X & Y?

Started by Leon, 07 October 2018, 01:30:40 PM

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mollinary

The theme I was working on was actually existing abbreviations, so:

P&P. postage and packing

M&M  chocolate buttons

B&B.  bed and breakfast.
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2022 Painting Competition - 2 x Runner-Up!

Leon

Quote from: mollinary on 08 October 2018, 09:16:28 PM
The theme I was working on was actually existing abbreviations, so:

... I'd not noticed that bit...  :-[  I'm not going to do very well when the new series of Only Connect kicks off...!
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fsn

Centurions and Aztecs - competing gamers try and get their favourite range released by the best miniature figure supplier in the worldB)
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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2023 - the year of Gerald:
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Chris Pringle

The ideal super-detailed WWII tank rules for us trackheads and rivetcounters:

Protractor & Percentile Dice

(You only need two tank models to play the game, but it will take you a whole weekend.)

Ithoriel

Distractions & Denizens - gaming the Pendraken Forum :D
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Westmarcher

Boots & Saddles .... American Plains Wars

Blades & Saddles  .... the spoof version

Mills & Boom ..... romantic trench warfare

Mortar & Pistol ... siege warfare for chemists

Assault & Petard ...... siege warfare for foodies

Pick & Mix .... siege warfare in Ireland

Grab & Run ..... me and my coat ......
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Terry37

I'd share my ideas, but I'm laughing too hard just reading what's already been posted. So I'll just Read & Chuckle!

Terry
"My heart has joined the thousand for a friend stopped running today." Mr. Richard Adams

fsn

Bonnie and Clyde - The Young Pretender's exploits in the Glasgow area.

Blame Westmarcher. He put me up to it!

Rock and Roll - a dice based game amongst neanderthals. (i.e. any game played by Forum members)

Boosey & Hawkes - Drunken revelry with falcons
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Ithoriel

Tea & Symphony - adding the RASC and ENSA to your WW2 games
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

Matt J

Rock & A Hard place - game of marital challenges
2012 Painting Competition - Winner!
2014 Painting Competition - 3 x Winner!
2014 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!
2015 Painting Competition - 2 x Winner!
Beep

Chad

Trumpets & Drums - battles between marching bands
Swords, Shields & Sheilas -Australian Medieval Rules (with apologies where necessary)
Tanks & More Tanks - for gamers who think Flames of War does not take up enough table space
Muskets & Magic - the ONLY rules that guarantee Napoleon victory at Waterloo

ronan

Beere & Bretzels ?

O Dinas Powys

X, Y & Z - for tactical combat in 3 dimensions  :-B
X, Y, Z & n - for when 3 dimensions just aren't enough...  8-}
(I know, even though it's fantasy  :o  ;)  )

Maenoferren

Love and Marriage... wars of Matilda and Stephen
Chalk and cheese, the imaginations attack on Dover by the brigands of Wenslydale
Sometimes I wonder - why is that frisbee geting bigger - and then it hits me!

fsn

Exe and Wye - River battles in the West Country.

Ex and Why? - The struglles of a modern relationship

Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

OldenBUA

Bullet lists & Subclauses (unless overruled otherwise) : linear warfare in the age of Barker
Water is indeed the essential ingredient of life, because without water you can't make coffee!

Aander lu bin óók lu.

fsn

Feather and Stone - a 1960s rule set for early Native American conflict

Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Ithoriel

Bend & Stretch - not a ruleset but a range of accessories which includes adjustable rulers, loaded dice and the Power Gamers Manual  :)
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

d_Guy

This is a fun thread! Highly creative. I give special props to fsn for his geographical psychodrama post.
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

steve_holmes_11

S & M - The game where both players take a thrashing.