Uckin' With My Shi-

[mandysee_mandydo]

Tonight sk_brainstorm was in to work on a video project. He had a rather unsettling phone call while there so we decided to go out for dinner and take a break. It was a pleasure to have him in for Production Night and also to have his company for dinner. Now... about that... this is what happens when three gamers go out for dinner at a place where all the menu items are numbered: random meal generation! The menu items go up to 122, so...

THE RULES:

• Roll percentile dice and a FUDGE die.
• Is the result < 100 on the percentile dice?
• Choose the item corresponding to that number.
• Is the result = 100 on the percentile dice?
• Is the result of the FUDGE die blank?
• Choose item 100 on the menu.
• Is the result of the FUDGE die minus?
• Roll a d20 and subtract it from 100. Choose the corresponding item.
• Is the result of the FUDGE die plus?
• Roll a d20 and the FUDGE die.
• Is the result of the d20 roll < 20?
• Add this to 100 and choose the corresponding item.
• Is the result of the d20 roll = 20?
• Is the result of the FUDGE die minus?
• Choose item 120.
• Is the result of the FUDGE die blank?
• Choose item 121.
• Is the result of the FUDGE die plus?
• Choose item 122.
• Repeat this entire process as desired until you have completed your meal.

Wow, That looks almost like something FASA would have designed, except it needs lots of tables to consult and, if it were Shadowrun related, lots of d6 rolling involved somehow. That's not how we ordered, by the way. We thought of this on the walk back to the office.

Comments

[specieszero.livejournal.com]

This is so amazing.

[srturtle.livejournal.com]

It was fun coming up with this system. :) Pure gamer-food-geekery!

[zeppelinmage.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, that determines that even if you roll a 100 (1% chance), you still have dice to roll to determine your meal, reducing the chance further, beyond the normal 1/122 odds to choose that particular meal.

Personally, I'd roll all dice at once. ;) D100 (percentile), Fudge, D20 and a D4. Fudge die determines your arithmetic operator, no matter what the percentile produces. If your meal ends up < 1 or > 122, then the fudge die defaults to "no operator". ;)

[srturtle.livejournal.com]

Oh sure. Go and ruin it with actual statistics! Pffft! lol

Good point! And it seems a bit easier, too. This is why I don't program. I'm too inefficient with my algorithms. :P

[ciliandis.livejournal.com]

.... Which restaurant was this? We have to do this, next time I go with you. XD House Rules: If Ang rolls something with fish in, she rolls again.

What're the two of you up to next weekend? I get my first paycheck Friday, so celebrations might be in order. Also, when's the wedding?

[srturtle.livejournal.com]

Thai Smile. Though on closer inspection of the menu I discovered that there are some small gaps between 1 - 122, but also the sushi and a couple other groups of stuff are numbered separately, so they could be grouped into the missing gaps somehow. *shrugs* Considering a bunch of the menu there has something seafood in it, I suspect you would be re-rolling a lot. *chuckle*

Celebrations are definitely in order next weekend because that's when Kathy and I are getting married. :) Saturday might be a bit busy for us since that's the day and my parents are coming up, but we might be able to do something on Sunday. A lot depends on how much packing and cleaning we get done during the week, too, since we have 16 days to get out of here. Ugh.

[ciliandis.livejournal.com]

Yikes ... have you found a place to go, yet?

[srturtle.livejournal.com]

Not yet. We're going to look at a place on Monday afternoon about two blocks from the library and campus. It's only $550/month which is amazingly inexpensive for Plymouth, but there's nothing included. We have to pay all utilities, including oil heat. My guess is that's why it's so cheap for a 1 1/2 bedroom. We've also got a couple other places to call about on Monday.

Worst case scenario: we camp out for the summer again like we did five years ago.