# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 495
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9881 "2026-08-05T15:37:03Z")
**Made-up words or slang terms you’d like to see used** 1. Disagrievance 2. Absquatulate 3. Velocipedalist 4. Redbully 5. Cromulent 6. Hangry 7. Finical goosery 8. Kerfuffle 9. Shenaniganizer 10. Sarchasm 11. Bogart ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9882 "2026-08-06T15:17:09Z")
**Made-up words or slang terms you’d like to see used** 1. Disagrievance 2. Absquatulate 3. Velocipedalist 4. Redbully 5. Cromulent 6. Hangry 7. Finical goosery 8. Kerfuffle 9. Shenaniganizer 10. Sarchasm 11. Bogart 12. Meatballed As in someone getting you to do something you didn’t really want to do. “Joe meatballed me into going out for drinks last night.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9883 "2026-08-10T13:33:08Z")
**Made-up words or slang terms you’d like to see used** 1. Disagrievance 2. Absquatulate 3. Velocipedalist 4. Redbully 5. Cromulent 6. Hangry 7. Finical goosery 8. Kerfuffle 9. Shenaniganizer 10. Sarchasm 11. Bogart 12. Meatballed 13. Meh Pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9884 "2026-08-10T15:03:27Z")
I considered asking “What would you do if your child acts out on a plane before takeoff, resulting in cancellation of the flight?” but decided against it, for fear of some very long-form answers. Instead: **Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9885 "2026-08-10T15:07:48Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9886 "2026-08-10T15:12:00Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9887 "2026-08-10T16:01:50Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9888 "2026-08-10T16:42:28Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9889 "2026-08-10T17:53:47Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9890 "2026-08-10T18:03:45Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily First board game I ever played. I rarely beat my older sisters, which really aggravated 4-year-old me. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle\_Wiggily#Board\_game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Wiggily#Board_game) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9891 "2026-08-10T20:17:29Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy I thought Risk was great, and then I got Diplomacy when I was eleven (I think). My inner Machiavelli was given new meaning! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9892 "2026-08-10T21:09:46Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy 9. Fortress America ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9893 "2026-08-10T22:58:58Z")
Board games you played as a child 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy 9. Fortress America 10. Chess I know the moves and classic opening gambits, learned the history, but never got the hang of it ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9894 "2026-08-11T03:39:50Z")
Board games you played as a child 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy 9. Fortress America 10. Chess 11. Game of Life Where Mongo is just a pawn. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9895 "2026-08-11T20:31:25Z")
Board games you played as a child 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy 9. Fortress America 10. Chess 11. Game of Life 12. Stratego ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9896 "2026-08-11T23:46:50Z")
**Board games you played as a child** 1. Monopoly 2. Risk 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Sorry! 5. Battleship 6. Clue 7. Uncle Wiggily 8. Diplomacy 9. Fortress America 10. Chess 11. Game of Life 12. Stratego 13. Othello New category: **Bodies in our solar system** 1. Makemake ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9897 "2026-08-12T01:11:10Z")
**Bodies in our solar system** 1. Makemake 2. Charon ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9898 "2026-08-12T03:27:51Z")
**Bodies in our solar system** 1. Makemake 2. Charon 3. Titan ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9899 "2026-08-12T11:10:31Z")
**Bodies in our solar system** 1. Makemake 2. Charon 3. Titan 4. Margo Robbie I’ll leave now. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9900 "2026-08-12T13:46:18Z")
**Bodies in our solar system** 1. Makemake 2. Charon 3. Titan 4. Margo Robbie 5. Planet X (Hypothetical) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=496)