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pirate44
07-18-2005, 12:54 PM
The Official Rules of Calvinball


1.1. All players must wear a Calvinball mask (See Calvinball Equipment - 2.1). No one questions the masks (Figure 2.1).


*IMPORTANT -- The following rules are subject to be changed, amended, or dismissed by any player(s) involved.


1.2. Any player may declare a new rule at any point in the game (Figure 1.2). The player may do this audibly or silently depending on what zone (Refer to Rule 1.5) the player is in.
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1.3. A player may use the Calvinball (See Calvinball Equipment - 2.2)in any way the player see fits, from causal injury to self-reward.


1.4. Any penalty legislation may be in the form of pain, embarassment, or any other abasement the rulee deems fit to impose on his opponent.


1.5. The Calvinball Field (See Calvinball Equipment - 2.3) should consist of areas, or zones, which are governed by a set of rules declared spontaneously and inconsistently by players. Zones may be appear and disappear as often and wherever the player decides. Zones are often named for their effect. For example, a corollary zone would enable a player to make a corollary (sub-rule) to any rule that has benn, will be, or might be declared. A pernicious poem place would require the intruder to do what the name implies. Or an opposite zone would enable a player to declare reverse playibility on the others. (Remember, the player would declare this zone oppositely by not declaring it.) (Figure 1.5a and 1.5b)
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1.6. Flags (Calvinball Equipment 2.3) shall be named by players whom shall also assign the power and rules which shall govern that flag for particular moment in that particular game(Figure 1.6).
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1.7. Songs are an integral part of Calvinball and verses must be sung spontaneously through the game when randomly assigned events occur. These random events will be named and pointed out after the player causes the event.
1.8. Score may be kept or disregarded. In the event that score is kept, it shall have no bearing on the game nor shall it have any logical consistency to it. (Legal scores include 'Q to 12', 'BW-109 to YU-34, and 'Nosebleed to Trousers'.) (Figure 1.9)


1.9. Any rule above that is carried out during the course of the game may never be used again in the event that it causes the same result as a previous game. Calvinball games may never be played the same way twice (Figure 1.9)
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pirate44
07-18-2005, 12:55 PM
Calvinball Equipment

2.1. Mask - All participants are required to wear a mask - Figure 1.1
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2.2. Calvinball - A Calvinball may be a soccerball, volleyball, or any other reasonable or unreasonable, spherical or non-spherical object - Figure 2.1a and Figure 2.1b

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2.3. Calvinball Field - The Calvinball Field should be any well-sized field, preferably with trees, rocks, grass, creeks, and other natural hindrances to health.


2.4. Miscellaneous - Other optional equipment include flags, wickets (especially of the time-fracture variety), and anything else the players wish to include (Figure 2.4).
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** This rulebook is not required, nor necessary to play Calvinball.
Special Thanks to the Calvinball Founders Bill Watterson, Calvin, and Hobbes.

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rockdale80
07-18-2005, 01:56 PM
I still have all of my Calvin and Hobbes. No matter how many times I have read them, they still make me laugh.

pirate44
07-18-2005, 02:09 PM
Originally posted by rockdale80
I still have all of my Calvin and Hobbes. No matter how many times I have read them, they still make me laugh.
i pulled out my stack of books just last night :D

BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
07-18-2005, 02:22 PM
I read mine the other night, rockdale 80 got me hooked on them when I was younger.

pirate44
07-18-2005, 02:46 PM
my first C&H book i ever bought was "Something Under the Bed is Drooling"back in 1987 i think. i bought it at the airport on my way to Houston for Thanksgiving. on a side note, the evening before, i rolled my car several times and cut up my mouth pretty bad. (i could stick my toungue thru the hole in my bottom lip). i read it on the flight and couldnt stop laughing. it hurt so bad to laugh, but i coudnt stop reading until i read the entire book. :D

rockdale80
07-18-2005, 02:56 PM
Originally posted by pirate44
i pulled out my stack of books just last night :D

Mine are in the basket by the toilet.:eek:

pirate44
07-18-2005, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by rockdale80
Mine are in the basket by the toilet.:eek: id be in there too long if i did that.:D

rockdale80
07-18-2005, 03:34 PM
Originally posted by pirate44
id be in there too long if i did that.:D

They are hard to put down once you start reading them.