Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for November 13, 2023

Play nice, Wiz.

“You sank my battleship!”

I remember playing that on grid paper, how times have changed. Kids these days have no idea. I remember when all this was fields….mumble, mumble…….

Do they sell that type of Battleship at Walmart?

I died in two world wars for the likes of you! Bring back National Insurance, that’s what I say; couple of years in a building society do ’em a world of good …(A veteran of WWII ranted that at me when I was a kid, and it stuck in my mind.)

The TCP protocols and net have little meaning for the wizard.

Believe me, a good artillery crew can drop a round in your coffee cup.

I used to play with a guy in Pirmasens, Germany over a Teletype orderwire.

Just remember to clean up after you’re finished, Wiz!

Turned to the reality side …….much more fun!!!!1

The most powerful square in Battleship is I1.

Because whenever I1, (I won) you lost.

cool, may I watch. :D

Wizard is ahead of his time.

We played that in our computer club. Up to 50 people at once, on a 200 × 200 grid. Players emailed the co-ordinates of their shot, and I marked it on the grid. Once all their blocks for their ship were hit, their ship was gone. One clown tried sending GPS co-ordinates. The winner with the last ship floating won prizes worth over $100.00

does anybody remember laughter

You’re suppose to say “you sunk my battleship”

“All your base are belong to us.” Oops…wrong game!

Wizard: “I sank your battleship, battle-axe…wait, did I say that out loud?”

Hate to see how they’d play ‘Risk’…

Wizard’s wife sunk our 4th wall!

Exocet takes fleet.

I liked Sub Search a lot better. It had four levels.

We had that game growing up and my sister always beat me, of course I beat her in a lot of other board games we played, we each had an equal share of games that we were good at. Living alone I miss being able to play card or board games. I guess I will just stick with my Solitaire and Mah Jong, word games and hidden object games on my computer all by myself.