# Baker’s Dozen IV **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 18, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177 "2026-09-18T13:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/21 "2026-09-22T10:58:25Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/22 "2026-09-22T15:08:54Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System Characters have tag lines. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/23 "2026-09-22T15:22:46Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System 9. Shadowrun ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/24 "2026-09-23T03:59:16Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System 9. Shadowrun 10. Champions A fun and not overcomplicated superhero/supervillain game. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/25 "2026-09-26T16:34:59Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System 9. Shadowrun 10. Champions 11. Ars Magica Name Drop: My brother was friends with [Johnathan Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tweet) and Marc [Rhein-Hagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rein-Hagen) when they first developed Ars Magica in their college dorm, and he actually did the art for their first product ([whimsy cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whimsy_Cards)), both of them have now moved up to become pretty big names in the RPG world. My brother not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/26 "2026-09-26T16:57:51Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System 9. Shadowrun 10. Champions 11. Ars Magica 12. Tunnels & Trolls ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/27 "2026-09-26T20:24:33Z")
**Role Playing Games you have played and enjoyed** 1. Heroes of Might and Magic 2. Final Fantasy IX 3. Dungeons & Dragons 4. Werewolves 5. Call of Cthulhu 6. Marvel Super Heroes 7. Dragon Age: Origins 8. QAGS: Quick-Ass Game System 9. Shadowrun 10. Champions 11. Ars Magica 12. Tunnels & Trolls 13. Duke Nukem 3D **Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper Or for you old school types: [Pee-Chee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-Chee_folder) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/28 "2026-09-26T20:42:11Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule ---
**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:** [September 26, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/29 "2026-09-26T20:50:48Z")
Back to school supplies 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser ---
**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:** [September 26, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/30 "2026-09-26T22:03:21Z")
Back to school supplies 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser 4. Spiral notebooks ---
**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:** [September 26, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/31 "2026-09-26T23:34:29Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/32 "2026-09-27T01:44:16Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/33 "2026-09-27T01:52:34Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. highlighters When my kids started school, yellow, pink and blue highlighters were on the supply list, much to my surprise, and making me feel quite old. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/34 "2026-09-27T04:22:50Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. highlighters 8. ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/35 "2026-09-27T12:11:20Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. Eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. Highlighters 8. Ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters 9. Composition book I somehow made it through twelve years of school without ever encountering a Pee-Chee (Trapper Keeper being too recent). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/36 "2026-09-27T12:19:51Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. Eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. Highlighters 8. Ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters 9. Composition book 10. Protractor ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/37 "2026-09-27T14:23:40Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. Eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. Highlighters 8. Ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters 9. Composition book 10. Protractor 11. Pocket calculator Carried in a side holster, like a six-gun shooter. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/38 "2026-09-27T15:07:09Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. Eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. Highlighters 8. Ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters 9. Composition book 10. Protractor 11. Pocket calculator 12. Pencil sharpener ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/39 "2026-09-27T16:15:54Z")
**Back to school supplies** 1. Trapper Keeper 2. Slide rule 3. Eraser 4. Spiral notebooks 5. Pencils 6. Graph paper 7. Highlighters 8. Ruler, marked in both inches and centimeters 9. Composition book 10. Protractor 11. Pocket calculator 12. Pencil sharpener 13. Backpack (I suspect that a lot of things on this list are no longer quite so standard now that every student has a laptop) **Fads of Yesteryear** 1. Rubik’s Cubes (early 80’s) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/40 "2026-09-27T16:19:08Z")
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