Talk:Parlour game

Guess Who

In this edit, User:Connel MacKenzie linked "Guess who" to the disambiguation page Guess Who, asking if perhaps that wasn't more of a board game than a parlour game. I suspect the original intention was not to reference the Milton Bradley board game "Guess Who?", but rather an unidentified non-board-game of less recent vintage which probably goes by multiple names in addition to "Guess Who". However, I don't know for sure. Powers ^T 14:04, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

The link was pointed back to Guess Who?, probably by someone trying to be helpful. I've removed the link to reduce confusion, since there is no page that it ought to point to at the moment, and several pages that are wrong but look right to a casual reader trying to help out. If anyone can find enough info to even make a stub for the Victorian game called Guess Who, we should add it back. Vishahu 23:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Origin of name

Are the called parlour games because they were played in the parlour, or are they called parlour games because they involve words and talking ('parler')? 88.97.18.12 (talk) 14:59, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

why there are also non-textual games here?

as the first sentence, the definition, says they should be "using speech". Therefore all other traditional, plays, whatever, that do not include speech should be removed from the article. These non-textual could be included in a "Victorian Era social games" article, including there a reference to the present article "parlour games".

"Sorry"

Why does Carol Burnett's character call "Sorry" a "parlour game"?

Drsruli (talk) 06:19, 5 March 2022 (UTC)