Rejected game names

Here I present various ideas I have had to attach to games that have since gained life with other names.

Some were relatively serious contenders, others were really in an early 'no wrong answers' kind of brainstorming session. I present them in no particular order, mainly the order they are in my notes, which is some mix of chronological and categorical.

Perhaps you may view them as a window into my thought process. Some you can probably figure out the connexion, whilst others may be slightly more opaque. Or maybe, via the rejected names, you can see just how bad things could have been, and find a new respect for game names that you previously didn't care for.

If you like any, feel free to use it for your own game. Or novel. Or symphony. Anything really. If you do, I'd love to hear about it. I do reserve the right to use any for future projects, should they just really seem fit, although this does not preclude your use of them. A name can mean many things.

Scalade

Rejected names for Scalade.

• Ladders (or Stepladders for a more stripped-deck version)
• Staircase
• Escalade

Pippins Aplenty

Rejected names for Pippins Aplenty.

• Supremum
• Ditchling Beacon
• The Long Hard Climb up Beachy Head
• Rowing up the Ouse
• The Bottle at Devil's Dyke
• Gather ye Pippins
• Shake the Tree
• Bountiful Appleterre

Havilering

Rejected names for Havilering.

• Trickcycle
• Haviler-ring
• Heaverring
• Chanctonbury
• Seasonal whist
• Crib-catch
• Rings of the farisees
• Humours
• Bilious