As a self-conscious move to get away from my regular diet of plastic ‘n’ lead gaming I indulge in games that I can admit to playing without being regarded as a social leper. One day I aspire to be unashamed like chaps like Wormito (recent World Cup Champion) and Sizzling Gromril who play Blood Bowl PUBLICLY in trendy Manchester bars. Maybe they’ve got to the level of cool where it doesn’t matter?
To up my cool factor I agreed to go to my old housemate’s Poker Evening. Poker’s cool. Dr. Gregory House plays Poker. I can talk about this game in front of first dates and other desirable strangers without the crushing “Oh, my primary school class love playing that too” Warhammer brings
Only what I hadn’t bet upon was that this Poker Evening was run by Roger. He’s famed for a beard resembling William Riker – Star Trek’s poker-loving First Officer – so he advertised his evening thusly.
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And so the evening to establish cool factor turned out to be an orgy of card-based geekery. (I would have fared better staying home and playing Poker online). Choice quotes of the evening included…
“Think of the hands as Pokemons. Flush evolves into Straight Flush which evolves into Royal Flush.”
“Artoo says that the chances of four-of-a-kind are 4,150 to 1.
Next month on Ninjabread, Curis attempts the Chinese domino game Mah-Johngg, only to go Warhammer-bananas when he finds out there are three dragon tiles.
