# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=79 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 80 --- ## [TdF2020 - Allez!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2020-allez/918985)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tdf2020-allez/918985 "2020-11-08T21:39:21Z")
With just four days to go before the start, here’s a good write up about this years favorites: Notably missing are Froome and Thomas. Back in is Bernal, however not ranked as the top favorite due to a recent back inju… --- ## [Website for isolating people to play card games in groups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-for-isolating-people-to-play-card-games-in-groups/854452)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-for-isolating-people-to-play-card-games-in-groups/854452 "2020-05-26T15:51:19Z")
I have an aunt who really, really misses her weekly bridge games with her club. The thing is, they’re all old (85 minimum) and most have plenty of health issues on top of that. They all have computers (I think they all … --- ## [What can y'all tell me about the Barkley Marathons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-the-barkley-marathons/924551)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-the-barkley-marathons/924551 "2020-11-07T02:15:21Z")
Supposedly there is this ultramarathon that is ultra-exclusive to the point of even finding out about how to apply to enter is next to impossible, it is supposedly the equivalent of scaling and descending Mt. Everest twi… --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-8/924140)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-8/924140 "2020-11-05T03:16:17Z")
The biggest news this week in the NFL is the rapidly approaching trade deadline, which is November 3rd. (Although election fatigue has me convinced the 3rd will never, ever get here). So far, Everson Griffin has gone fro… --- ## [A Scrabble-esque Word Game Challenge for all takers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scrabble-esque-word-game-challenge-for-all-takers/623490)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scrabble-esque-word-game-challenge-for-all-takers/623490 "2012-06-01T15:03:10Z")
The goal of the game is to create a square letter grid, in which every row across and every column down spells a valid English word. For example, this would be a legal 3x3 grid: C A T E R A L E T The validity of word… --- ## [SwarmZ (zombie tower defense game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swarmz-zombie-tower-defense-game/924550)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swarmz-zombie-tower-defense-game/924550 "2020-11-02T15:31:37Z")
Use your band of survivors to protect the baby! --- ## [8 lateral FB play 5 years ago to win as time expires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-lateral-fb-play-5-years-ago-to-win-as-time-expires/924424)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-lateral-fb-play-5-years-ago-to-win-as-time-expires/924424 "2020-10-31T19:38:57Z")
If you missed it then here it is. Miami beats Duke. Not as well known as the Cal/Stanford lateral game in 82 with the band on the field and yes the refs missed at least 1 Miami guy was down before he got rid of … --- ## [Among Us: anyone playing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/among-us-anyone-playing/921869)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/among-us-anyone-playing/921869 "2020-10-30T13:34:52Z")
Among us is a free game that I have as an app. It’s also on Steam. For those of you who don’t know in the game a small group of space travelers are on a ship where things are going wrong. The crew has to run around and f… --- ## [MLB 2020 The (Weird) Postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-the-weird-postseason/921756)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-the-weird-postseason/921756 "2020-10-29T18:19:14Z")
Well, here we go. ROUND ONE AMERICAN LEAGUE E1 Tampa Bay Rays vs. WC2 Toronto Blue Jays One of the most clear favourites in Round 1 has to be the Rays, considered by many prognosticators to be the favorite to win the… --- ## [Life is Feudal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-feudal/815253)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-feudal/815253 "2020-10-28T19:32:29Z")
I’ve been toying with the idea of getting ‘Life is Feudal’. Anyone tried it yet? I thoroughly enjoy micromanagement and it seems like this game offers it in spades. --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-7/923552)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-7/923552 "2020-10-27T19:31:20Z")
Not a lot of news this week in the NFL, which is probably a very good thing. Players continue to go on the Covid list, but no games are (currently) under threat of being postponed. The NFL finished its investigation into… --- ## [Blackjack online gambling question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackjack-online-gambling-question/841158)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackjack-online-gambling-question/841158 "2020-10-26T13:38:10Z")
Hi SD, I am swearing off online gambling after a strategy I tried failed. I believe it is called the Martingale strategy, where you double your bet after each loss, until you win. The strategy runs into problems like … --- ## [Why can't baseball players just.........accept things? (unspoken rules)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-baseball-players-just-accept-things-unspoken-rules/923192)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-baseball-players-just-accept-things-unspoken-rules/923192 "2020-10-23T17:17:16Z")
To my non-baseball-fan mind, MLB seems to be a strangely petty or mentally fragile league, compared to the others. If a batter wants to flip his bat in celebration, Bautista-style (as long as it doesn’t hit anyone,) or … --- ## [Baseball score-keeping question re shift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-score-keeping-question-re-shift/923448)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-score-keeping-question-re-shift/923448 "2020-10-22T17:26:32Z")
I like to keep my own scorecard at baseball games but I don’t know how to score, a fly out to the second basemen who’s position is as temporarily in position as the 4th outfielder due to a position overshift… Does anyone… --- ## [Joe Morgan has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-morgan-has-died/922805)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-morgan-has-died/922805 "2020-10-22T14:12:07Z")
Yet another one is now gone. I remember him from the tail end of his time with the Reds, but of course mostly for the arm flap. Every little leaguer had to try it. He was a decent announcer in an era where announcers re… --- ## [Minecraft for a reluctant father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-for-a-reluctant-father/923334)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-for-a-reluctant-father/923334 "2020-10-21T00:19:52Z")
So my young child heard through the grapevine that Minecraft was a thing that existed. Being extremely fascinated by building things (legos, blocks, trains, etc.), this seems like it was inevitable. For $8, I got the iOS… --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-6/923038 "2020-10-20T23:02:00Z")
This week’s schedule (note that there is no Thursday night game): Sunday Early: Houston @ Tennessee Cincinnati @ Indianapolis Atlanta @ Minnesota Denver @ New England Washington @ New York Giants Baltimore @ Phila… --- ## [MLB Players and Gold Chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-players-and-gold-chains/923298)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-players-and-gold-chains/923298 "2020-10-20T04:48:19Z")
Couple of questions regarding the preponderance of players wearing gold chains. Why so many? They seem to look identical. Are they? Why do the players where them outside their uniforms? --- ## [Rename the Washington Redskins (version 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-the-washington-redskins-version-3/914243 "2020-10-19T06:13:18Z")
I see we have had two other threads in this century for proposing new names for the Washington Redskins. Perhaps this time they are really going to do it. I see endless marketing possibilities. Lots of new shirts and st… --- ## [Losing teams should not be in the playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-teams-should-not-be-in-the-playoffs/923261)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-teams-should-not-be-in-the-playoffs/923261 "2020-10-18T18:32:03Z")
Okay, I don’t like the Astros for more than one reason, which we don’t need to get into here. But more than that, I’m happy they’ve been eliminated because they had a sub-.500 regular season. IMO, any team with a losin… --- ## [Free synchronous browser games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-synchronous-browser-games/923258)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-synchronous-browser-games/923258 "2020-10-18T14:53:43Z")
Anybody know of any good games you can play straight from the browser, (or through Facebook etc.) where you compete in real time against peers who are not your friends. I’m looking for wordgames, strategy, puzzle type t… --- ## [Stardew Valley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley/823429)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley/823429 "2018-10-26T02:45:18Z")
I was looking to get my son into some games other than first person shooters, so I got Stardew Valley last night. I liked how the game has a retro look, almost like what you might expect in a mid 90’s SNES type game. Th… --- ## [Suppose you were a pro sports player, how would you behave differently than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-you-were-a-pro-sports-player-how-would-you-behave-differently-than-others/916533)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-you-were-a-pro-sports-player-how-would-you-behave-differently-than-others/916533 "2020-10-15T15:21:41Z")
Suppose you suddenly had the athletic ability of LeBron, Gretzky, Jeter, Tiger or Messi in their prime (or whichever sport/position you want.) You’re an instant starter on any pro team you choose. Now, since you have n… --- ## [Your favorite of the 5 major North American team sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-of-the-5-major-north-american-team-sports/921563)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-of-the-5-major-north-american-team-sports/921563 "2020-10-15T07:54:51Z")
Just a straight-up poll, nothing more. Which of the following 5 major North American team sports is your favorite? (Not just at the pro level, but at all amateur/HS/college/for-fun levels too) poll --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-5/922493)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-5/922493 "2020-10-14T17:53:50Z")
Covid remains the biggest story in the NFL this week. More Titans tested positive for Covid, bringing their total to 22. In light of the fact that Titans players reportedly met off site to train in clear violation of NFL… --- ## [Bob Gibson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-gibson-has-died/922091)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-gibson-has-died/922091 "2020-10-14T02:57:04Z")
Bob Gibson, the Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away on Friday, in his home town of Omaha, Nebraska, at age 84. Gibson had been battling pancreatic cancer, and died just a… --- ## [Old Electronic Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-electronic-games/922830)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-electronic-games/922830 "2020-10-13T23:48:20Z")
Board games were always a thing with my family growing up. I remember when I got the board game Risk for my birthday and, not knowing the obvious advantages of going for North America or Australia early, played for five… --- ## [Idea for XFL 2022: LET THE FANS DECIDE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-xfl-2022-let-the-fans-decide/922700)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-xfl-2022-let-the-fans-decide/922700 "2020-10-13T16:45:10Z")
If you really want the XFL come back with a splash in 2022, or any rival league for that matter, why not make the fans invest in the success or lack thereof of the team? Let fans vote on a limited amount of certain deci… --- ## [Chessboard story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chessboard-story/922147)
**Author:** [@TheKingOfSoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfSoup)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chessboard-story/922147 "2020-10-12T22:28:47Z")
Hello. I don’t play chess, my hobby is writing, but I sometimes enjoy solving chess puzzles. It occurred to me recently that a chess game consists of a bunch of different characters, with different characteristics, enga… --- ## [Here's a reminder of what sports should look like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-reminder-of-what-sports-should-look-like/922798)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-reminder-of-what-sports-should-look-like/922798 "2020-10-12T22:27:05Z")
Having lived in the United States for 20 years, I’m a huge fan of baseball, a pretty big fan of the NFL, and I watch the NHL when I get a chance. But I also retain a love for both rugby codes, league and union, from my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=80)