Crag: The Numbers Game (Syn., Episode 24)

[pathfinder20]

I think Doug is trying to introduce the Play Along contest for Big Money Week.

[dougmorrisontheair]

[NOTE FROM DOUG: Sorry for getting *both* players' names wrong. It's Friday and I'm "off my meds". Okay -- maybe not -- but let's fix this.]

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Raymond says 3 is the missing digit in the year. Is that right?

(buzz)

Sorry -- incorrect. Lenny, another chance to steal.

(ding)

Again, this is the year sliced bread was briefly outlawed in the U.S.

Lenny, is the missing digit 2, 4 or 5?

[redrangerdude]

1943

[dougmorrisontheair]

Champ says this ban happened in the forties. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes. Sliced bread was briefly outlawed in 1943 -- in an effort to save manpower and machinery during World War II.

(rolling sfx)

Okay, Lenny. Dice roll again for you.

[bowlerraymond]

I was thinking they outlawed it during the great depression

[redrangerdude]

CEA

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Good logic, Raymond. A 6 for Lenny.

(ding)

There's a 4.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

And a 3 on the end. Different numbers total 13. Lenny, we'll double that for 26 points if you stop the round here.

[redrangerdude]

I'll keep the points

[dougmorrisontheair]

After Round 2:
redrangerdude
bowlerraymond

Padding your lead in the process. Lenny with 36. Raymond yet to score in this Throwback Thursday game. Let's turn the clock back even further.

I'll show you the year the Erie Canal opened -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)

47 redrangerdude
63 bowlerraymond
21 randomizer.org

(Lenny buzzes in)

Lenny?

[redrangerdude]

1825

[dougmorrisontheair]

Lenny says the 2's missing in the year. Is that right.

(ding; audience applause)

Yes, after more than two years of digging, the canal opened October 26, 1825.



(rolling sfx)

More points coming your way, champ. Let's see how many.

[redrangerdude]

EBA

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Stop on a 6.

(ding) (scattered cheers and whoops)

Stop on *another* 6.

(ding) (mix of groans and cheers)

And -- a 4 on the end.

Yeah, not a Crag. But that's a sweet 16 points if you end the round right here.

[redrangerdude]

Freeze the sixes. (F)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Hanging on to the boxcars.


(freeze sfx)
(rolling sfx)

Sixes are on ice. Last screen rerolls. You know what you want. Let's see what happens.

(ding) (scattered groans)

Stop on a 4 again. Well, you were just destined for 16, Lenny.

After Round 3:
redrangerdude
bowlerraymond

And with that, Lenny, you're just one Crag away from your fourth trip to the Super Crag.

Raymond, still plenty of time as long as he doesn't get that Crag.

Round 4 starting now in Throwback Thursday.


I'll show you the year Belgium introduced roller skates to the rest of the world -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)
06 redrangerdude
38 bowlerraymond
57 randomizer.org

(Raymond buzzes in)

Raymond?

[bowlerraymond]

6?

[dougmorrisontheair]

Raymond guesses Belgium introduced roller skates in 1769. Is that right? (buzz) No -- sorry.

Lenny, chance to steal.

(ding)

The right digit's one of the components of the odd straight.

Again, we're looking for the year Belgium introduced roller skates. Lenny, is the missing digit in the year 1, 3 or 5?

[redrangerdude]

1759

[dougmorrisontheair]

Lenny says the missing digit's 5. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes. Wow -- roller skates go back that far.

Well -- Lenny -- chance to win the match right here. Roll a Crag and you'll be one match away from the car.

Raymond -- best thing I know to tell you -- hex the dice.

Let's roll 'em.


(rolling sfx)

Lenny, stop them when you're ready.

[redrangerdude]

DDF

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

Stop on a 4.

(ding)

Stop on a 2.

(ding)

And stop on a 5. Well -- that's 11 points if you stop the round here, Lenny.

[redrangerdude]

Freeze the 5. (BE)

[dougmorrisontheair]

Freezing just the 5. (scattered groans) Some disagree with the strategery -- but it's your decision as we freeze the five.

(freeze sfx)

If you can get the other dice to total 8 -- and if you have a pair somewhere on the board -- you're still the champ.

Raymond, hex away if you'd like. Here go the dice.

(rolling sfx)

Stop 'em when you feel lucky, Lenny.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

There's another 5!

(ding) (audience groans)

And there's a 1. Well you broke even.

After Round 4:
redrangerdude
bowlerraymond

Lenny up to 63. Raymond, perhaps this is the round where you'll get on the scoreboard this game. Let's see what you know about writers.

I'll show you the year William Shakespeare tied the knot with Anne Hathaway -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)


20 redrangerdude
71 bowlerraymond
78 randomizer.org

(Raymond buzzes in)

Raymond?

[bowlerraymond]

2

[redrangerdude]

Wait. Raymond was supposed to roll. Not me.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Sure was. I've deleted what we don't need and we'll pick up from where Raymond was supposed to roll shortly.

Sorry, all. Trying to mix games with extra work at the office. Obviously not working.)

[dougmorrisontheair]

[NOTE FROM DOUG: Okay, now that the omelet's off my face, let's pick up from where we were supposed to leave off.]

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Raymond: 2

Doug: Raymond says the wedding was held in 1582. Is that right?

(ding; audience applause)

Yes. Wedding was held in three acts.

(rolling sfx)

Okie doke, Raymond. Chance to get on the scoreboard. You're down 63 points. A Crag would do you a world of good.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(Bump for Raymond; I'm allowing extra time due to my error and extra professional responsibility -- which is actually settling down.)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(time passes)

(buzz buzz)

Sorry. Time's up, Raymond. Dice automatically stop on the lowest possible combination of 1-2-1 for 4 points.

After Round 5:
redrangerdude
bowlerraymond

Lenny still with a big lead as flash back to the seventies.

Missing digit question: I'll show you the year Walt Disney World opened in Florida -- and you tell me the missing digit.

(ding)

10 redrangerdude
38 bowlerraymond
87 randomizer.org

(Raymond buzzes in)

Raymond?

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[NOTE FROM DOUG: Due to host mistakes, the runner-up of the match will be invited back to play in a future episode of Crag: The Numbers Game.]

[dougmorrisontheair]

(time passes)

(buzz buzz)

No answer in time from Raymond. Lenny, chance to steal.

(ding)

Again this is the year Walt Disney World opened in Florida. Lenny, is the last digit in the year 1, 3 or 5?