I WANT.
Kevin Andrew Murphy sez, "I knew that Lady Puabi of Ur had d4s for the game boards found in her tomb, but it turns out the Romans had d20s and a nice green glass one is currently up for sale at Christie's. Only $17,925, for the gamer who has everything."
[From Ancient Roman D20 for sale, $18,000 - Boing Boing]
Beloved role-playing game designer, Erick Wujcik, passed away Saturday evening, June 7, 2008. He died from complications related to pancreatic and liver cancer. Kathryn Kozora, his sweetheart of over 30 years, and other loved ones were at his side.
Holy crap, the majority of my educated guesses were correct, giving me a final score of 41 out of 50.
Diagnosis: "40-49 I suspect you're probably wearing D&D underoos right now. For God's sake, put on some pants!"
Wrong answers marked below with the Sign of FAIL.
1) : C
2) : C (guess, 2nd guess: A)
3: B
4: C
5: C
6: A
7: E
8: D
9: C (a guess, having ruled out A and B, and probably D and E)
10: B (I first thought A, but wasn't A in module B2?)
11: C (total guess) FAIL
12: E (total guess) FAIL
13: A
14: D
15: A (total guess) FAIL
16: A (total guess) FAIL
17: D
18: A
19: E (mostly a guess)
20: C
21: D
22: C (ruling out E and D, all the rest seem unlikely, Jorune seems too late, EPT seems slightly too early, but the genre is close to correct... let's say C) FAIL
23: C (total guess)
24: C
25 : D (total guess) FAIL
26: E
27: E (educated guess) FAIL
28: C
29: B
30: C
31: E (I said A at first but something is nagging at me telling me it's E, despite the relative publication dates of the Greyhawk and Blackmoor supplements)
32: B
33: E (vague memory/mostly a guess)
34: C (mostly guess, after ruling out some of 'em) FAIL
35: B
36: D (guess)
37: B
38: D
39: D (mostly guess)
40: D
41: C (mostly guess)
42: A
43: E (nigh-total guess) FAIL
44: B (semi-guess)
45: E (mostly guess)
46: C (ruling out A, B, and D)
47: D (Guess, after ruling out B, C, and E)
48: C
49: E
50: D
If you've been a gamer for more of your life than you've *not* been a gamer, you MUST take Jeff Rients' trivia challenge.
Of the 50, I'm 100% certain of my answers to 28 of them, have reasonable guesses for 9 of them, and am completely in the dark on the remaining 13.
