"Alas! Alack! Alay!" Topic

We've discussed war cries, epithets hurled at opponents, and swearing. But do you have a favourite genre-appropriate lament when things go horribly bad for your side during a wargame?

For some reason, I am particularly fond of "Tarnation!" in 19th Century American West games.

The odd late Medieval/early Renaissance game may hear me start with "Soft. It die. To shuffle of the sweet mortal coil. The end. And the beginning. Reuniting with that which was the start – the stuff of stars and dreams …" and continue on until someone says "Will you shut up and die already?"

Other than that, I have been considering prepping some "bad luck" phrases to give to players along with the list of other genre appropriate colour phrases.

Also, DOM is fond of, in the right game and situation, "Humans. It's always the disease-ridden little vermin that get you in the end."

"Feh!" and followed by a razzer. Sometimes even an "Oy gevalt!"

Not again.

Why do I bother ?

Why do I bother to turn up ?

I might as well pack my bags.

'Otototoi' – according to the Ancient Greeks, a Persian lament.

"I'm not dead yet. In fact, I'm getting better."
"It's only a flesh wound."
"I've had worse."
"Good grief!"
(As Snoopy in WoG): "Wawawagawa-Bark! Grrrrrr…" (More or less something like that.)
"AAAARRRGGGHHH!"

And the universal and ever popular: "Noooooooooo!"

Humbug!

Anything naval – There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.

I am fond of the ones from the old Dougram cartoon.

Normally just give an "arse!"….

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We just hang our heads in shame will the other players shout out our names.
This is the inevitable result of needing to roll a 6, but…

Curse and infernal treachery.

I resort to this…

Well I normally give it a "Oh !" or simply, "Bloody hell". But I'll probably get "Bleeped".

Also for those who have read my posts before, I always love the immortal and ever popular, "Damn, Morked again!".

For me I have long used "Communists!"

Obviously pre-fall of the Berlin wall version, to avoid any modern politics .

We often exclaim loudly after rolling a 1 or failing a morale check,what one of my mates refers to as the eternal cry of the wargamer. Oh for s sake!!

'Aw – SPIT !'

Well since all I game is Sci-fi now. I can say "racist" anti-alien, etc., comments against the plethora of ETs, NTIs, etc. I have and game against. [Is it racist if you insult races that don't exist ?]

I mean who is going to get upset if I call Orks "Green Skinned Apes".

Eldar "pointy eared Nancys" …

Necrons "Toasters" …

Squats "short fat abhumans with an attitude with a predilection for heavy weapons[wait … that describes me too !] …

Necrons "Toasters" …

I thought "Toasters" were Cylons. Wait … if a Necron married a Cylon, would the kids be "Nylons"?

Pointy eared Nancy's, is that a reflection on the new, gag, Speaker of the House?

Back to the subject at hand. OK, so I got "bleeped" again, maybe one of our UK friends could explain to me exactly what is so obscene about the word bug, with an additional ger at the end, y'know bug-ger? I'm not sure if they'll "bleep" that since I hyphenated it. Maybe I can slip that past the damn censors. Love that, I can use the word damn but not .

von Schwartz
The word that bleeped out is the legal word for one who indulges in rear penetration sex particularly male on male. (At least in Scotland).

x42

if a Necron married a Cylon, would the kids be "Nylons"?

Talk about a mixed marriage !

Pointy eared Nancy's

I've heard them called Pansies too … But that is also a flower IIRC. So … Regardless … Eldar don't exist anyway AFAIK.

Thank you x42, guess the censors must be Scottish then. I thought as much, didn't realize they had a legal term. We just call them, well, I won't go into here, neither the time nor the place. I still have some good taste left, not much mind you, but a little.

'E's passed on! 'E's no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!

…..beautiful plumage though

I hope someone went after and caught Russ and has him stashed away somewhere safe. Sounds like an acid flashback to me.

"Oh my!" I say it often when I play

And sometimes … I have been known to say, "DOH!"

The plumage don't enter into it!

'…if a Necron married a Cylon, would the kids be "Nylons"?'

Only if they had fine singing voices, etotheipi.

They being species rather than races, you'd be a speciest, Legion 4.

OH NO !!!!

I'll notify the proper authorities

I'll call the improper authorities

Monty Python?

This about sums it up.

Why am I suddenly hungry for an omelet?

Call incendiary fires … it's the only way to be sure.

Then bring in truck loads of BBQ sauce.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

Who doesn't !?

Drats! Foiled again!

AHH!!!! FREE!!!!

Fresh out of the Dawghause. Funny, we had a number of full fledged long threads on whether or not members swear with nearly 100 Comments, and I let one little -ingheimer slip and get slammed in the hoosegow. As I frequently say, "C'est la guerre."

They "bleeped" the letter F?

Yeah … I guess there must be some sort of computer thing.

etotheipi you are so weird.

Well we all knew that didn't we?

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your anal orifice.

Did your mother ever bear any children that lived?

I wouldn't make that move if I were you, I have not taken my medication today and am not legally liable for any physical or property damage that will surely occur if you do.

Wolfhag

When things go wrong for me, and they often do, I resort to the simple expedient of swearing loud and long and usually in German and occasionally Yiddish.
These epithets are not directed at anyone in particular just expressions of my opinion on my usual bad luck.