If you were organising a street party outside 'chez Manboobs' for Prince Charles' Coronation. Would you spend more money on the trestle tables, or the spreadsheet that covered them?
Or would you be in Portsmouth worrying about the French fleet moored off the Isle of Wight?
The French fleet should always be a worry. Whereas my spreadsheets are relaxing if somewhat unusually coloured.
As for a street party outside my house, I’ll have you know that this old Leveller will stand for no Charles on the throne. Would you like a pamphlet on the subject?
The actual name of the game is “owzthat” you can still buy it now. It has two six sided dice.
One dice has 1,2,3,4,5 and Owzthat on it.
The other has various ways of being out and no ball.
You can use them to recreate your own cricket match and what my brother used to do was to actually play the county championship teams and lineups against each other and keep a virtual league.
He had books stacked in his room of games and results. For younger readers this is what we did instead of computers
I’m sure @micra as a cricket man would remember the game.
Tremendous! I used to play with a mate. We had fantasy teams. Mine was mainly Cthulu mythos, Hastur the Unspeakable, Azathoth as openers and the all rounder Nyarlathotep at no. 4. His was captained by Judge Dredd as I recall.
My brother and I used to pick World XIs (taking it in turns) and then play out an entire test match keeping score on a proper cricket scorecard, bowling figures the lot
On other dice related issues, does anyone remember Poker Dice in pubs? Where I grew up in drinking days in the late 70's EVERY pub in Norfolk/Suffolk had Poker Dice behind the bar and it was a popular drinking game. Not sure how widespread it was or when it died out (assuming it has?)
(The prompt for my memory was that there was also a gambling version of the Owzthat-style metal dice that was also played in some pubs around the time. It had things like: 'Take Two' 'Put One' 'Take All' on).
Test of whether you are one of life’s natural accountants is whether you quickly worked out that you could save the cost of buying Howzat and play the game just as well nicking two ordinary dice from Monopoly….
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Nah - most of us just guess how the season is going, and then it is a pleasant surprise if we get promoted.
I saw a comment on the Bolton board a couple of weeks ago..something like "I know they have 4 games in hand, but can't see them making up ten points."
Perhaps the same kind of person who was amazed Wycombe jumped from 7th to 3rd in 2010.
I do like a table, and for that matter, a spreadsheet.
Once the last ten games arrive, I’m on the league table rather too much for my own good. Strangely it rarely if ever changes on Thursdays.
I was obsessed with those little league ladders that came with MATCH! magazine when I was a kid
I actually find it irritating when managers say the table doesn't matter after 10-20 games.
Indeed. Focus should be on the chairs
It's under the chair where grandma hides the ace at Christmas. The wily old wench
What about when fans say: 'That's it! There's no way we'll make the play-offs!' after 10 games?
I remember them from
Roy of the Rovers and Shoot magazine. I also used to reenact match of the day games on my Subbuteo table.
My brother was obsessed with cricket dice and used to replay the county championship games.
If you were organising a street party outside 'chez Manboobs' for Prince Charles' Coronation. Would you spend more money on the trestle tables, or the spreadsheet that covered them?
Or would you be in Portsmouth worrying about the French fleet moored off the Isle of Wight?
The French fleet should always be a worry. Whereas my spreadsheets are relaxing if somewhat unusually coloured.
As for a street party outside my house, I’ll have you know that this old Leveller will stand for no Charles on the throne. Would you like a pamphlet on the subject?
I think MK fans were spot on with that, to be fair.
I’m of a similar vintage and with you on all, but have no recollection of cricket dice. Sounds intriguing!
The actual name of the game is “owzthat” you can still buy it now. It has two six sided dice.
One dice has 1,2,3,4,5 and Owzthat on it.
The other has various ways of being out and no ball.
You can use them to recreate your own cricket match and what my brother used to do was to actually play the county championship teams and lineups against each other and keep a virtual league.
He had books stacked in his room of games and results. For younger readers this is what we did instead of computers
I’m sure @micra as a cricket man would remember the game.
Also a minor hit record for Sherbet in 1976!
And now I have “you messed about I caught you out “ as an ear worm 🤣
Tremendous! I used to play with a mate. We had fantasy teams. Mine was mainly Cthulu mythos, Hastur the Unspeakable, Azathoth as openers and the all rounder Nyarlathotep at no. 4. His was captained by Judge Dredd as I recall.
My brother and I used to pick World XIs (taking it in turns) and then play out an entire test match keeping score on a proper cricket scorecard, bowling figures the lot
Ps the scoring dice had owzthat,1,2,3,4 and 6 on it (not 5)
And the other dice had not out, as well as no ball, plus 4 means of getting out
The game's only flaw for me is that dot balls were very rare (only way to get a dot ball was to roll owzthat and then not out)
Thanks all! I feel I missed out now. I can't recall it at all.
On other dice related issues, does anyone remember Poker Dice in pubs? Where I grew up in drinking days in the late 70's EVERY pub in Norfolk/Suffolk had Poker Dice behind the bar and it was a popular drinking game. Not sure how widespread it was or when it died out (assuming it has?)
(The prompt for my memory was that there was also a gambling version of the Owzthat-style metal dice that was also played in some pubs around the time. It had things like: 'Take Two' 'Put One' 'Take All' on).
That game was called "Put & Take" @bookertease
Fantastic stuff I grew up reading Lovecraft and 2000ad for that matter.
Thanks @Twizz
Liar dice also a pub game (bit like spoof).
The lack of dot balls in Howzat anticipated limited over scores by half a century!
Test of whether you are one of life’s natural accountants is whether you quickly worked out that you could save the cost of buying Howzat and play the game just as well nicking two ordinary dice from Monopoly….
Test of whether you are one of life’s natural Actuaries is working out you only needed one…..
Whether obsessed or not, most football fans will find this site interesting. 2022-2023 League Tables (thefishy.co.uk)
And they say romance is dead 😀
Fairly major one actually, number 4 in the UK charts and a silver disc for 250,000 sales.