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I haven't really paid attention for threads related to this because I pretty much decided it was an insta-buy as soon as it was out. :P

Also a reminder that we're still early in the season and it isn't too late to start in and catch up by any measure! You start with $1,000 in fake money to bet with. Just jump right in! @ anyone interested in participating. (See the Week 1 thread for full rules)

WEEK 3 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 3 ENTRIES - Thursday, 9/19/2019 08:19pm EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 3 Feature Game Chicago Bears (-4.5) at Washington Redskins (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Bears TD, Bears FG, Bears safety, Redskins TD, Redskins FG, Redskins safety, or other? ($500 for the correct call) 2) Over or under? 42 combined points in the Feature Game. ($500 for the correct call) 3) Air Force - Name the QB that will throw for the most yards in Week 3 ($700 for the right name) 4) Flags everywhere - What team will be penalized the most, in terms of number of penalties, in Week 3? ($700 for the correct team) 5) Call the winners: Carolina at Arizona Houston at LA Chargers Baltimore at Kansas City ($400 for EACH correct named game winner, $800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) 10 teams have no wins through two weeks. Name a team that gets their first win in Week 3. ($600 for a correct guess) 7) 10 teams have no losses through two weeks. Name a team that suffers their first defeat in Week 3. ($600 for a correct guess) 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week three. ($1,700 for each player named correctly, $3,200 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Washington Redskins for ALL THE MONEY 1. Redskins TD 2. Under 3. Mahomes 4. Dallas because fuck Dallas. 5. Cards, Chargers, Chiefs 6. Redskins 7. Ravens 8. Peterson, Robinson #####################

We almost had a 3 way tie for first place, but Keyser_Soze just edges out the competition by just $100! Despite losing a conservative bet on the Feature Game, he was the only player to call all of Question 5 correctly to earn the bonus and put him over the top! ########## WEEK 2 RESULTS ########## Week 2 Feature Game - Philadelphia Eagles (-1.5) at Atlanta Falcons In an entertaining, hard hitting football game, the Falcons knock off the favored Eagles by a score of 24-20(-1.5). Bets on Atlanta win. 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Eagles TD, Eagles FG, Eagles safety, Falcons TD, Falcons FG, Falcons safety, or other? ($400 for the correct call) Matt Bryant was good on a 43 yard field goal for the first points of the game. Atlanta FG is the call. 2) How many turnovers (combined) will occur in the Feature Game? 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, or 8+ ($400 for the correct call) These teams just couldn't help throwing the ball to guys in the wrong jersey. Add a fumble to the 5 picks and there were 6 turnovers in this contest. Nobody called this one. 3) Name the player that will score first in the Browns @ Jets game on Monday Night ($400 for the correct call; as always "score" means "the person holding the ball in the endzone") Nick Chubb took the ball off the left tackle for a 19 yard score for the first TD of the game. No player guessed Chubb. 4) Name the QB that will have the highest number of pass attempts in Week 2? ($600 for the correct call) Cam Newton hucked the ball 51 times in a losing effort against Tampa. Too bad none of those 51 passes were for touchdowns... 5) Call the winners: Minnestoa at Green Bay Buffalo at NY Giants Indianapolis at Tennessee ($300 for EACH correct named game winner, $800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) Several people got 2/3 but only Keyser_Soze got 'em all right to earn the bonus. 6) Name both the highest and lowest scoring teams of Week 2 ($500 for each correct guess) Patriots vs. Dolphins simultaneously lived up and down to everyone's expectations! This was basically a free $1,000 for half the players in the MGT. 7) How many total Field Goals (not PATs) will be converted during the Bears @ Broncos game? ($500 for the correct answer) 5 field goals were hit in this game, including a 30 yarder to win with 00:31 on the clock. 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week two. ($1,500 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called) Dalvin Cook ground out 154 yards rushing and Demarcus Robinson got his hands on 172 yards worth of passes to be your Week 2 offensive leaders. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @Keyser_Soze - $4,100 @AbsolutSurgen - $4,000 @RedSoxFan9 - $4,000 @Biggie - $3,850 @thewhyteboar - $3,550 Slug - $3,200 @Kal-El814 - $2,900 @BasemntDweller2 - $2,800 @johnny - $2,500 @SFLUFAN - $2,500 @Dodger - $2,300 @Greatoneshere - $1,300 @Jose - $600 As always, if you think I mathed wrong let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 Week 2 ############################### WEEK 3 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW THIS POST

This reminds me of me and my kids when they were younger. Whenever they'd ask me for a new game I'd tell them I'd buy it for them if they could beat one of my NES games. :P

The faster DirecTV tanks the faster NFL Sunday Ticket can be a non-exclusive service.

With the right group of people it's the best game ever. If you have trouble getting a group together, check out your local game stores; many of them have a D&D night where they run pickup games or Adventurer's League games which are usually new-player friendly.

Good starter kit for anyone who is thinking of jumping into D&D. Comes with SRD rules, character sheets, dice, item cards, a DM screen, and some other stuff. Great for new players and new DMs. https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Essentials-Kit-Boxed/dp/0786966831 If you're already into D&D, at 50% off it's still a good buy. $12.55 for a new official adventure module and a new art DM screen (plus more dice...can never have too many dice). Enjoy!

My only worry about college athletes getting paid is that I'm afraid that it will serve to to further widen the gap between the very big media schools and the next tier. That said, it's a problem that can be solved and shouldn't stand in the way of students being compensated.

Monkey Ball. Any version. Super simple controls. Mostly just the sticks. Gets that controller dexterity working, and the early levels are so simple that even a youngin' with little to no gaming experience can reach the goal and get that "you won" feeling and it's legitimately them who did it; not with help. No better game than Monkey Ball for familiarizing a young kid with the analog sticks, which gives them a huge head start on any games they may play going forward after that.

First session. I intended to go at this dungeon solo, but fortunately my son came back from college for the weekend so we tackled it duo. The dungeon setup (took this pic after a couple clear attempts, hence our character boards no longer showing us at level 1/base stats): Nice rooftop ya got there. Be a shame if someone...was knocked off of it. I may have over-pulled on this encounter... The first boss approaches After 4 clears of the dungeon and 3 failed attempts at taking down the boss, we finally got it with zero sparks remaining on our bonfire. This was our positioning for the killing blow, with my son's warrior getting into the Winged Knights weak rear arc and blowing all his stamina to ensure his axe did the last bit of damage to bring it down: A couple thoughts after this session, and really learning the game. The feeling that immediately jumps out at you is that this board game is Dark Souls. It is very clear that they designed a game with the intent to be as faithful to the Dark Souls video game as possible first and a fun board game second. The game is hard, the game is at times unfair, and the game is grindy. Every mechanic in the video game is represented here in some form or fashion. While I'm having a blast, I can't imagine anyone who isn't already a fan of the "Dark Souls experience" would have much fun here. Grinding, for example. The only way to realistically beat the boss of a given run is to clear the dungeon as many times as you can with the sparks you have available to farm souls to level up and acquire new weapons, armor, mods, spells, etc. It can be tedious because eventually you'll have become strong enough to trivialize the lower tier encounters, which makes clearing them multiple times feel like "going through the motions". But that still is Dark Souls; the hollow soldiers leading to and up the stairs from Firelink Shrine to Undead Burg are probably some of the most-killed enemies in video gaming. Translating this "running through the already beaten areas to farm" feel in board game form though is a rough endeavor that I think the game designers dropped the ball on slightly. There had to be a better way to do this. It will probably be the weekend before I can get back to this; it is a long game; this first dungeon took us close to 4 hours. That time to clear will go down now that we are more familiar with the game mechanically and don't have to keep going back to the rulebook so often.

Can't do, sorry.

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Yes, please. I'm all in on this.

Yup! Good catch, thanks. It's fixed. :P

WEEK 2 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 2 ENTRIES - Thursday, 9/12/2019 08:19pm EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 2 Feature Game Philadelphia Eagles (-1.5) at Atlanta Falcons (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Eagles TD, Eagles FG, Eagles safety, Falcons TD, Falcons FG, Falcons safety, or other? ($400 for the correct call) 2) How many turnovers (combined) will occur in the Feature Game? 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, or 8+ ($400 for the correct call) 3) Name the player that will score first in the Browns @ Jets game on Monday Night ($400 for the correct call; as always "score" means "the person holding the ball in the endzone") 4) Name the QB that will have the highest number of pass attempts in Week 2? ($600 for the correct call) 5) Call the winners: Minnestoa at Green Bay Buffalo at NY Giants Indianapolis at Tennessee ($300 for EACH correct named game winner, $800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) Name both the highest and lowest scoring teams of Week 2 ($500 for each correct guess) 7) How many total Field Goals (not PATs) will be converted during the Bears @ Broncos game? ($500 for the correct answer) 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week two. ($1,500 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Falcons for $700 1. Atlanta FG 2. 2-3 3. Le'Veon Bell 4. Roethlisberger 5. Packers, Bills, Titans 6. Redskins, Cardinals 7. 5 8. Peterson, Jones #####################

AbsolutSurgen comes out swinging with a big bet on the Feature Game and hits several of the higher dollar questions correctly to take the early lead going into Week 2! ########## WEEK 1 RESULTS ########## Week 1 Feature Game - Pittsburgh Steelers (+5.5) at New England Patriots In the most underwhelming national game of opening week, the Battle of the Six Rings saw New England lay waste to Pittsburgh by a score of 33-8.5(3+5.5). Bets on the champs win. 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Steelers TD, Steelers FG, Steelers safety, Patriots TD, Patriots FG, Patriots safety, or other? ($300 for the correct call) This one kicked off early, with Brady throwing a 20 yard strike to Gordon for the first score of the game (Pats TD). 2) Which QB will be sacked the most in the Feature Game; Brady, Roethlisberger, or will it be a tie? ($200 for the correct call) Both quarterbacks were sacked one time each. Calls for a tie win. Keyser_Soze was the only one to call it even. 3) How many penalties will be thrown and accepted in the feature game? ($500 for the correct call) 13 total penalties were assessed in this contest. Nobody called this. 4) Which team will have more turnovers in the Week 1 match-up between the Bills and the Jets? ($300 for the correct call) The Bills lost 2 fumbles and had 2 passes picked off, compared to the Jets' 1 fumble lost. Guesses on Buffalo get the cash. 5) Call the winners: LA Rams at Carolina Detroit at Arizona San Francisco at Tampa Bay ($300 for EACH correct named game winner, $800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) The draw between the Lions and Cards hosed everyone up here. No bonus awarded. 6) How many total points will be scored in the late Monday Night game (Denver at Oakland)? 0-10, 11-24, 25-36, 37-45, or 46-55 or 55+ ($500 for the correct guess) Oakland sent their rivals packing by a score of 24-16, for a 40 point combined total. Only AbsolutSurgen, Greatoneshere, and Slug saw this coming. 7) Name the player who will score the first touchdown of the Washington @ Philadlephia game (by "score" we mean "the player holding the ball in the end-zone; don't name a QB unless you are guessing a rushing TD by them) ($400 for the correct answer) Fred Davis showed everyone that he is still an athletic freak despite being 800 years old. Nobody except Case Keenum called Davis' number. 8) Excluding players who played Thursday night (Bears and Packers' rosters): Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week one. ($1,000 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called) Marlon Mack rumbled for 174 on the ground to lead all rushers in Week 1 and Sammy Watkins pulled in 198 through the air to lead all receivers. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @AbsolutSurgen - $3,150 @johnny - $2,900 @Kal-El814 - $2,900 @RedSoxFan9 - $2,900 @Biggie - $2,150 @thewhyteboar - $2,050 @SFLUFAN - $2,000 @Dodger - $1,500 @Keyser_Soze - $1,200 @Greatoneshere - $1,100 Slug - $1,000 @BasemntDweller2 - $600 @Jose - $600 ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 ############################### WEEK 2 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW THIS POST

16 could happen. I mean, it'd be pretty damn unusual, but we've seen it.

As long as they don't do it this Sunday I'm OK with that! :P

WEEK 1 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 1 ENTRIES - 9/8/2019 (Sunday) 12:59pm EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 1 Feature Game Pittsburgh Steelers (+5.5) at New England Patriots (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Steelers TD, Steelers FG, Steelers safety, Patriots TD, Patriots FG, Patriots safety, or other? ($300 for the correct call) 2) Which QB will be sacked the most in the Feature Game; Brady, Roethlisberger, or will it be a tie? ($200 for the correct call) 3) How many penalties will be thrown and accepted in the feature game? ($500 for the correct call) 4) Which team will have more turnovers in the Week 1 match-up between the Bills and the Jets? ($300 for the correct call) 5) Call the winners: LA Rams at Carolina Detroit at Arizona San Francisco at Tampa Bay ($300 for EACH correct named game winner, $800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) How many total points will be scored in the late Monday Night game (Denver at Oakland)? 0-10, 11-24, 25-36, 37-45, or 46-55 or 55+ ($500 for the correct guess) 7) Name the player who will score the first touchdown of the Washington @ Philadlephia game (by "score" we mean "the player holding the ball in the end-zone; don't name a QB unless you are guessing a rushing TD by them) ($400 for the correct answer) 8) Excluding players who played Thursday night (Bears and Packers' rosters): Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week one. ($1,000 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Steelers for $500 1. Patriots FG 2. Brady 3. 7 4. Jets 5. Panthers, Lions, Bucs 6. 37-45 7. Guice 8. McCaffery, Smith-Schuster #####################

So there I was. Watching the Bears derp away a season opener at home against a hated division rival. The game was awful, but it didn't matter: football was back and all was right in the world...mostly. Something was missing. The air was cool, my beverage was cooler. Fans were booing crap play. Colinsworth's commentary was garbage as usual. This was football season. Everything seemed like it was as it should be, but there was still this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that something was just..off. A thought, dancing on the edges of my mind, just outside recollection. As the game ended with...what's the opposite of a "bang"? I shook the feeling off and went to bed. Fast forward to this morning. As I lay in that hazy, half in and half out of sleep state the precedes waking it hits me. I sit bolt upright and loudly exclaim, "Holy shit I forgot to post the Mock Gambling Thread!" My wife, startled awake, glares at me through angry, sleep-interrupted eyes and growls, "What the fuck is the Mock Gambling Thread?!" "Well, honey, let me explain..." The Mock Gambling Thread is a competition that is a part gambling, part predicting, and part forecasting contest. The competition lasts for the entirety of the NFL season and is open to all regular board members. Each player starts with fictitious $1,000 that you can gamble as much or as little as you like on the week's Feature Game. There are two ways to increase your cash: Bet on the outcome of the Featured Game each week (with the spread). The featured game will be chosen each week from among the nationally televised games with the line set from when I post the thread. There will be a number of questions that will ask you to make predictions or to forecast certain outcomes across the NFL during the week. Correct answers earn you cash. You do not lose cash for wrong answers. The types of questions will vary each week, as will the amount of cash they can earn you. The competition continues through NFL season and post-season. At the conclusion of the Super Bowl the user with the most "cash" left will be the winner. THE RULES 1. You make your bet and answer the questions simply by posting on the thread each week with your pick for the featured game along with your bet, followed by your answers to the prediction questions. 2. Everyone starts with $1,000. If a user doesn't start until week 3, they still start with $1,000. Your best bet it to get in early and play every week. 3. If you somehow reach $0 you are not out of the competition. You can't bet on the feature game during weeks that you are broke, but you can answer the prediction questions and hope to earn cash to gamble the following week. 4. IMPORTANT: I will set a deadline for getting your entries for the week in (usually before kick-off of that week's first game). It is imperative that you make your post before the deadline. The entry thread will be locked at the deadline so if you don't get your entry in by then you lose out on the chance to make money that week. 5. I work full time AND am 24/7 on-call AND frequently travel for games AND have a near crippling gaming addiction AND probably drink too much! Responsibilities and personality flaws allowing, I will attempt to post the results and the next week's game/questions each Tuesday, as early as possible. Keep in mind though that there may be some wackiness here and there based on my schedule and hangovers. Pay attention. 6. For the official recording of stats/yardage NFL.com will be used. Whatever their site says on Tuesday morning is what counts. No whining. 7. Accounts created within the current calendar month are not eligible to play and any entries from such accounts will not be considered. If you have any questions, ASK! Prize(s): The winner will be declared the Champion of the 2nd D1P Edition of the Mock Gambling Thread and also take home a $50 Fanatics.com gift card so you can get some swag from your team! Can @BasemntDweller2 defend their title? Let's find out as the 2019-20 MGT season commences! WEEK 1 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWS THIS POST @thewhyteboar @johnny @Keyser_Soze @Alpha1Cowboy @Biggie @SFLUFAN @Jose @Greatoneshere @Rbk_3 @RedSoxFan9 @Kal-El814 @ Any other potential contenders!

Straight from the tap is fine. So long as you don't live in like, Michigan apparently.

Well, normally it's a co-op game; you and your party versus the scenario. Whatever mini boss and boss y'all choose to go after for a given playthrough. Playing solo basically makes it an RPG with a one-man party. There are a couple rules changes for the solo campaign, and there is a 'story' in the solo rules in the rulebook that tells you the correct board setup and the order you attempt the bosses in. The idea being that, if you survive, you'll eventually work your way through all the bosses and "beat" the game. In the setup picture I've got all the character minis on the board on the bonfire/home tile, but actually playing I'm only using the Knight. Though I'm considering restarting with the Herald...

About to start the solo campaign of this behemoth. I have had this game for a couple years and never really got around to learning or playing it. This game is a pretty big investment so I'm going to be using this thread for updates, pictures and thoughts as I move through the campaign. If you've played and have tips, let me know. If you have questions also let me know and I'll do my best.

D1P is growing up.