How to Make a Hangman Game
Hangman is a simple two-player game in which one player chooses a word and the other tries to guess the word by choosing different letters. A wrong guess adds another line to the drawing of a "hanged man" and the word must be guessed before the drawing is complete.
The history of Hangman is muddled. Tony Augarde of "The Oxford Guide to Word Games" states that the game "seems to have arisen in Victorian times" and is mentioned in "Traditional Games," a book written in 1894 by Alice Bertha Gomme, listed under the name "Birds, Beasts and Fishes."
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Instructions
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Draw the Hangman's gallows.
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Decide upon a word and draw a blank line for every letter on your paper.
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The guesser guesses a letter. Writing this letter down to keep track of the guesses is optional.
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If the guesser is correct, write the letter over the blank where it belongs in the word.
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If the guesser is incorrect, draw a part of the hangman's body starting with the head, then the body. The arms and legs can be drawn in any order.
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Continue guessing each letter, with the Hangman either adding the letter to the word or drawing a part of the hangman.
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The game ends when the word is guessed, all the letters are filled into the blanks, or the full hanged man is drawn (head, body, arms and legs).
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Tips & Warnings
This game can be played with all languages, not just English. The game can also be played using phrases instead of words, similar to way that the television show "Wheel of Fortune" is played. Any hints are completely left up to the Hangman's discretion. Adding body parts such as fingers and toes are also left to the Hangman's discretion.
