"Chocolate-frosted raised doughnuts: useful for 15mm gaming?" Topic

Self-explanatory.

Mmmmmm, doughnuts….

Glazed cake doughnuts, maybe, but only with cold milk.

Dan

What sort of milk do you use – I'd recommend skimmed, as full cream usually looks out of scale.

The holes can be catapulted onto enemy troops, thereby clogging their arteries ?

Allen,
Stay where you are. Don't move. The Men in White Coats will be around shortly… :-)

Objective rewards…your troops take an objective, you get a doughnut…you lose it to a counterattack, your opponent gets to make you regurgitate it!

Would make for more interesting gaming and better defensive planning!

Don't be silly.

They are strictly reserved for space games, they make great asteroids.

I've heard of hemorrhoid doughnuts, but never asteroid doughnuts.

Allen

I've considered using baked goods for take-and-hold objectives. Wouldn't a 1:1 scale chocolate frosted doughnut be a much more appealing objective than some unconvincing styro-foam hill? I mean, really, wouldn't the average gamer fight harder if he can eat what he conquers?

But since the topic bears on 15mm doughnuts, I will stow this thought. I don't want to be guilty of hijacking Mr. Curtis' thread.

Please. I encourage you to do so.

Of course.

You have surely heard of "an army marches on its stomach", so they are just more tasty provisions for the masses.

Now you've made me hungry. I'll see your doughnut and raise you a homemade blueberry muffin, with genuine Maine blueberries.

I generally prefer games that include, if not focus on, chocolate-frosted raised doughnuts.

In fact, from now on I think I'll start avoiding games that don't involve chocolate-frosted raised doughnuts.

They're stopping the Micmac blueberry pickers at the border now, you know, despite their First Nation status.

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

I'm o.k. though. I've eaten all the evidence.

The images are blocked from work, so I don't know if they are still there, but: link

Donuts of any sort are useful for any scale game, not just 15mm. Especially if accompanied by a pot of good strong tea.

They also make a good break snack when painting.

James
(who is sadly lacking in decent donut vendors where he lives)

OK AECurtis, now you're just being silly.

I prefer 40mm donuts, the 15mm ones are too small to be really satisfyin. Except for Timbits Mmm….

And yes there realy are 15mm donuts link

They are strictly reserved for space games, they make great asteroids.

I would rather use them as space stations.

"OK AECurtis, now you're just being silly."

No, really.. They're stopping the Micmacs at the border now, despite the Jay Treaty.

Big bully. He's picking on harmless nitwits now.

By the way, you're doing it all wrong. One of the words needs to be pointlessly capitalized, and you haven't used enough question marks.

But what about the Ferengi biscuit embargo?

What do you Mean, Plynkes???

Sorry, I meant every letter of one word pointlessly capitalized.

And I didn't mean anything, especially the crack about nitwits. The nitwits in question are entirely hypothetical, and therefore it does not constitute a personal attack.

More of an impersonal attack then?

Chocolate donuts do have their uses but the Italian style custard cream ones have far more utility. My wife is readily bribed with them. They can be used to purchase painting time or distract her whilst I smuggle in new toys. Important tactical lessons can be learned here, trading space for time. Were I foolish enough to leave a donut on a table of any kind it's value as a terrain objective would be likely measured in seconds.

Can anyone suggest the right Coat d'Armes paint shade for chocolate donuts? I only use Vallejo.

Please pay attention. We are talking about chocolate-FROSTED doughnuts, not chocolate doughnuts. Those attempting to steer this thread off course will be miniaturized and sent to populate the doughnut holes that circle Zeta Reticuli.

Sorry Allen, I subscribe the to popular TMP methodolgy of randomly selecting a word from the thread title (usually the one whose spelling most closely approximates English) and then wittering on in an abtuse manner about a related topic nearer to my heart. I find this an excellent way of:

1)Displaying my sparkling wit and wisdom.

2) Demonstrating that the aquisition of my archane knowledge has been worth the trade off in terms of rudimentary social skills.

3) Muddying the water of the thread and creating distractions thus defeating the intent of the original poster.

Tried and tested formula.

Of course it has lead to me responding to a lot of threads about 'A', 'the' and 'what'.

Well, I'd think the only appropriate use for "raised" donuts would be in vampire or zombie games.

I once ran a Gamma World adventure completly set within a domain ruled over by glazed doughnuts in which other doughnuts (with the player's assisstance) sought to obtain a state of freedom from their oppression….

"Well, I'd think the only appropriate use for "raised" donuts would be in vampire or zombie games."

Coming in Easter 2010:

picture

:-)

This one is a bit small, but in a post-apocalyptic world, could be used as the main goal, since it might be the last chocolate covered, raised doughnut in existence:

rebelminis.com/mallcops.html

Chocolate covered, glazed doughnuts are even better.

reminds me of games of epic we played back in the day were we placed 200 M&M on the table and the armory that had the most behind their lines/ in their zone of control would win the battle, you also got to eat the ones you controled at the end of the game.

I think maybe Der Alte Fritz ought to use donuts as objectives in his next Seven Year's Picnic game with his daughter.

Only if they're fried in bacon fat.

My local Game Shop has a Krispy Kreme next door to it. Gentlemen, the Game Connection is the greatest place on earth, or at least n NC.

Brent

thegameconnection.com

Sounds more like a poker night than a wargame. I'll see you one chocolate frosted donut and raise you two more!

Try the streudel.

Shell craters? Bug holes? Stargates? Artillery blast templates? Snacks? Sorry. Ignore the last suggestion. Just being silly.

I think the flaw in this particular pastiche is that Allen failed to answer himself repeatedly throughout the thread. The key to these sort of things is to approximate a conversation with yourself.

Should they be painted dunkelgrun?

Actually, I worry about this. One of the big donut sellers in this area is Honeydew. And every married gamer knows that the "honeydew" list is a gamer's arch-enemy.

Best donuts on the planet are made right here in North Branch Mich. North Branch Bakery makes real donuts not those nasty grease ball created at Krispy Krap.

Krispy Kreme is the GW of the donut world

And for once the larger the scale the better when it comes to donuts.

Good heavens. The thread has been adapted by The Bug.

My goodness! You're right.

Better, Jim?