# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=27 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 28 --- ## [Advice for running D&D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-running-d-d/1001979)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-running-d-d/1001979 "2024-06-01T21:35:53Z")
Hey, I’m running my first game of D&D. It’s a very standard 5e homebrew. I’ve played a fair amount of TTRPGs, though hardly any 5e. My one 5e game was Curse of Strahd, which was shut down by the pandemic. I’m just looki… --- ## [Baseball: Best ever performance by a non-pitcher forced to pitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-best-ever-performance-by-a-non-pitcher-forced-to-pitch/1002138)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-best-ever-performance-by-a-non-pitcher-forced-to-pitch/1002138 "2024-06-01T00:24:03Z")
I was watching a video game stream yesterday of a baseball game. During the game, the AI made some questionable substitutions and in the 8th inning ran out of pitchers and brought in a substitute outfielder. Needless to … --- ## [PGA Championship 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-championship-2024/1001696)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-championship-2024/1001696 "2024-05-29T18:34:18Z")
Using the following story as my excuse to start the thread: The thing is, wouldn’t his vehicle have a sticker or such identifying him as a player? Note the apparent modus operandi before he drove up was indeed to wav… --- ## [Stardew Valley - new v1.6 update (may contain spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley-new-v1-6-update-may-contain-spoilers/1002151)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley-new-v1-6-update-may-contain-spoilers/1002151 "2024-05-27T18:54:48Z")
Rather than resurrect an old Stardew Valley thread I thought I’d start a new one for the latest update, 1.6, which was released a month or two ago. There are a few gameplay changes and some new content. Just a warning th… --- ## [How do you play Colombian Sudoku?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-colombian-sudoku/1002089)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-colombian-sudoku/1002089 "2024-05-27T16:29:41Z")
@puzzlegal, or anybody who knows, how the heck do you work a Colombian Sudoku? I don’t understand the instructions. The dots outside the board on the right indicate how many cells in the corresponding column or row o… --- ## [Could a right-handed boxer become a good southpaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-right-handed-boxer-become-a-good-southpaw/1002074)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-right-handed-boxer-become-a-good-southpaw/1002074 "2024-05-26T01:53:01Z")
Bill Lake is a decently successful boxers, and a righty. For whatever reason, his coach thinks he should learn to box as if he was a lefty. Could he learn to do it as well as a naturally left-handed person? Or at all? --- ## [Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155 "2024-05-24T03:35:56Z")
The video: Anyone watch it? --- ## [When You Get Promoted/Relegated, Do You Get A Grace Period (so to speak)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447 "2024-05-23T23:22:47Z")
Like if your team is promoted from Championship League to Premier League, do you get a couple of seasons to find your bearings with the new level of competition? Or can you be sent right back to Championship after one se… --- ## [Fallout - the Future of the Game Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976 "2024-05-23T18:23:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Fallout Episode 8: The Beginning: For speculation on the Fallout game series, although tie-ins and how they interact is fair game. Specifically, Fallout 5, possible sequels and sub games … --- ## [Kerbal Space Program 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerbal-space-program-2/838913)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerbal-space-program-2/838913 "2024-05-22T23:22:42Z")
Trailer Website Time to set aside another 750 hours over the next couple of years. At least this means I can stop playing the original… --- ## [What's the most intellectually challenging video game you've played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-intellectually-challenging-video-game-youve-played/1001830)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-intellectually-challenging-video-game-youve-played/1001830 "2024-05-22T18:29:34Z")
What’s the video game that most made you think “shit, I’m dumb” (big difference from “shit, that’s dumb”, that’s difficult but not the kind I’m searching). For me it’s probably “Baba is you” (or maybe “the witness”), an… --- ## [Video game ID help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881 "2024-05-22T06:08:21Z")
I’m trying to remember a game I played in the late 90’s early 2000’s. PC internet based game - I don’t remember if I downloaded anything, but certainly didn’t pay for anything Top down realtime “battle” game 1- 4 onlin… --- ## [Puzzle game difficulty: "Baba is You" vs "The witness"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-difficulty-baba-is-you-vs-the-witness/1001815)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-difficulty-baba-is-you-vs-the-witness/1001815 "2024-05-22T04:29:38Z")
Which one did you find harder. Personally I’m not sure yet since I haven’t finished “Baba is You”, but I think it’s more logical and fairer. Despite saying that, it’s still pretty hard and I’m probably done less than hal… --- ## [Auburn RB Brian Battie in critical condition after shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auburn-rb-brian-battie-in-critical-condition-after-shooting/1001831)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auburn-rb-brian-battie-in-critical-condition-after-shooting/1001831 "2024-05-20T23:35:18Z")
Apologies if there’s an NCAA offseason thread I missed, and mods, feel free to move this if there’s an existing thread that this fits better in. Auburn RB Brian Battie is in critical condition after being injured in a s… --- ## [Anyone ever try the revival of ultima online called "ultima online forever"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-the-revival-of-ultima-online-called-ultima-online-forever/1001249)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-try-the-revival-of-ultima-online-called-ultima-online-forever/1001249 "2024-05-20T10:29:16Z")
I didn’t get to play Ultima online when it was out due to not having decent online or a good enough PC to play it and by the time I did EverQuest hit it big But I found this on a facebook post and I’m going to try … --- ## [For the first time in 24 years, boxing has an undisputed heavyweight champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-24-years-boxing-has-an-undisputed-heavyweight-champ/1001753)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-24-years-boxing-has-an-undisputed-heavyweight-champ/1001753 "2024-05-19T08:29:15Z")
Tonight in Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury via decision, making him the first man since Lennox Lewis to hold the lineal championship and the heavyweight titles of all four sanctioning bodies. I don’t … --- ## [Questions about lesser PGA golfers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lesser-pga-golfers/1001648)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lesser-pga-golfers/1001648 "2024-05-18T01:09:39Z")
I was watching the tournament at lunch today. Every now and then they would show the entire ranking, not just the top players. And some guy is dead last at the 143rd position. I mean no disrespect to those guys since the… --- ## [Web games I made - nothing as intellectual as wordle though](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-games-i-made-nothing-as-intellectual-as-wordle-though/1001591)
**Author:** [@atomirex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomirex)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-games-i-made-nothing-as-intellectual-as-wordle-though/1001591 "2024-05-16T12:59:18Z")
About a year ago I decided to start an experiment to see if web games are possibly commercially reasonable - well, not the way I do them it seems. Still an absolute handful of people have found some of them interesting, … --- ## [How much do modern professional football players care about local rivalries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-modern-professional-football-players-care-about-local-rivalries/1001571)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-modern-professional-football-players-care-about-local-rivalries/1001571 "2024-05-15T15:56:55Z")
So I’m taking about football (aka soccer, futbol) players at modern top tier clubs. Do they really care that there is a local team who are the subject a simmering (and, usually, reciprocated) virulent hatred by their fan… --- ## [FIFTY Years Ago Today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974)
**Author:** [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974 "2024-05-14T05:22:29Z")
Here is a repost of something I wrote in 2004. I think it’s worth revisiting: April 8, 1974. Opening day at the old Atlanta Stadium (before the name was changed to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). Hank Aaron had finished… --- ## [British Dopers: How Popular, Really, Is Association Football In Your Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366 "2024-05-11T14:28:04Z")
Growing up, I believed (based on news reports of rampant football hooliganism at the time, combined with a young mind that couldn’t separate hyperbole from reality) that every last Briton was 100 percent all-in on associ… --- ## [NFL draft 2024!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2024/1000632)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2024/1000632 "2024-05-11T02:30:26Z")
We’re just a few days away from the 2024 NFL draft. As with every year, I’m excited to see how the draft will play out. Who will get horribly over-drafted (JJ McCarthy/Drake Maye). Who will fall and provide great value (… --- ## [Football loses 3 Coaching Icons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-loses-3-coaching-icons/995947)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-loses-3-coaching-icons/995947 "2024-05-09T12:17:07Z")
Bill Belichick after an incredible 24 years, Pete Carroll after 14 years, and Nick Saban after a whopping 17 years are all done coaching for their respective teams. I think each was a great coach in his own right. I be… --- ## [What are some good travel games to pack for a trip (apart from a deck of cards)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-travel-games-to-pack-for-a-trip-apart-from-a-deck-of-cards/1000574)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-travel-games-to-pack-for-a-trip-apart-from-a-deck-of-cards/1000574 "2024-05-09T00:37:16Z")
My family and I are going on a cruise which will be all sea days. I was wondering what might be some fun games to bring along. The ability to be small/fit in a suitcase without taking up too much room is important for … --- ## [Should “The Olympics” Include Fine Arts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-olympics-include-fine-arts/1001081)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-olympics-include-fine-arts/1001081 "2024-05-07T04:56:41Z")
For the first fifty years, the modern Olympics included art competitions. Should these be resurrected? Or was this always a middling idea? --- ## [What is the earliest point in a game in which a relieving pitcher has been brought in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-earliest-point-in-a-game-in-which-a-relieving-pitcher-has-been-brought-in/1001165)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-earliest-point-in-a-game-in-which-a-relieving-pitcher-has-been-brought-in/1001165 "2024-05-06T00:20:39Z")
I’ve tried Googling this, but I cannot seem to find an answer. I keep getting the history of the relief pitcher. What is the earliest point in a game in which a relieving pitcher has been brought in? --- ## [Who owns the zebra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-zebra/1001047)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-zebra/1001047 "2024-05-05T15:48:55Z")
Since there’s still a zebra on the loose in western Washington, I thought I’d try this puzzle that I first solved in high school and have since forgotten about. Who Owns The Zebra? There are five houses. The Englishma… --- ## [Kentucky's search for a new head coach isn't going well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentuckys-search-for-a-new-head-coach-isnt-going-well/1000159)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentuckys-search-for-a-new-head-coach-isnt-going-well/1000159 "2024-05-05T05:48:27Z")
The Big Blue Nation who claims that their basketball head coaching position is the most enviable position in college basketball, have struck out on 4 premier coaching candidates at this time. Nate Oats - Alabama Jay Wr… --- ## [Frostpunk 2 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626 "2024-04-23T06:14:41Z")
Frostpunk is my all time favorite city builder. I played the beta of Frostpunk 2 this weekend and it looks to be just as good as the original. Anyone else play the beta or just psyched for the sequel? --- ## [MLB Season 2024 March & April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523 "2024-05-01T16:35:13Z")
The Season has started and the Yanks are off to a poor start down 3-0 to the Astros in the first. Cortes is not looking sharp thus far. I noticed Baltimore is crushing the Angles 7-1 in the 4th. Soto’s first plate ap… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=28)