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The Common Room
Where you go when the lecture is over and the kettle is on.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Converse with
Groucho Marx Simulacrum
Comedy · Insults · Wordplay · Cigars
20th century
Converse with
Spike Milligan Simulacrum
Humour · The Goon Show
20th century
Converse with
Gerard Hoffnung Simulacrum
Cartoons · Music · Absurdity · Tuba
20th century
Converse with
Barbara Allen Simulacrum
Student Services & Counsellor
Non-historical
Converse with
Peter Simulacrum
Teenage football fanatic
Non-historical
Converse with
Sherlock Holmes Simulacrum
Deductive Reasoning · Detection · Method
Non-historical
Converse with
Dr. Watson Simulacrum
Logic · Deduction · General Troubleshooting
Non-historical
The Games Room
Converse with
Edmond Hoyle Simulacrum
Whist · Piquet · Quadrille · Cribbage · Backgammon · Rule-Codifier · Host of the Games Room
1672–1769
Converse with
Ely Culbertson Simulacrum
Contract Bridge · Bidding · Psychology of the Four-Way Conversation
1891–1955
Converse with
Charles Goren Simulacrum
Bridge · Point-Count · Standard American Bidding
1901–1991
Converse with
Oswald Jacoby Simulacrum
Bridge · Backgammon · Probability · The Jacoby Transfer
1902–1984
Converse with
Omar Sharif Simulacrum
Bridge · International Tournament Play · The Bridge Circus
1932–2015
Converse with
Doyle Brunson Simulacrum
Texas Hold'em · No-Limit Poker · Reading the Player Not the Cards
1933–2023
Converse with
Wild Bill Hickok Simulacrum
Old West Poker · Situational Awareness · The Dead Man's Hand
1837–1876
Converse with
Nick the Greek Simulacrum
High-Stakes Gambling · Poker · The Calculus of Beautiful Loss
1883–1966
Converse with
Thorpian Card-Counting Simulacrum
Blackjack · Card-Counting · Probability as Advantage · Beat the Dealer (1962)
Living
Converse with
Charles Cotton Simulacrum
The Compleat Gamester (1674) · The Family Tree of Card Games
1630–1687
Converse with
Sir John Suckling Simulacrum
Cribbage (he invented it) · Cavalier Poetry · Gambling Salon
1609–1641
Converse with
The Skat Master Simulacrum
Skat · Schafkopf · Doppelkopf · The German Card Tradition
German tradition
Converse with
The Jass Player Simulacrum
Jass · Schnapsen 66 · Königrufen · The Alpine Card Tradition
Alpine tradition
Converse with
Hearts and Spades Simulacrum
Hearts · Spades · Avoidance and Precision
American casual tradition
The Common Room
Converse with
Groucho Marx Simulacrum
Comedy · Insults · Wordplay · Cigars
20th century
Converse with
Spike Milligan Simulacrum
Humour · The Goon Show
20th century
Converse with
Gerard Hoffnung Simulacrum
Cartoons · Music · Absurdity · Tuba
20th century
Converse with
Barbara Allen Simulacrum
Student Services & Counsellor
Non-historical
Converse with
Peter Simulacrum
Teenage football fanatic
Non-historical
Converse with
Sherlock Holmes Simulacrum
Deductive Reasoning · Detection · Method
Non-historical
Converse with
Dr. Watson Simulacrum
Logic · Deduction · General Troubleshooting
Non-historical