tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post1796359234048213473..comments2024-03-17T22:08:39.591-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: Games From the Basement - Murphy's Rules (Space Gamer Magazine Cartoon Strip)Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-81070831330259851562014-03-02T22:10:03.863-05:002014-03-02T22:10:03.863-05:00That is awesome!That is awesome!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144083215714934418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-28407555367771451642014-03-01T21:28:34.695-05:002014-03-01T21:28:34.695-05:00I love the Gamma World one, but it was a deliberat...I love the Gamma World one, but it was a deliberate choice. James Ward chose a precise, but absurd, value to parody all of the games with exacting measurements on such large-scale maps.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-74003258330954301872014-03-01T14:27:15.184-05:002014-03-01T14:27:15.184-05:00My favorite one was about some game's critical...My favorite one was about some game's critical miss system...I forget which system, but the Murphy was something along the lines of "In [system X] if an army of 1000 soldiers wield swords in melee, after five minutes of striking blows 10 of the soldiers, on average, will have cut their own heads off." <br /><br />(This presumably being some game where you make an attack roll every few seconds, not once a minute.)ScrivenerBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861652415900436411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-92073533417426118532014-03-01T14:25:49.765-05:002014-03-01T14:25:49.765-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.ScrivenerBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861652415900436411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-64352032613251979552014-03-01T14:16:59.177-05:002014-03-01T14:16:59.177-05:00Oh, but there is! Or at least there was. The lates...Oh, but there is! Or at least there was. The latest edition of Pyramid magazine I have immediate access to is August of 2012, but it still had Murphy's Rules in it then.Jason Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240705069654358715noreply@blogger.com