant) yet?

    We should definitely do that

    I like that idea.
  • edited September 2017 Posts: 7,500
    josiah wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Have we done Bond performances (with each film a separate entrant) yet?

    We should definitely do that

    I like that idea.

    +2

    Write me up for that
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
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    Wouldn't mind it either.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    OK by me.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Why not? The others can get their turn later.
  • Posts: 7,500
    Birdleson wrote: »
    So, should I set it up?

    Definitely
  • Posts: 1,386
    jobo wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    So, should I set it up?

    Definitely

    You've got my vote.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited October 2017 Posts: 6,791
    Just a thought, anyone interested in this one?

    Adittional Bond song elimination game (all original songs not played over the title sequence are eligible):

    Jump Up (DN)
    Underneath the Mango Tree (DN)
    From Russia with Love (FRWL)
    We Have All the Time in the World (OHMSS)
    Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? (OHMSS)
    Live and Let Die Fillet of Soul Version (LALD)
    James Bond Is Here (TMWTGG)
    Nobody Does It Better Navy Choir (TSWLM)
    Moonraker Disco Version (MR)
    Make it Last All Night (FYEO)
    Une Chanson d'Amour (NSNA)
    Where Has Everybody Gone? (TLD)
    If There Was a Man (TLD)
    Wedding Party (LTK)
    Dirty Love (LTK)
    If You Asked Me To (LTK)
    The Experience of Love (GE)
    Surrender (TND)
    Die Another Day Dirty Vegas Remix (DAD)

    Maybe include rejected songs like Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Only Myself to Blame or No Good About Goodbye?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    No rejected songs, they are far too many. Otherwise fine with this one later.
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    There are several songs in QOS.
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