Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[paulr]

 

[Techno]

Wandering through my blog I found this from a few years back - Not sure I posted it here, but I did promo Pendraken

Wargamers Rhapsody - With apologies to Freddie Mercury...

Is this Renaissance?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a leadslide,
My escape from reality
Put out my figures, but your army's bigger, oh crap,
I'm just a poor bloke, I need more miniatures,
Because I'm easy meat, and paint too slow, don't roll high, always low,
Any way the dice fall doesn't really matter to me,
to me

Oh-no, I just killed a man,
Charged him on too far ahead, rolled my dice, now he's dead
Dammit, the game had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Oh-no, oo-ooh, Didn't mean to make them die,
I've got to play this game again tomorrow,
With no men, with no men, coz nothing now can save me

Too late, my reserves are gone,
I've got Artillery on my ranks, and his cavalry on my flanks.
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to flee,
Gotta leave you all behind and quit the field
Oh hell, oo-ooh, I don't want to lose,
I sometimes wish I'd never played these rules at all
Coz nothing now can save me...

I see a little silhouette of a man,
Minus 2, minus 2, on your combat roll
Agincourt and Crecy, very, very messy
(buy more lead) buy more lead (buy more lead) buy more lead, buy more lead At a show, ow, ow, ow.

I'm just a poor Colonel, everybody beats me
I'm just a poor gamer with a lone sentry,
Spare me my figures from your huge army
Hard to paint, easy lose, will you take a draw
Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw (Let me draw) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh Phil Barker, Phil Barker) 5th edition lets me win
Pendraken has an army put aside for me, for me, for me...

So you think you can flank me and use that old ruse
So you think you can charge me and leave me to lose
Oh, damn it, no matter how much I plan it,
Just gotta pack up, just gotta pack up my men now
Nothing ever works, Anything I try,
Nothing ever works,
Nothing ever works, for me
(Any way the smoke blows)

Absolutely top notch, LH !!

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

 


On a side note: Looks like "Orange is the New Black" will have a surprise guest star next season. 

[Westmarcher]

On a side note: Looks like "Orange is the New Black" will have a surprise guest star next season. 

First, Brexit. Now, Trump. Amazing. 

[Techno]

All.

Can we just be a teeny bit careful starting a discussion regarding the result of the American Election.
I don't want to see a row starting between our good friends, on the forum.

I could see a right royal argument starting, if we're not careful.
I'm sure everyone would like to put their 'two pees worth' into a debate.....But I fear it could easily degenerate into a vitriolic slagging match.

What Westie's put down is absolutely fine, but let's not go down the road of personal abuse, which I could easily see happening.

Cheers - Phil 

[FierceKitty]

First, Brexit. Now, Trump. Amazing. 

The year of idiotic voting.

[Sandinista]

On the plus side TPP is dead in the water

Cheers
Ian

[skywalker]

 

[Leon]

As Phil has already said, let's try and steer clear of the political stuff if possible folks, we'll all have a variety of opinions on what's happened recently but it's something that can get very heated, very quickly.  There's definitely some interesting days ahead for all us, so let's keep to painting our little men and chucking dice at them.

[paulr]

Well said Phil & Leon

But please roll in open space rather than "chucking dice at" figures

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's why Leon sells so many figures, replacements for all the dice casualties!

[Last Hussar]

Can I talk about business instead?

The house advantage in a casino is 2-3%, depending on game. This means that for every 100 brought in by players, only 97-98 leaves. Other costs are easy - you have the property and the staff. You don't need to hold stock, or have a supply chain. People come in, they play for a few hours, they leave a little poorer. Its a licence to print your own money.

Trump once went bankrupt running a casino.

[Leon]

The house advantage in a casino is 2-3%, depending on game.

If we were running Pendraken at a 2-3% margin we'd go bankrupt as well...even with just premises and staff.  That's a lousy profit level, I'm surprised if that's an accurate margin.

[Ithoriel]

Depends on the game and the exact rules being played.

0.3% to 30% is probably closer.

https://wizardofodds.com/gambling/house-edge/

[Last Hussar]

They have a much higher turn over.

Take Roulette.

All the odds are based on 36 numbers 50/50 red black etc.

Put £10 on Red and win, you get evens - £20 back Stake plus £10.  Bet on one number you get x36 back.  At the end of the night you should be even.

However wheels have Green 0.  This tilts the odds slightly 1 in 37 spins will not be red/black.  So I bet a total of 370 - 10 on black each time.  I receive back 360.

Slots are obviously the biggies - I think they pay 20-30% depending on setting (yes, they can be set, they are not truly random).

Remember that while 1000 sounds a lot to play with, on average the punter will spend 30 for an evening's fun.  But all those add up.