In this heat, would it be a "Ripe" of gamers?

A whiff of wargamers, perhaps?

Quote from: Ithoriel on 03 July 2015, 03:59:58 PM
A whiff of wargamers, perhaps?

Quote from: toxicpixie on 03 July 2015, 03:58:51 PM
In this heat, would it be a "Ripe" of gamers?

Unfortunately for a number of wargamers they cannot even use this heat as an excuse as they are still giving off an aroma in the midst of winter

A shower of gamers ?

Are they really that bad nowadays ? (I have met a couple, in the past.......But they were in a tiny minority.)

Cheers - Phil

The difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 06 July 2015, 01:54:01 AM
The difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

Go away, please.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 06 July 2015, 01:54:01 AM
The difference between crows and ravens is a matter of a pinion.

Very good.
(There were two ravens strolling up the drive early this morning.....I know those were ravens, because they were so bloomin' enormous.)
Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 06 July 2015, 05:10:06 AM
Very good.
(There were two ravens strolling up the drive early this morning.....I know those were ravens, because they were so bloomin' enormous.)
Cheers - Phil

Flowering Ravens    

Quote from: Techno on 03 July 2015, 08:27:55 AM


I struggle with corvids...
Any ornithologists on the forum ?
I mean.....Would you really put a ring on a crow ?
(A raven, I could understand.)

Cheers - Phil

Probably wrong, they're probably from The Tower of London:

This photo of Tower of London is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Couldn't find the exact picture on Google, but there are a few of Ravens on a suspiciously similar perch  

Cheers!

Meirion

That makes a great deal of sense, Meirion. 

The little 'perches' look very, very similar.....(I assume that in the grounds of the Tower of London, there would be a number of these for them to hop on to.) 
I can't make up my mind as to whether I can see rings on their legs, in the TripAdvisor image, or not......(but I think I can.)

Anyway.....I think we can say for absolute certainty now, that those are Ravens and not Crows.....So the "Attempted Murder" caption is just plain wrong !! 

Cheers - Phil

OK, so, we've got the crow/raven collective noun thing sorted.

Now for the more tricky wargamer collective noun 'debate'.  Perhaps we will need to break it down into typological distinctions?

A reek of wargamers (for the sweatered variety)?

A bicker of wargamers?

A bristle of wargamers?  (Bringing in the double meaning of the frictions of rules-disputes, and the prevalence of unkempt facial hair)

A Featherstone of wargamers?  (For the Old Guard)

A magniloquence of wargamers?  (For the sneering purists)

An impoverishment of wargamers?  (For the Evil Empire enslaved youngsters)

It's a dissimilitude of wargamers, but you probably won't agree with that.

Very good ! 

I do rather like "A bicker" from Lud's list. 
Cheers - Phil

I know a certain forum where wargamers come togheter daily, and i think they described it as madhouse. 


So i vote for; a madhouse of wargamers

 

You're suspended for being a smart-a*se. 
Very good suggestion, Peter. 

Cheers - Phil