{"id":333,"date":"2026-06-02T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:09:55","slug":"introducing-catalogues-a-new-game-for-people-who-love-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Catalogues, a New Game for People Who Love Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>In a story titled \u201cA List,\u201d from the classic children\u2019s-book series \u201cFrog and Toad,\u201d Toad wakes up one morning and, anticipating a busy day ahead, decides to make a to-do list. At first, the list helps him keep track of his obligations, which include \u201cWake up,\u201d \u201cTake walk with Frog,\u201d and \u201cTake nap.\u201d But when the list blows away in a gust of wind, he starts to spiral. Unable to remember its contents, he figures, \u201cI will just have to sit here and do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=331\">Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the chronic list-makers among us, Toad\u2019s struggle is all too relatable. The impulse to organize the world by itemizing it is a time-honored tradition, whose luminaries (listed in roughly chronological order) include:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>God, author of the Ten Commandments<\/li>\n<li>Santa Claus, maker of Naughty and Nice lists<\/li>\n<li>Homer, cataloguer of ships, in the Iliad<\/li>\n<li>Sei Sh\u014dnagon, lister of \u201cThings That Make the Heart Beat Faster,\u201d in \u201cThe Pillow Book\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Carl Linnaeus, taxonomer of living things<\/li>\n<li>Maria von Trapp, singer of her favorite things<\/li>\n<li>Billy Joel, singer of \u201cWe Didn\u2019t Start the Fire\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could go on\u2014but there\u2019s something particularly satisfying about a finite, well-ordered list. This is the spirit, anyway, behind our new game, Catalogues.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are simple: put a list of seven items into the correct order, according to a hidden theme, in five guesses or fewer. The first step is to decode the theme, which is hinted at in each day\u2019s title. For example, the title \u201cThe ABCs of Anthropomorphism\u201d might tell you something about the list\u2019s subject (talking animals), and also its ordering rule (alphabetical). The second step usually involves some trivia: in order to alphabetize the list, you might need to know that \u201cFrog\u2019s best friend\u201d is <strong>T<\/strong>oad, or that \u201cSpider who weaves words into her web\u201d is <strong>C<\/strong>harlotte.<\/p>\n<p>You can see how the game works in this video tutorial, featuring the comedian Tim Meadows and his (admittedly not very helpful) colleague, Finian.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=329\">The Heretical Energy of \u201cIs God Is\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Before you play, a few tips. If you\u2019re confused by a title, you can tap the Clue button in the top right for a bit of help. The ordering rule might be numerical, alphabetical, spatial, or something else. Lists can usually be ordered either upward or downward, though themes with an obvious directional element\u2014north to south, A to Z\u2014should always be ordered top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Catalogues, which was adapted from a game by Adam Wagner, can be played every day in our Games Hub, or in the Play tab of the New Yorker App for iOS or Android. (Downloading the app gets you free access to our entire archive of games.) To avoid breaking your streak, sign up for the Puzzles &amp; Games newsletter, which includes daily games for everyone, plus solving tips exclusively for subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Fair warning: the more Catalogues you play, the more you\u2019ll start seeing the world as one vast landscape of lists. And as we learned from Toad, list-dependency has its perils. Still, the daily ritual of putting things in order can bring real comfort, whichever way the wind may blow.\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=327\">The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Maynes-Aminzade explains how to play the new list-ordering challenge. 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