Author Topic: Days of BASIC... (Read 6956 times)

TimK2003 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2008, 10:31:21 PM »

[quote name=\'davewalls\' post=\'184786\' date=\'Apr 24 2008, 09:26 PM\']
I stopped by my parent's house last week on a trip through Delaware,
and found my old board games, including a copy of Gambler in reasonably
good condition. Excellent game.

I loved that dice shaker, too. How would one utilize that for Yahtzee on a stick, as suggested above? It's not like you can reach in and grab the dice..
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Here is how I did it back in the day:

Example:
Roll #1, Play the first 5 dice (reading bottom to top) show 2,2,4,2,6...I elect to keep the 2's.
Roll #2 & 3, I covered up the 3 bottom dice with my hand and play the 4th & 5th dice in the handle, electing to "keep" or "pass" on the remaining dice.

I never counted the 6th die, unless we played "Wild Card" Yahtzee.

Remembering what I "kept", I'd mark down the score(s) in the appropriate column(s).

Obviously, there was a little more "memory" involved versus the traditional game where you just took dice out of play and only roll the remaining one(s), but the trade-off was that the dice never got loose in the car -- Only the pen/pencil every once in a while!

jmangin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2008, 11:24:10 PM »

On the show, did each die have a spade, or just one of the dice?

Adam Nedeff · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:21:05 AM »

[quote name=\'jmangin\' post=\'184802\' date=\'Apr 24 2008, 11:24 PM\']
On the show, did each die have a spade, or just one of the dice?
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Just one.

Neumms · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:39:09 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'184794\' date=\'Apr 24 2008, 09:08 PM\']
It's Yahtzee. Want it to be Travel Yahtzee? Stick the five dice in a freakin' Crown Royal bag. Voila. Travel Yahtzee.

[/quote]

That's terrific! I was searching for an excuse to pick up some Crown Royal!

clemon79 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2008, 04:10:09 PM »

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'184843\' date=\'Apr 25 2008, 12:39 PM\']
That's terrific! I was searching for an excuse to pick up some Crown Royal![/quote]
The great thing about being a gamer geek is that there is *always* a reason to pick up some Crown Royal.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:13:58 PM »

I found the Travel Yahtzee roller to be fine . . . except when it eventually broke. Or when you got one that wouldn't lock solidly. But it doubled as a stress reliever, so I still liked it.

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #21 on:** April 28, 2008, 11:08:22 PM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'184796\' date=\'Apr 24 2008, 09:31 PM\']Obviously, there was a little more "memory" involved versus the traditional game where you just took dice out of play and only roll the remaining one(s), but the trade-off was that the dice never got loose in the car -- Only the pen/pencil every once in a while!
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I once witnessed a game of Monopoly played in a car, using nothing but the subscription card from a random magazine, a pencil, and a TI-83. I was the banker.

...I don't think I ever got the urge to play anything in the back seat of a car again for a good five or six years.

pacdude · « **Reply #22 on:** April 28, 2008, 11:13:49 PM »

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'185028\' date=\'Apr 28 2008, 11:08 PM\']
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'184796\' date=\'Apr 24 2008, 09:31 PM\']Obviously, there was a little more "memory" involved versus the traditional game where you just took dice out of play and only roll the remaining one(s), but the trade-off was that the dice never got loose in the car -- Only the pen/pencil every once in a while!
[/quote]
I once witnessed a game of Monopoly played in a car, using nothing but the subscription card from a random magazine, a pencil, and a TI-83. I was the banker.

...I don't think I ever got the urge to play anything in the back seat of a car again for a good five or six years.
[/quote]

For the curious, please do share HOW that works.

clemon79 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 29, 2008, 12:23:57 AM »

[quote name=\'pacdude\' post=\'185029\' date=\'Apr 28 2008, 08:13 PM\']
For the curious, please do share HOW that works.[/quote]
For the rest of us, please do share whatever it was you were smoking.

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2008, 07:52:24 AM »

Well, I (along with one or two others) embarrassingly have the board and most of the property values memorized, so that's how we knew all that. We kept track of everyone's cash and properties on the card, and rolled our dice with a good old RANDINT(1,6) function. For Chance/Community Chest, we just asked someone in the front seat to name a card, and that's what the person 'drew'.

tvmitch · « **Reply #25 on:** April 29, 2008, 09:01:49 AM »

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'185039\' date=\'Apr 29 2008, 07:52 AM\']
Well, I (along with one or two others) embarrassingly have the board and most of the property values memorized, so that's how we knew all that. We kept track of everyone's cash and properties on the card, and rolled our dice with a good old RANDINT(1,6) function. For Chance/Community Chest, we just asked someone in the front seat to name a card, and that's what the person 'drew'.
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I can attest to having about 95% of Monopoly minutiae memorized as well. I have no idea why I know all of it so well.

/3 houses, Tennessee Ave, $550
//none of these futuristic "$5.5 million" versions, either

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 29, 2008, 02:28:07 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'185043\' date=\'Apr 29 2008, 08:01 AM\']I can attest to having about 95% of Monopoly minutiae memorized as well. I have no idea why I know all of it so well.[/quote]When I play Monopoly, there's one girl who always seems annoyed that I know exactly where the tokens are going without counting. I learned early on there's 10 spaces between corners, and 10 spaces between the railroads.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 29, 2008, 02:40:57 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'185062\' date=\'Apr 29 2008, 02:28 PM\']
When I play Monopoly, there's one girl who always seems annoyed that I know exactly where the tokens are going without counting. I learned early on there's 10 spaces between corners, and 10 spaces between the railroads.
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Exactly. This comes into play even more if you frequent Trivial Pursuit, because Uncle Jim Bob will roll a 4 and before he can even begin his beard-stroking survey of the board, you go "there's a roll again..."

-Jason

clemon79 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 29, 2008, 03:13:30 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'185062\' date=\'Apr 29 2008, 11:28 AM\']
When I play Monopoly, there's one girl who always seems annoyed that I know exactly where the tokens are going without counting.[/quote]
This truly frightens me. Not that Mark is able to do that, but that this chick is surprised and irritated by it.

When she rolls and moves, she counts out the individual spaces, doesn't she?
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'185063\' date=\'Apr 29 2008, 11:40 AM\']
Exactly. This comes into play even more if you frequent Trivial Pursuit, because Uncle Jim Bob will roll a 4 and before he can even begin his beard-stroking survey of the board, you go "there's a roll again..."
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It's amazing how many people don't know that when you're bouncing around the hub, you have your pick of the litter in terms of questions so long as you don't come out on the same spoke you came in on.

/this is key to the far-superior shortened game we play