Not Near My House

March has been a particularly exciting month for pooclub for we have spawned yet another spinoff. "Not Near My House" is a gripping play-by-mail worldwide hide and seek game which enjoyed a brief spell on the pooboard before moving out into the real world.

The success of the game meant that if it were allowed to remain in the club, pooclubbers would be inundated with a greatly increased number of messages which would be of no interest to those who did not wish to play. Similarly, the game's divergence from pooclub has allowed more people to become involved in it who do not wish to part of pooclub.

The rules are simple. There is a picture of a location and you've got to suss out where or what it is. The first player to identify correctly the location then sets the next one. The only restriction is that you've got to choose a location that's not near your house.

So, if you'd like to play Not Near My House, wander over to groups.yahoo.com/group/notnearmyhouse and subscribe to this group.

Where it all started

Below are the locations that were set in the pooclub version of the game:

	Set by	Location	Got by
1	Mike	Mount Fuji, Honshu, Japan	Jim
2	Jim	The Beehive, Wellington, NZ	Mike
3	Mike	Abu Simbel, Lake Nasser, Egypt	Jim
4	Jim	Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland	Kate
5	Kate	Kever Rochel, Bethlehem, Israel	Jim
6	Jim	Three Sisters, Katoomba, NSW, Australia	Mike
7	Mike	Mount Olympus Mons, Mars	Brian
8	Brian	John O'Groats, Scotland	Mike

Even after 7 locations, Brian hadn't quite got the hang of the game

Locations which have been used so far in the NotNearMyHouse group:

	Set by	Location	Got by
1	Mike	Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland	Julie
2	Julie	Paddy Whelan's Bar, Riga, Latvia	Mike
3	Mike	Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic	Simon
4	Simon	Sea Of Tranquility, The Moon	Joel
5	Joel	Devil's Gate (Kaituna River), Rotarua, New Zealand	Mike
6	Mike	Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica	Andy
7	Andy	Kutna Hora, Czech Republic	Mike
8	Mike	Carthage, Tunisia	Andy
9	Andy	Mount Rotui, Tahiti, French Polynesia	Rachel
10	Rachel	Ibb, Yemen	Andy
11	Andy	Laslar Marina, Gosport, Hants, UK	Rachel
12	Rachel	Puerto Escondido, Nr. Acapulco, Mexico	Mike
13	Mike	Machu Picchu, Peru	Joel
14	Joel	Eilean Donan Castle, Kintail, Scotland	Mike
15	Mike	Chapel Bridge, Luzern, Switzerland	Mark
16	Mark	Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, California	Brian
17	Brian	Christ Church Cathedral, Stanley, Falkland Islands	Mike

Could you have found this place on the internet? Put your skills to the test at Not Near My House!

Not Near My House - you've got to get it to set it!
Go to the game.


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