<p>By Popular Demand is still played in games 'zine Variable Pig (and possibly others) and their rules are online at <a href="https://www.variablepig.org/rules/bypop.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.variablepig.org/rules/bypop.html</a></p>

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2020-12-02T23:15:02.200Z
2020-12-02T23:15:02.200Z
Pevans
<p>Where I work we have a quiz every Friday.  I'm trying to find a quiz like game we can do by email instead whilst many of us are working remotely.</p>
<p>I'm trying to find online rules to a game that I <em>thought</em> was called By Popular Demand.  I recall playing it online in the early 2000's I think on the now defunct psychozine website.</p>
<p>The rules as I recall:</p>
<ul>
<li>Players are given categories.</li>
<li>They write down a (correct) answer in each category</li>
<li>They score 1 point for every one else who gave same answers.</li>
<li>Highest overall scores win</li>
</ul>
<p>There was also an opposite game that I thought was called By Unpopular Demand.  Same rules except lowest score wins.</p>
<p>Have I dreamt these or are they real games known by a different name?  I'm trying to find an online rules link to send with the game tomorrow or I will just write rules out for my fictional game.</p>

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2020-03-19T17:08:34.013Z
This sounds kind of like Scategories, except in Scategories you earn points for unique answers, not shared answers.  Also, there's an alphabet die in Scategories.
Arcanist Lupus
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2020-03-19T17:10:15.193Z
Seems potentially related to *Family Feud*...
Zeiss Ikon
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2020-03-19T21:11:13.487Z
Also sounds like *Hive Mind* and at least one unpublished prototype ("Sheep"?) I've played
The Chaz 2.0
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2020-04-01T10:29:04.557Z
It is similar to the UK Gameshow Pointless too; I suspect there are lots of games based on the concept and if I were the original poster, I’d just make up my own rules...
Neil Tarrant
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2020-04-01T12:07:16.347Z
I played it on a website in early 2000's so what I played had a name.  I think the rules are so simple as defined I can just use as is and not need to edit rules
StartPlayer
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2020-10-16T17:19:26.873Z
The problem is if you played it on a website 20 years ago, it may have just been a creation of someone on that website, perhaps based on Scattergories as Lupus suggests, rather than being a published product - and there are so many game websites that have died over the years, even more now that flash is being fully retired.
Andrew
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Game I thought was called "By Popular Demand"
StartPlayer
# Game I thought was called "By Popular Demand"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-19)

Where I work we have a quiz every Friday. I'm trying to find a quiz like game we can do by email instead whilst many of us are working remotely.

I'm trying to find online rules to a game that I *thought* was called By Popular Demand. I recall playing it online in the early 2000's I think on the now defunct psychozine website.

The rules as I recall:

* Players are given categories.
* They write down a (correct) answer in each category
* They score 1 point for every one else who gave same answers.
* Highest overall scores win

There was also an opposite game that I thought was called By Unpopular Demand. Same rules except lowest score wins.

Have I dreamt these or are they real games known by a different name? I'm trying to find an online rules link to send with the game tomorrow or I will just write rules out for my fictional game.

**Tags:** identify-this-game

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This sounds kind of like Scategories, except in Scategories you earn points for unique answers, not shared answers.  Also, there's an alphabet die in Scategories.  
> **username_2**: Seems potentially related to *Family Feud*...  
> **username_3**: Also sounds like *Hive Mind* and at least one unpublished prototype ("Sheep"?) I've played  
> **username_4**: It is similar to the UK Gameshow Pointless too; I suspect there are lots of games based on the concept and if I were the original poster, I’d just make up my own rules...  
> **username_0**: I played it on a website in early 2000's so what I played had a name.  I think the rules are so simple as defined I can just use as is and not need to edit rules  
> **username_5**: The problem is if you played it on a website 20 years ago, it may have just been a creation of someone on that website, perhaps based on Scattergories as Lupus suggests, rather than being a published product - and there are so many game websites that have died over the years, even more now that flash is being fully retired.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2020-12-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

By Popular Demand is still played in games 'zine Variable Pig (and possibly others) and their rules are online at <https://www.variablepig.org/rules/bypop.html>


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