# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=153 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 154 --- ## [Achievement unlocked: D&D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achievement-unlocked-d-d/783290 "2017-04-11T03:31:22Z")
I’ve always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons. I already love playing RPGs, plus I’m a huge OOTS fan. The problem is, there aren’t any local gaming groups that I know of. Well, my brother has a bunch a friends he used t… --- ## [Abolish the Infield Fly Rule (baseball)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-the-infield-fly-rule-baseball/784085)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abolish-the-infield-fly-rule-baseball/784085 "2017-04-10T17:30:03Z")
The Infield Fly Rule is the only exception in baseball, to the principle that the outcome of a play is dependent on the execution by a player. A batter who legally puts the ball in play is automatically out. There is n… --- ## [Single-letter nicknames for teams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-letter-nicknames-for-teams/783964)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-letter-nicknames-for-teams/783964 "2017-04-10T13:15:14Z")
Well, not actually single letters, but rather pluralized single letters. There seem to be a few around. The Oakland A’s are probably refered to by that name more often than by the full name: Athletics. There’s also the O… --- ## [Baseball's Sacrifice Fly Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698 "2017-04-09T12:17:50Z")
Baseball fans: How is this even possible? According to “baseball-reference.com”\*, a sacrifice fly can be recorded on any fly ball, whether fair or foul. To be perfectly clear, a sacrifice fly involves scoring on (basica… --- ## [MLB to eliminate four- pitch intentional walk, walks now will be signaled from dugout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-to-eliminate-four-pitch-intentional-walk-walks-now-will-be-signaled-from-dugout/780496)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-to-eliminate-four-pitch-intentional-walk-walks-now-will-be-signaled-from-dugout/780496 "2017-04-08T17:37:19Z")
In a break from long-standing tradition, Major League Baseball and the players’ union have agreed to eliminate the four-pitch intentional walk, in which the pitcher throws four consecutive balls past the plate. Instead, … --- ## [Watching the Brier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-brier/781504)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-brier/781504 "2017-04-08T00:01:17Z")
Ontario is sitting four against Canada. --- ## [A good book on the history of English football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-book-on-the-history-of-english-football/783841)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-book-on-the-history-of-english-football/783841 "2017-04-07T14:57:10Z")
I’m visiting the National Football Museum in Manchester in a month. Can anyone suggest a good, in print, book on English football so I’ll be able to understand the museum better? --- ## [Silly Minecraft question: Is it round?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-minecraft-question-is-it-round/783929)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-minecraft-question-is-it-round/783929 "2017-04-07T12:33:51Z")
I once spent about a month trying to make a three lane, water level road around a world that was open to the sky. I set it on “peaceful” so I wouldn’t be bothered with being killed. Now that I think about it, it may have… --- ## [Can some please explain to me how Star Trek Online works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-please-explain-to-me-how-star-trek-online-works/783934)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-please-explain-to-me-how-star-trek-online-works/783934 "2017-04-06T23:42:16Z")
I understand I have to build my own crew. What I’m not clear on, is when I go into battle, am I fighting the computer? Or am I fighting other players online? And is it better to play on PS4? Or Computer? And any other… --- ## [Thimbleweed Park - an adventure game from Ron Gilbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimbleweed-park-an-adventure-game-from-ron-gilbert/783697)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimbleweed-park-an-adventure-game-from-ron-gilbert/783697 "2017-04-06T22:21:28Z")
Anyone else playing? It plays like Maniac Mansion, where you control multiple characters. The game is straight-up a imitation of early 1990’s adventure games. It looks like one, plays like one, and feels like one. The m… --- ## [Mansions of Madness updated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mansions-of-madness-updated/783593)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mansions-of-madness-updated/783593 "2017-04-06T20:41:51Z")
I don’t know if anyone is familiar with the board game Mansions of Madness. It’s a couple years old, and it’s a quasi-cooperative game (1 vs. many) that’s scenario-based. The one is The Keeper, who tries to bring his occ… --- ## [Help Me Straight Dope, You Are My Only Hope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-straight-dope-you-are-my-only-hope/783893)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-straight-dope-you-are-my-only-hope/783893 "2017-04-06T19:00:45Z")
This isn’t a Star Wars topic, but I’m down to my last leg - I’m looking for an old computer game from the 90’s. It’s a flight/combat sim, based off an aircraft carrier based in the Cold War Black Sea. I don’t remember … --- ## [Patrick Ewing returns to Georgetown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-ewing-returns-to-georgetown/783706)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-ewing-returns-to-georgetown/783706 "2017-04-06T12:36:54Z")
Patrick is returning home. :slight\_smile: His son, Patrick Ewing Jr. was an assistant at Georgetown last year. Jr. coached for John Thompson III. It’ll be interesting to see if Dad keeps him employed. The Big East ha… --- ## [Text adventure game with a canary and a dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-adventure-game-with-a-canary-and-a-dragon/783703)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-adventure-game-with-a-canary-and-a-dragon/783703 "2017-04-04T17:22:27Z")
The other day, I was visiting with some friends, and the topic of Zork came up. One of my friends made a reference to “the part with the canary and the dragon”. Apparently there was some part where you had to get past … --- ## [2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-pool/782001 "2017-04-04T12:48:42Z")
Hey Doper basketball fans, it’s tournament time once again! As I have for the last several years, I will be hosting a tournament pool on ESPN.com. Here is the link to this year’s tournament pool web page: http://games.… --- ## [What was this webtoy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-webtoy/779212 "2017-04-04T03:29:20Z")
I recently thought of a webtoy/interactive thingie from some years ago. It was fairly simple in operation and design. The graphics were also simple, just lines and curves. It allowed you to draw gears/wheels whose diamet… --- ## [Can you play Xbox 360 games on an Xbox One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-play-xbox-360-games-on-an-xbox-one/783554)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-play-xbox-360-games-on-an-xbox-one/783554 "2017-04-04T02:44:42Z")
Can you play Xbox 360 games on an Xbox One? My son has an Xbox One, and someone offered him a bunch of 360 games, because they’re going to a different system. When he said he had the One, not the 360, he was assured that… --- ## [Xbox One games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-one-games/783576)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-one-games/783576 "2017-04-03T18:54:29Z")
So the boychik got an Xbox one for his Purim gift, and a few games. He also got a check from Safta, and I am thinking of getting an account with one of those game services that uses the Netflix business model. You have a… --- ## [Hey, nice bust!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nice-bust/783503)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nice-bust/783503 "2017-04-02T17:54:55Z")
HA! now that I’ve diabolically hoodwinked you into thinking this is about boobs, enjoy: I think the bust looks more like some drunken Toronto Maple Leaf from the 1940s. According to jack-ass “artist”: “It is impossib… --- ## [Best way to buy Mass Effect Andromeda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-buy-mass-effect-andromeda/783543)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-buy-mass-effect-andromeda/783543 "2017-04-02T09:12:37Z")
I rarely play games but I loved the Mass Effect Trilogy. However I’m a little confused, I used to wait until games came down in price and buy them from Amazon but that doesn’t seem to be happening anymore (Alien Isolatio… --- ## [Your Most anticipated games: March '17 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-anticipated-games-march-17-edition/783326)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-anticipated-games-march-17-edition/783326 "2017-04-01T16:22:17Z")
I don’t think we’ve done one of these in a while. It’s always a good way too learn about shiny new games not on my radar, or a reminder of good ones forgotten about but getting closer. For me It’s Borderlands 3(or whate… --- ## [What are the biggest open world game map sizes and where does FSX stand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-open-world-game-map-sizes-and-where-does-fsx-stand/783409)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-open-world-game-map-sizes-and-where-does-fsx-stand/783409 "2017-04-01T11:25:49Z")
Open world games are released every year, but I don’t know any site that follows up on the largest game map size at the moment, so which ones are the biggest as of today? (Not counting games that have unlimited randomly … --- ## [Fallout Shelter: Now on PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter-now-on-pc/759940)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-shelter-now-on-pc/759940 "2017-04-01T01:29:23Z")
It was a pain in the ass to control this game, even on what my wife considers a comically large phone with a stylus. I’m really happy to get a chance to try this from scratch on a PC. A lot of the new features were avai… --- ## [USMNT vs. Honduras 3/24/17: What Does It Mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usmnt-vs-honduras-3-24-17-what-does-it-mean/782692)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usmnt-vs-honduras-3-24-17-what-does-it-mean/782692 "2017-03-30T18:53:48Z")
USMNT plays Honduras on 3/24/17 in World Cup qualifying. What needs to happen for the USMNT in this game? Does a win mean the Americans are guaranteed a spot in the World Cup? Does a loss mean they’re out? Or is this on… --- ## [Question about game coins in Android scrabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-game-coins-in-android-scrabble/782916)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-game-coins-in-android-scrabble/782916 "2017-03-30T16:59:20Z")
I’ve just started playing scrabble on my Samsung phone and I love it. The problem is that there are a lot of ads. I would buy an ad-free game but none is available (only through the apple store). I notice there is a s… --- ## [I think people are taking this game too seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-people-are-taking-this-game-too-seriously/783330)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-people-are-taking-this-game-too-seriously/783330 "2017-03-30T14:36:20Z")
You know, I play this U.S government simulator and I believe people take this game waay too seriously. I have been playing this game for months, the party I am in is pretty chill, but outside of it is total white trash.… --- ## [Cricket: Australia tour of India 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-tour-of-india-2017/780728)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-australia-tour-of-india-2017/780728 "2017-03-30T13:30:39Z")
For those small n umber of cricket buffs who frequent SDMB. :):eek::slight\_smile: The heavyweight clash in world cricket at the moment is underway in the subcontinent. The tour of India is a difficult gig with most of … --- ## [Anybody know good Slither.io Game Strategies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-good-slither-io-game-strategies/782672)
**Author:** [@CosmicManiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CosmicManiac)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-good-slither-io-game-strategies/782672 "2017-03-30T03:43:59Z")
I’ve recently been playing this addictive online game, called slither.io (the URL is the same as the game name), where you are essentially an online snake and have to kill other users with your snake’s body as an opportu… --- ## [Fallout 4 Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-question/782058)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-question/782058 "2017-03-30T03:31:30Z")
Anyone have a tip on how to make huge amounts of Caps. I already do the thing with water filters at The Castle, Sanctuary, and Taffington Boathouse, and create a lot of Jet every few in game days and sell off any good hi… --- ## [Faeria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faeria/783313)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faeria/783313 "2017-03-29T21:31:13Z")
Anyone tried it out? It’s a ccg, with some interesting deviations from the formula. Most notably, you play on a hex board and you have to lay out the board as you play by placing lands, to summon creatures on and to obst… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=154)