Sharing

[martin goddard]

I assume at some future point we will all behave as we did before the virus.  ie sharing and touching stuff.

When gaming starts again later in 2021.

1.Will there be a varnish that is anti bacterial for figures.
2. Will belching, sneezing and coughing without a hankie be frowned upon.
3. Will there be open windows at gaming locations.
4. Will there be  a reluctance to share dice.
5. Will players do less licking,breathing etc on their dice.
6. Will there be less food at the table.
7. Will habits such as flapping the game cloth at game start or end be discouraged.
8. Will games keep players 4 foot apart and on one side only. No moving around the table to reach things.


Opinions?

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

I will promise not to lick your dice any more, Martin.

But I'll still bring you some Hobnobs.

Is that OK?

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

Aren't dice lickers normally on a table in a far corner a.ong with the window sniffers and table lickers?

I think moving your opponent's figures will be a definite no no.

I don't know how or if participation games will return with total strangers finguring your toys.
But we use  a disinfectant spray from safe4 in our salon  that kills corona virus and I have sprayed four bases (8 figures) and so far so good.


Stewart

[Flaminpig0]

I am going to use dice licker as a term of abuse, I just haven't which sub-section of wargames humanity I am going to apply it to

[martin goddard]

Simon, you will need to stop licking the hob nobs before handing them out? Although you can start again once all have their injections.

martin

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Perhaps the 'you touch it, you play it' protocol used in the competitive Chess community will transfer to the Wargaming community? but as you say it will most likely still be handling your own figures.
How about a non-contact transfer of dice into player specific shakers perhaps? or more likely Red Player and Blue Player specific dice.
I once had to break down the process of making a 'simple' cup of tea for a presentation exercise and practically got through a whole pack of post-it notes! The amount of times we handle stuff without even being aware of it... I'm not sure what the new normal will be like but until this mann-plague is history we will have to continue to be wary
We'll have to relegate the lickers to the 40k table where they will feel more at home

[Wardy64]

I guess as Ben and I play 40k we must be dice lickers then Neil!

Dave

[martin goddard]

I first saw a dice licker in a WRG 4th edition game.
Only 2D6 are rolled for WRG combats (one plus and one minus to give an overall modifier), therefore he only had to lick 2 dice. It did stop people using his dice though.


martin

[martin goddard]

Dave you are going to have to cut back on that.

I think it is still OK to lick cars at showrooms when buying a new car?
Especially those vinyl roofs.
Always gets me a discount.

martin

[Wardy64]

But Martin I like to lick the spots of my opposition!

I always find red dice the tastiest.

The phantom licker

[Flaminpig0]

I guess as Ben and I play 40k we must be dice lickers then Neil!

Dave

Looking at their  combat mechanisms you would have to lick an awful lot of dice.

[Wardy64]

I didn't get where I am today, without an awful lot of licking. Its far better than a dirty protest.

Dave