# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=69 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 70 --- ## [Happy memories (AD+D 1st Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-memories-ad-d-1st-edition/943927)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-memories-ad-d-1st-edition/943927 "2021-06-18T13:48:00Z")
I was tidying my house recently , when I came across the 1st Edition AD+D adventure ‘The Village of Hommlett’. Gosh - that brought back memories. :nerd\_face: I started playing AD+D in 1979 with some friends from work, … --- ## [Tony LaRussa is (being) an idiot. (Re: Yermín Mercedes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-larussa-is-being-an-idiot-re-yermin-mercedes/942559)
**Author:** [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-larussa-is-being-an-idiot-re-yermin-mercedes/942559 "2021-06-17T23:46:43Z")
LaRussa has mistreated Yermín needlessly and in public. Even if he had actually seen the sign and did not obey it, any issues have to go behind close doors. So, he saw at 48mph ball and took it to town, so what? They are… --- ## [More on Battletech!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-battletech/851266)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-battletech/851266 "2021-06-17T18:09:00Z")
Didn’t want to bump this thread as it’s nearing LosTech by now. . . But I’ve been playing the HareBrained Schemes BattleTech for awhile too. I’m in the process of training up my MWs to jump to Corromidir for the final … --- ## [The Outer Worlds 2 reveal trailer is hilarious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outer-worlds-2-reveal-trailer-is-hilarious/944235)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outer-worlds-2-reveal-trailer-is-hilarious/944235 "2021-06-17T13:13:59Z")
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long while. Been quite some time since I’ve had genuine belly laughs like this. The first game was awesome so I hope this one is too. --- ## [Perfect Games Hypotheticals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-games-hypotheticals/944420)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-games-hypotheticals/944420 "2021-06-16T22:30:08Z")
So what better place than the Straight Dope to bring up “crucial” hypotheticals, which will almost certainly never occur but should be settled before they (never) happen. Basic premise in all situations. Home pitcher i… --- ## [Words With Friends: annoying spambots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-annoying-spambots/944338)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-annoying-spambots/944338 "2021-06-15T17:34:10Z")
I had pretty much gotten away from Words With Friends due to all the nonsense ‘enhancements’ making the game an annoyance. But, I picked it back up during lockdown and enjoy playing. But the last few months have seen end… --- ## [What happens if Japan cancels the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038 "2021-06-14T19:35:56Z")
The Japanese public is strongly against holding the Olympic games later this summer, but the IOC is adamant that the games are going to happen: Assuming the Japanese government is representing the will of its people, … --- ## [Reforms to snooker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reforms-to-snooker/943967)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reforms-to-snooker/943967 "2021-06-13T20:19:02Z")
\ Snooker virtuoso Judd Trump recently expressed the view t… --- ## [Civ vi players are you having a problem with the new launcher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-vi-players-are-you-having-a-problem-with-the-new-launcher/944030)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-vi-players-are-you-having-a-problem-with-the-new-launcher/944030 "2021-06-12T03:36:07Z")
Ok it’s been a while since I’ve played civ because of my graphics card was having problems but I was playing 3 and was getting annoyed and decided to restart 6 Apparently, they’ve made a new launcher and it doesn’t wo… --- ## [Pedantic Basketball Rules Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedantic-basketball-rules-q/942753)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedantic-basketball-rules-q/942753 "2021-06-10T02:41:46Z")
Pedantic cause it would almost never happen. I’m trapped under my own rim and have used up my dribble. No one to pass to…can i hit my own rim with the ball and dribble? Different question and this could happen though I… --- ## [Men's baseball/Women's softball. Looks like the clowns at the NCAA haven't learned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-baseball-womens-softball-looks-like-the-clowns-at-the-ncaa-havent-learned/943618)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-baseball-womens-softball-looks-like-the-clowns-at-the-ncaa-havent-learned/943618 "2021-06-10T02:12:21Z")
NY Times. Massages vs. doubleheaders The Women’s College World Series, which began yesterday, is one of the most popular events in college sports. It is an eight-team softball tournament held every year in Oklahoma C… --- ## [Measuring how balanced a hockey team is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-how-balanced-a-hockey-team-is/943864)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-how-balanced-a-hockey-team-is/943864 "2021-06-09T09:37:01Z")
Does anyone attempt to measure how balanced a team is? It occurred to me while watching the Bruins/Isles game – it seems like Pastrnak, Bergeron, and Marchand are always on the ice (I don’t remember seeing players playi… --- ## [Football greed proposal - Euro Super League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-greed-proposal-euro-super-league/940270)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-greed-proposal-euro-super-league/940270 "2021-06-08T17:29:08Z")
You might have seen some reports that some of the main money spinning football teams in Europe are trying to breakaway from UEFA and possibly FIFA to create a European Super League - seems like around 12 clubs have enter… --- ## [Subnautica - thoughts while playing (spoilers while playing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subnautica-thoughts-while-playing-spoilers-while-playing/852024)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subnautica-thoughts-while-playing-spoilers-while-playing/852024 "2021-06-08T12:58:32Z")
OK, so my son and I began a proper play of Subnautica today. Freedom mode is what I think it is called. No eating, no water drinking, no sleep or whatever. Just oxygen and the ability to be killed by animals and plants. … --- ## [Mike Tyson: The Knockout - anything you didn't already know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-the-knockout-anything-you-didnt-already-know/943740)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-the-knockout-anything-you-didnt-already-know/943740 "2021-06-08T03:33:25Z")
Not sure why ABC thought Tyson was a subject worth talking about in '21, but I thought this was worth a watch. Here’s my latest and most likely final takes on a few tidbits. His childhood: This doesn’t get discussed nea… --- ## [Anyone playing Outriders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-outriders/943604)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-outriders/943604 "2021-06-07T07:18:11Z")
It’s a loot shooter\* set on some far distant planet that humans attempted to colonise only to discover that the planet changed drastically between the initial reports and when they arrived. It is single player with optio… --- ## [LeBron doesn't get his way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebron-doesnt-get-his-way/943595)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebron-doesnt-get-his-way/943595 "2021-06-07T04:14:33Z")
I’m not a LeBron hater at all, agree with his politics, and applaud his off court good deeds. But is anyone else relieved that the Lakers have been eliminated this early? Since 2007, LeBron has been involved in the NBA… --- ## [HiPixel, their anti hack is causing me to hack. (Minecraft multiplayer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipixel-their-anti-hack-is-causing-me-to-hack-minecraft-multiplayer/943669)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipixel-their-anti-hack-is-causing-me-to-hack-minecraft-multiplayer/943669 "2021-06-06T15:06:35Z")
Like so much in this world (or the Nether) doing the right thing is wrong and doing the wrong thing is way you must do things to make it work. My son got into PVP via HiPixel (Minecraft multi-player server) and wanted m… --- ## [Baseball scoring rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-rules/943544)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-rules/943544 "2021-06-06T02:23:32Z")
Tie game one out in the bottom of ninth and bases loaded. A fly ball moderately deep to left center is clearly going to end the game. But the center fielder drops the ball and the runner on third trots home. Does th… --- ## [Suggestions wanted for making Horror game more Suspenseful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-wanted-for-making-horror-game-more-suspenseful/942527)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-wanted-for-making-horror-game-more-suspenseful/942527 "2021-06-04T20:29:24Z")
Hi. I am looking for suggestions on how to make the following RPG scenario more suspenseful and scary. The scenario is this: the PC is an engineer, 1 year into a 3 year stint on an undersea, automated, mining base on a … --- ## [Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-coach-mike-krzyzewski-to-retire/943514)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-coach-mike-krzyzewski-to-retire/943514 "2021-06-04T15:23:24Z")
Whatever you think about Duke (and fans tend to have pretty strong feelings one way or the other), Coach K has obviously had an enormous impact on college basketball. Coming just months after Roy Williams’ retirement, i… --- ## [Smartphone games- actual game completely different from ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-games-actual-game-completely-different-from-ad/943509)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-games-actual-game-completely-different-from-ad/943509 "2021-06-04T05:24:51Z")
While playing games on my Android I occasionally see ads for a game called “Puzzles & Survival”. Your character starts at the outbreak of a zombie plague, and has to move from room to room evading zombies while solving p… --- ## [MLB: May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222 "2021-05-31T02:21:42Z")
Here’s a fresh thread for May, let’s hope for fewer Covid and weather postponements this month. Surprises so far are the Yankees struggling as well as the Giants in first place? I assume the end of May will look differe… --- ## [Wiffle ball and other childhood sports rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiffle-ball-and-other-childhood-sports-rules/943179)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiffle-ball-and-other-childhood-sports-rules/943179 "2021-06-01T23:15:06Z")
I remember when i was a kid (late 80’s - early 90’s) we played a lot of wiffle ball. I remember in wiffle ball, we didn’t need to tag out the base runner; we could simply throw the ball at them to tag them before they re… --- ## [UEFA Championship: Should I Support Man City Or Chelsea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-championship-should-i-support-man-city-or-chelsea/943177)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-championship-should-i-support-man-city-or-chelsea/943177 "2021-06-01T21:41:59Z")
American soccer fan here. Apparently there’s a game of some importance today :wink: Based on my research, it appears that Man City has won twice, Chelsea never. So I’m leaning towards supporting Chelsea. However, I don’… --- ## [Inter Miami fined $2 million + more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-miami-fined-2-million-more/943210)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-miami-fined-2-million-more/943210 "2021-05-31T01:04:21Z")
WOW This is a pretty harsh penalty especially for a new team in a pro league. The owner has come clean, but is this the the harshest penalty given to a pro sports team in North America? --- ## [Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechwarrior-5-mercenaries/943110)
**Author:** [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechwarrior-5-mercenaries/943110 "2021-05-30T06:03:24Z")
Now that MW5 is on Steam, I went and bought a copy, as did a few friends, and the mercenary squad “OSHA Violators” in yellow-and-black caution tape livery have been tearing it up and down the Inner Sphere for a little wh… --- ## [Bartólo Colón just wants to play ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartolo-colon-just-wants-to-play-ball/848176)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartolo-colon-just-wants-to-play-ball/848176 "2021-05-26T00:33:20Z")
He will be playing in the Mexican league. Hopefully he will pitch in a road game in Mérida. Just two hours from my village. It will be a real treat to see him play the Leones. Yes, Big Sexy Live! --- ## [What was your opinion of Reggie Jackson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-reggie-jackson/942562)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-reggie-jackson/942562 "2021-05-25T14:32:19Z")
Great player worth of the Hall of Fame? Overrated blowhard? Somewhere in between? My opinion: he lucked into the Mr October thing with those clutch HRs. Playing for the Yankees when they were in such a spotlight in the … --- ## [PGA Championship 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-championship-2021/942703)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-championship-2021/942703 "2021-05-25T05:21:42Z")
Welp, Phil just 2 putted for a birdie on 2 to take a 2 stroke lead, but 34 long holes to go (longest course ever for the PGA). Would be awesome if he won. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=70)