Great Lines to Use in a Game

mjonz · 08-26-2013, 02:09 PM

Saw this in the 2013 Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners and wondered what else people have used...

"“Don’t know no tunnels hereabout,” said the old-timer, “unless you mean the abandoned subway line that runs from Hanging Hill, under that weird ruined church, beneath the Indian burial ground, past the dilapidated Usher mansion, and out to the old abandoned asylum for the criminally insane where they had all those murders.” — Lawrence Person, Austin, TX

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2013win.html

Pip Boy · 08-26-2013, 02:20 PM

Three dwarves brothers, carrying a very drunk Dwarf neighbor they need awake for informations, enter their home, and ask their mom:

"Ma, what do you give father when he comes home this drunk?"

"A beating".

#truestory.
It happened on a game of mine.

DemiBenson · 08-26-2013, 03:44 PM

Player in one of my games, reacting to a PC about to shoot a NPC:
"No!... Don't use that!... Here, use this instead. It's much more reliable!"

gilbertocarlos · 08-26-2013, 04:57 PM

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneLiner

David Johnston2 · 08-26-2013, 05:23 PM

So the question is, why am I still standing here, instead of fleeing your unbeatable might? Obviously, I am paralysed by my overwhelming terror.

~~Figleaf23~~ · 08-26-2013, 06:27 PM

"Sorry I'm late, but I was standing in line for my turn at your mother."

BrockNicholson · 08-26-2013, 08:16 PM

"My daddy always said he loved us and that was why he had to beat on us so. Till came the day I laid my new shooting iron on the kitchen table. And told I'd come to show him just how much I loved him back. I'll never forget it. That last look he gave me as I took aim. Not fear. Not anger. Pride."

"He told me he had faith in a better world to come. A world without men like me in it. A part of me wanted to believe that world existed, but not the part that pulled the trigger."

fredtheobviouspseudonym · 08-28-2013, 04:07 PM

[From a WW II OSS game]

"Men, with this acquisition we now have strategic mobility."

"Sir, what we have is a bicycle with wooden tires."

And:

"He's a known pervert. So if he's found naked and dead -- in France -- no one's going to ask any questions."

JCurwen3 · 08-28-2013, 04:20 PM

Once, someone said:

"It's a Christmas miracle. Christmas miracles can happen every day!"

the_matrix_walker · 08-28-2013, 04:26 PM

Once, when the party's Knight turned down a lady's advances, my wizard asked him...

"Sir Stevens, could it be, that in the bedchamber, you prefer the sturdy sword to the silken sheath?"

08-26-2013, 02:09 PM	#1
mjonz Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon	Great Lines to Use in a Game Saw this in the 2013 Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners and wondered what else people have used... "“Don’t know no tunnels hereabout,” said the old-timer, “unless you mean the abandoned subway line that runs from Hanging Hill, under that weird ruined church, beneath the Indian burial ground, past the dilapidated Usher mansion, and out to the old abandoned asylum for the criminally insane where they had all those murders.” — Lawrence Person, Austin, TX http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2013win.html __________________ Nine-Tenths of being right is being convincing.

08-26-2013, 02:20 PM	#2
Pip Boy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Wasteland	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game Three dwarves brothers, carrying a very drunk Dwarf neighbor they need awake for informations, enter their home, and ask their mom: "Ma, what do you give father when he comes home this drunk?" "A beating". #truestory. It happened on a game of mine. __________________ Brazilian Vault Dweller, Wanderer and Chosen One. (Feel free to correct my english grammar!)

08-26-2013, 03:44 PM	#3
DemiBenson Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, Hub of the Universe!	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game Player in one of my games, reacting to a PC about to shoot a NPC: "No!... Don't use that!... Here, use this instead. It's much more reliable!" __________________ Demi Benson

08-26-2013, 04:57 PM	#4
gilbertocarlos Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caxias do Sul, Brazil	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneLiner __________________ I've revised the Low Tech weapons table: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=112532

08-26-2013, 05:23 PM	#5
David Johnston2 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game So the question is, why am I still standing here, instead of fleeing your unbeatable might? Obviously, I am paralysed by my overwhelming terror.

08-26-2013, 06:27 PM	#6
~~Figleaf23~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game "Sorry I'm late, but I was standing in line for my turn at your mother."

08-26-2013, 08:16 PM	#7
BrockNicholson Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Huntington, West Virginia	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game "My daddy always said he loved us and that was why he had to beat on us so. Till came the day I laid my new shooting iron on the kitchen table. And told I'd come to show him just how much I loved him back. I'll never forget it. That last look he gave me as I took aim. Not fear. Not anger. Pride." "He told me he had faith in a better world to come. A world without men like me in it. A part of me wanted to believe that world existed, but not the part that pulled the trigger."

08-28-2013, 04:07 PM	#8
fredtheobviouspseudonym Join Date: May 2007	A couple: [From a WW II OSS game] "Men, with this acquisition we now have strategic mobility." "Sir, what we have is a bicycle with wooden tires." And: "He's a known pervert. So if he's found naked and dead -- in France -- no one's going to ask any questions."

08-28-2013, 04:20 PM	#9
JCurwen3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game Once, someone said: "It's a Christmas miracle. Christmas miracles can happen every day!" __________________ -JC

08-28-2013, 04:26 PM	#10
the_matrix_walker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lynn, MA	Re: Great Lines to Use in a Game Once, when the party's Knight turned down a lady's advances, my wizard asked him... "Sir Stevens, could it be, that in the bedchamber, you prefer the sturdy sword to the silken sheath?"