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Unfortunately, my copy of the compilation of Murphy's Rules (for those who don't know, this has been, from time to time, a column in a gaming magazine from Steve Jackson Games, lampooning silly/bizarre rules from war games and role-playing games) is put away in my parents' garage, or I could check, because it's listed in that.

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Unfortunately, my copy of the compilation of Murphy's Rules (for those who don't know, this has been, from time to time, a column in a gaming magazine from Steve Jackson Games, lampooning silly/bizarre rules from war games and role-playing games) is put away in my parents' garage, or I could check, because it's listed in that.

Hmmm - i remember a gaming magazine that had lampooned rules, which i thought was called "Murphy's Rules". It had this rule in it, and it had a little cartoon of these guys setting fire to their game and gaming table. I wonder if this was the same one - i don't remember it being by Steve Jackson (whom was in my dorm at Rice U way back in the day... He lived maybe 100 feet from my room. I remember him because of his gaming success, although we didn't have much contact at the time so i doubt i made any impression at all on him.)

ORIGINAL: SpitfireIX

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Unfortunately, my copy of the compilation of Murphy's Rules (for those who don't know, this has been, from time to time, a column in a gaming magazine from Steve Jackson Games, lampooning silly/bizarre rules from war games and role-playing games) is put away in my parents' garage, or I could check, because it's listed in that.

Hmmm - i remember a gaming magazine that had lampooned rules, which i thought was called "Murphy's Rules". It had this rule in it, and it had a little cartoon of these guys setting fire to their game and gaming table. I wonder if this was the same one - i don't remember it being by Steve Jackson (whom was in my dorm at Rice U way back in the day... He lived maybe 100 feet from my room. I remember him because of his gaming success, although we didn't have much contact at the time so i doubt i made any impression at all on him.)

It was in The Space Gamer orginally, although it may have been resurrected in some other magazine at some point. In its current incarnation, it appears in SJG's Pyramid Magazine. Here is what it looks like now.

ORIGINAL: Sabreman1966

ORIGINAL: SpitfireIX

There was an old SPI World-War III game that had a rule that went something like, "In order to simulate total nuclear war, soak map and counters in gasoline and ignite."
[:D]

It was called NATO, one of the first boardgames I ever had, along with SPI's Kursk and Battleline's (I Think) Flat Top

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

They have some sample rules included. I got a chuckle out of this one:

god...been there.

First character ever played in D&D - 1st Level Magic User

1st Spell attempted - Sleep

Result - 1 dead 1st level magic user.

ORIGINAL: ltfightr

Everyone in the south knows that there is no better beer than a 40 ounce Old English. $1.10 a bottle.

ORIGINAL: ltfightr

I don't my vice is Coke a Cola about 30 a day.