Roll For Initiative!
The creators of Dungeons and Dragons didn't want to get sued by the Tolkein estate, so when giving players the option to play as a Hobbit, they changed the name of the playable race to this.
Halfling
This film, first released in theaters in 1939, is often mis-remembered as the first movie to use color - that is because of a transition from black-and-white to full-color during it's first act that was actually only added when it was later aired on TV.
The Wizard of Oz
Will Wright created this video game franchise, with the first game releasing in the year 2000. The base game of the latest installment in this series is (now) free, but if you want all of the expansions, it will cost you over $1300.
The Sims
6 + 7 + 17
30
I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough _____
Dough
We always just say "D20", but the proper geometric name for a three dimensional shape with 20 sides is this.
Icosahedron
Long before he was an old guy obsessed with stews, Carl Weathers played world champion Apollo Creed in this 1976 sports drama film.
Rocky
This game franchise's latest release in early 2024 had us laying down our lives to protect Super Earth and Democracy.
Helldivers
3 x 9 + 6
33
Dogs can't operate MRI machines, but _____
catscan
Turns out, there's a lot of gamer nerds with no friends that want to play DnD too - before Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale, we got this classic game, which was the 9th best-selling PC game in the US in 1999.
Baldur's Gate
If you haven't actually watched the entire series, you probably don't realize that this film series about the Corleone crime family is a trilogy spanning from 1972 to 1990.
The Godfather Trilogy
This video game franchise wants you to take it more seriously than it's main competitor, but like 3 releases ago one of their game's major selling points was the player's ability to wing-suit into a tornado.
Battlefield
(6-1) x (8 + 4)
60
Two sheep walk into a _____
baaaa (bar)
In Baldur's Gate 3, Minsc is voiced by this Critical Role cast member.
Matthew Mercer
Be careful what distress signals you investigate if you find yourself serving on the crew of the USCSS Nostromo, or you might end up with one NASTY stomach bug.
Alien
This video game franchise wants you to believe that, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" but these games have basically been the same gameplay loop, in the same game engine, for like 7 games over the last 14 years.
Far Cry
(7-4) x (8-7)
3
I gave my handyman a to-do list, but he only did jobs 1, 3, and 5. I guess he only does _____
odd jobs
We owe this super-nerd with an alliterative name a lot for creating the original version of Dungeons and Dragons in 1974.
Gary Gygax
In this 1985 comedy mystery film, Tim Curry (RIP) was blackmailed into being a butler (or was he?)
Clue
EA's cash-cow Madden NFL video game franchise was first released in this year.
1988
(9 ÷ 9 x 2)³
8
I used to work at a calendar factory, but I got fired because I _____
took a couple days off