250 [BSL] BearlyHereBear Members 1,241 posts 22,608 battles Report post #1 Posted December 6, 2020 Give your most creative answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,906 [WOLF9] iDuckman Wiki Lead, Privateers 18,983 posts 5,224 battles Report post #2 Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) General Quarters is a naval miniatures game played at scale, so often works best in a gymnasium. I'm not being creative here, it's a thing. I still have the rule book somewhere. Edited December 6, 2020 by iDuckman 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,361 [REVY] Royeaux Members 9,649 posts 7,316 battles Report post #3 Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, BearlyHereBear said: Give your most creative answer. He was a General of Ivan the Terrible black militia, the Oprichniki, so named for his methods of quartering the Czar's enemies. Edited December 6, 2020 by Sventex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,211 [GOB] Col_Nasty Members 4,405 posts 24,172 battles Report post #4 Posted December 6, 2020 Isn't he the Cousin of Private Parts? Didn't he get Divorced from his wife Major Paine? His met his new wife at the O club, Major Slu---- I had better stop before I get the Ban Hammer 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
421 [VOP] Airjellyfish Members 1,156 posts Report post #5 Posted December 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, iDuckman said: General Quarters is a naval miniatures game played at scale, so often works best in a gymnasium. I'm not being creative here, it's a thing. Used to play that along with Seekrieg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,441 [-RNG-] _BBaby Members 3,240 posts 6,608 battles Report post #6 Posted December 6, 2020 General Quarters was once Admiral Quarters, but he left the navy because there was no vending machines on the ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
182 SoothingWhaleSongEU Members 410 posts 26 battles Report post #7 Posted December 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, iDuckman said: General Quarters is a naval miniatures game played at scale, so often works best in a gymnasium. I'm not being creative here, it's a thing. *Looks it up* Wow! My main takeaway with many RPGs and Wargames designed in the 70's and 80's is that abstraction was considered a sign of weakness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,521 [HINON] RipNuN2 Members 14,340 posts Report post #8 Posted December 6, 2020 General Quarters is the nickname given to the creepy dude who hangs out at the mall on the second level. Periodically he yells, "Charge!" before flinging quarters at unlucky individuals in the food court below. He's promptly kicked out of the mall but returns the next day to do it all again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39 [SLDS] Shadow_Woof Members 175 posts 11,070 battles Report post #9 Posted December 6, 2020 25 minutes ago, BearlyHereBear said: Give your most creative answer. General “Quarters” is just a nickname for the general who became famous for stuffing his artillery full of quarters to create a massive shotgun mortar effect when they fired, thus winning the infamous battle of Quartar by raining down high speed quarters to mow down a quarter of the entire opposing infantry force in the first shot of the most decisive battle of WW1/4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
686 [CUDA] Swervenkill Members 1,449 posts 13,939 battles Report post #10 Posted December 6, 2020 You see, Nick El and Penny Ante had a baby... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
250 [BSL] BearlyHereBear Members 1,241 posts 22,608 battles Report post #11 Posted December 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, Swervenkill said: You see, Nick El and Penny Ante had a baby... But had no money so they had it on a dime. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
102 [PVE] Waylon112 Members 164 posts 7,649 battles Report post #12 Posted December 6, 2020 Today general quarters owns a dollar store... Inflation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,911 [WORX] Navalpride33 Members 16,978 posts 22,074 battles Report post #13 Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) According to the Treasury Dept. The term "General Quarters" refers to actual quarters minted for high level military personal (hence the term General Quarters). The law provisions for this was enacted with the ninja passing of the Federal Reserve act of 1913. Once passed, these quarters were minted in Federal mints offices close to the area of military operation. That is way we go full steam ahead in the game when you hear General Quarters... Those quarters have value. Edited December 6, 2020 by Navalpride33 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
388 surratus Members 1,060 posts 4,636 battles Report post #14 Posted December 6, 2020 I don't know about General Quarters. But what has me curious is what did Commander Skills do recently that's made everyone so upset? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,211 [GOB] Col_Nasty Members 4,405 posts 24,172 battles Report post #15 Posted December 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, surratus said: I don't know about General Quarters. But what has me curious is what did Commander Skills do recently that's made everyone so upset? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,427 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Alpha Tester 29,187 posts 15,766 battles Report post #16 Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, iDuckman said: General Quarters is a naval miniatures game played at scale, so often works best in a gymnasium. I'm not being creative here, it's a thing. I still have the rule book somewhere. The real play in a gym game is Clear for Action. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38503/clear-action Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,999 [V_KNG] Herr_Reitz Beta Testers 13,205 posts Report post #17 Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, BearlyHereBear said: Give your most creative answer. General Quarters is the nephew of Admiral Dollars. They both hail from the Mint family. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
88 DanSilverwing Members 132 posts Report post #18 Posted December 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Herr_Reitz said: General Quarters is the nephew of Admiral Dollars. They both hail from the Mint family. That's amazing! I heard he was also the senpai of Private Parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
324 [WOLF8] Slammer58 Members 902 posts 10,475 battles Report post #19 Posted December 6, 2020 I believe his only claim to fame is the fact that he is distantly related to (the original) Captain Crunch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
138 [PHD] Potohto928 Members 472 posts 24,798 battles Report post #20 Posted December 7, 2020 Grandson of Captain Penny. Anyone else here from Cleveland and old enough to get that reference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,614 [A-I-M] Utt_Buggly Members 4,956 posts 18,537 battles Report post #21 Posted December 7, 2020 Grandfather of Bailey Quarters; she works at a little radio station in Cincinnati - WKRP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
135 [WOLFC] puckhead77 Members 254 posts 16,212 battles Report post #22 Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Pretty sure General Quarters is related Colonel Angus. If you want to know who Colonel Angus is, google it with Saturday NIght Live sketch. edit to add that Colonel Angus is from the south and most have a heavy drawl when pronouncing his name.... Edited December 7, 2020 by puckhead77 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
302 [ALLY] Hercules_C130 Members 548 posts 26,662 battles Report post #23 Posted December 7, 2020 To all: General Quarters has nothing to do with money at all. He is in charge of all the Billeting and Barracks in the Military (Housing Quarters). His assistant Sargent Styles is responsible for designing all the uniforms. If you cross him (General Quarters) you will be in the brig commanded by Major Hazard! If you need further discipline you will be sent to Major Payne! C130 signing out PS, I actually served with Major Hazard at the 52nd Squadron Chanute AFB in 1984. Nice person if you did not cross him. I have never met General Quarters. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,222 [-TRM-] xHeavy Members 5,566 posts Report post #24 Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Well, Captain Chesapeake (Fox 45 Baltimore 60's era television) found General Quarters hard up on the dock by the bay. Since he was only a captain he needed Charlie the Tuna to round up some meals and a place to stay for a quarter. The General rank was in some dispute with the local Coast Guard Command but after some consultation with the fort fumble (Pentagon) they all agreed that due to budget sequestration someone screwed up and made a quarter General with just one star instead of a full General with Four. (Quarter the pay etc) I think they still are arguing what to do with this General Quarters to this day. A suggestion was made to quietly retire the General due to the prevalence of Crabs locally. My suspection is that he can be found at the old two o'clock club on the waterfront drinking quarters while passing the time waiting on the decision making to resolve itself. =) Edited December 7, 2020 by xHeavy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
592 slokill_1 Members 2,428 posts 38,366 battles Report post #25 Posted December 7, 2020 5 hours ago, RipNuN2 said: General Quarters is the nickname given to the creepy dude who hangs out at the mall on the second level. Periodically he yells, "Charge!" before flinging quarters at unlucky individuals in the food court below. He's promptly kicked out of the mall but returns the next day to do it all again. So does that make him in charge of the Ballroom Blitz? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
