diff --git a/drm2-hangman/Gemfile b/drm2-hangman/Gemfile
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/Gemfile
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+gem 'random-word'
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/Gemfile.lock b/drm2-hangman/Gemfile.lock
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/Gemfile.lock
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+GEM
+  specs:
+    random-word (1.3.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  random-word
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   1.13.6
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/lib/Game.rb b/drm2-hangman/lib/Game.rb
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/lib/Game.rb
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+require_relative 'Screen'
+require_relative 'WordFactory'
+
+class Game
+  def initialize
+    @guesses = []
+    @misses = []
+    @words = WordFactory.get_words
+    @screen = Screen.new
+  end
+
+  def run
+    loop do
+      state = @screen.get_state @misses.count
+      lines = show_lines
+
+      @screen.write "Game State: "
+      @screen.write state
+
+      @screen.write "Word or Phrase: "
+      @screen.write lines
+
+      unless lines.include? '_'
+        @screen.write "You Win!"
+
+        quit_game
+      end
+
+      if @misses.count == 6
+        @screen.write "Game Over!"
+        @screen.write "The word or phrase was: #{@words.map{ |word| word.get_word }.join(' ')}"
+
+        quit_game
+      end
+
+      input = @screen.ask_for_input("What is your guess?").downcase
+
+      response = check_guess input
+
+      @screen.write response if response
+    end
+  end
+
+  def show_lines
+    @words.map{ |word|
+      word.get_lines @guesses
+    }.join ' '
+  end
+
+  def check_guess guess
+    quit_game if guess == "quit"
+
+    return "Invalid input!" unless input_is_valid? guess
+
+    if @guesses.include? guess
+      return "You already guessed that letter!"
+    end
+
+    @guesses.push guess
+
+    @misses.push guess if !@words.map{ |word| word.get_word }.join.include? guess
+
+    return nil
+  end
+
+  def input_is_valid? input
+    return !!(input =~ /[a-z]/i) && (input.length == 1)
+  end
+
+  def quit_game
+    exit
+  end
+end
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/lib/Screen.rb b/drm2-hangman/lib/Screen.rb
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/lib/Screen.rb
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+class Screen
+  def initialize
+    @states = [ <<'STATE0', <<'STATE1', <<'STATE2', <<'STATE3', <<'STATE4', <<'STATE5', <<'STATE6' ]
++-----+
+|     |
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
++-----------+
+STATE0
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|
+|
+|
+|
++-----------+
+STATE1
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|     |
+|     |
+|
+|
++-----------+
+STATE2
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|    /|
+|     |
+|
+|
++-----------+
+STATE3
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|    /|\
+|     |
+|
+|
++-----------+
+STATE4
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|    /|\
+|     |
+|    /
+|
++-----------+
+STATE5
++-----+
+|     |
+|    (x)
+|    /|\
+|     |
+|    / \
+|
++-----------+
+STATE6
+  end
+
+  # index is entirely based on the number of misses
+  def get_state index
+    @states[index]
+  end
+
+  # ask user for input (with or without a question)
+  def ask_for_input question = nil
+    write question if question
+
+    print "> "
+    gets.chomp
+  end
+
+  # helper method for writing to the console (in case we want to format the output)
+  def write text
+    puts text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/lib/Word.rb b/drm2-hangman/lib/Word.rb
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/lib/Word.rb
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+class Word
+  def initialize word
+    @word = word.downcase
+  end
+
+  def has_letter? letter
+    @word.include? letter.downcase
+  end
+
+  def get_letters
+    @word.chars
+  end
+
+  def get_word
+    @word
+  end
+
+  def get_lines guesses
+    @word.chars.map{ |char|
+      (guesses.include? char) ? char : '_'
+    }.join
+  end
+end
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/lib/WordFactory.rb b/drm2-hangman/lib/WordFactory.rb
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/lib/WordFactory.rb
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+require_relative 'Word'
+require 'random-word'
+
+class WordFactory
+  # return a random word or phrase
+  def self.get_words
+    randoms = (RandomWord.nouns.next).split '_'
+
+    randoms.map do |word|
+      Word.new(word)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/drm2-hangman/main.rb b/drm2-hangman/main.rb
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+++ b/drm2-hangman/main.rb
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+require_relative 'lib/Game'
+
+game = Game.new
+
+game.run