{"id":12815,"date":"2020-02-14T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=12815"},"modified":"2020-02-14T10:39:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:39:13","slug":"sliding-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=12815","title":{"rendered":"Sliding Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you aware of a board game called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/262543\/wavelength\">Wavelength<\/a><\/em>? It&#8217;s a panel show waiting to happen. In it, a person is given an abstract scale (say &#8220;dry &#8211; wet&#8221;, &#8220;fantasy &#8211; sci-fi&#8221;, &#8220;bad actor &#8211; good actor&#8221;) and is randomly set a target on that scale. They have to come up with a thing that they think would sit on that scale at the point that had been randomly selected and their teammates must try and accurately judge where the target is. It&#8217;s great fun and has a whizzy mechanical set-piece to boot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s play Twitter Wavelength. On a scale where 0 is Tipping Point and 100 is Very Hard Questions, what&#39;s 65? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48OWRAFiCj\">https:\/\/t.co\/48OWRAFiCj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brig Bother (@BothersBar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BothersBar\/status\/1228021842667024385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50 &#8211; Weakest Link<br>55 &#8211; The Chase<br>60 &#8211; Eggheads<br>65 &#8211; Tenable<br>70 &#8211; !mpossible<br>75 &#8211; Fifteen to One<br>80 &#8211; Mastermind<br>85 &#8211; Ask the Family<br>90 &#8211; Cleverdicks<br>95 &#8211; UC<br>100 &#8211; OC<\/p>&mdash; David J. Bodycombe (@DavidJBodycombe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidJBodycombe\/status\/1228094039955820545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no way <strong>Big Break<\/strong> is just a five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And apologies in advance for all the page jumping abouts in the comments linking to several Twitter posts will provide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you aware of a board game called Wavelength? It&#8217;s a panel show waiting to happen. In it, a person is given an abstract scale (say &#8220;dry &#8211; wet&#8221;, &#8220;fantasy &#8211; sci-fi&#8221;, &#8220;bad actor &#8211; good actor&#8221;) and is randomly set a target on that scale. 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