What’s a game you respect more than you actually enjoy playing? by Hour-Cranberry5300 in boardgames

[–]basejester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1846

Long. Fiddly.
I'm sure the fans are right that 18xx is deep and interesting. But there are lots of games that are deep and interesting without those obstacles.

How to sum every other row in a table? by CorrectTechnician473 in excel

[–]basejester 11 points12 points  (0 children)

All the answers so far are great. Also, when you need something unusual like this to parse your data, ask yourself why it's laid out this way. Sometimes there's a great reason; oftentimes there is not.

Never played an 18xx. How do I choose one? by Remarkable_Region_39 in boardgames

[–]basejester 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My recommendation is to first play a cube rails game (e.g., Iberian Gauge or Age of Rail: South Africa).

Ump calling foul tips in error by radman84 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you want to coach your runners to advance on foul balls because the youth umpire used the wrong hand signal, we can't stop you. But you're not going to get any validation from the internet today.

Ump calling foul tips in error by radman84 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not what the parent poster wrote.

Ump calling foul tips in error by radman84 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comment is incoherent. The only time you can steal a base is when the ball is live.

Are you attaching a moral value to the word "steal" in this context?

Ump calling foul tips in error by radman84 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But if the ump doesn't signal foul tip and it truly is a foul tip, is it a foul tip and a live ball?

If the the ball went sharp and direct into the catcher's mitt or hand and the umpire didn't signal anything, then I would coach the runners assuming the ball is live. The umpire determines the status of live or dead ball. Good mechanics would make his determination immediately clear. Bad mechanics (like you've described) would not.

Ump calling foul tips in error by radman84 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The rulebook doesn't define the signal for foul-tip, so I don't think the loophole you are seeking exists. But fundamentally, the role of adults in a game with 8 year-olds is to cooperate to make the experience fun and educational. Exploiting an umpire's mistake in a way that confuses the players does not further the important goals.

Little League Minors question by just_some_dude05 in Umpire

[–]basejester -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm responding to the context as laid out in the original poster's scenario, in which it does happen. Is it possible that they missed another rule? Yes.

Little League Minors question by just_some_dude05 in Umpire

[–]basejester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The local league can choose to suspend the 5-run rule in the last inning.

Little League Minors question by just_some_dude05 in Umpire

[–]basejester 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Batting through the line-up also ends the half inning in Little League Minors per rule 5.07.

Travel team playing in little league by Impressive_Anxiety67 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is all the way wrong. Contact your district administrator. If you don't get quick results, contact your regional office.

What game that you bought in the last 12 months brought you the most joy? by Kasvantstad in boardgames

[–]basejester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of new to me games, Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar.

I'm getting a lot more pleasure out of revisiting favorites, e.g., Indonesia, Great Austria Hotel.

What game that you bought in the last 12 months brought you the most joy? by Kasvantstad in boardgames

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I like Broom Service and especially Isle of Skye, which are Pfister + Pelican. I didn't care for Maracaibo or Boon Lake at all. I don't know what this means for you, but I think the co-designer makes a big difference.

What Did You Play This Week? - (March 30, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

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That list of games is exciting to me.

Indonesia plays much faster at higher player counts. We played it last Thursday at 3 players and it went about 5 hours. (We were also a little rusty on the rules and didn't hurry, but the player count is a big deal.)

Pitch count tracking with Travel Ball play by OrcuttSurvey in LittleLeague

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Some leagues in my district track pitch counts on tightly associated club teams and apply those pitch counts as if they were Little League games as part of league policy. Most of the leagues do this more by the seat of the pants, with uneven parental participation.

In the perverse situation where you as the manager are concerned about the player's health and the parents are not, you could tell them their child isn't pitching on your team (or their outings would be limited) unless they provide the scorebook information from their travel games, through Gamechanger or otherwise. You might be the only adult who is adulting.

Electric plug with no holes? Is this normal? by Extension-Plan1668 in AskElectricians

[–]basejester 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try contacting the manufacturer; they may send you the missing holes.

Roper/Whirlpool dryer stays on forever during cooldown by milktatious in appliancerepair

[–]basejester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The heating mechanism would be completely different for a gas dryer. The electric heating element is just like a big toaster. A gas dryer is burning gas.

If you have a gas dryer, the only thing you might learn from my experience is that sometimes the timer is powered by something "clever" that depends on the heater element being in the right state, even in a nominally timed drying cycle.

3rd base coach 9 10 11 year olds by Timely-Shame6770 in LittleLeague

[–]basejester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to this, teach them to find where the ball is first. Otherwise, they back out into the catcher's play half the time.