TEXT: Scene: The apartment. Howard: All right, Raj has played his phantom warlord card, and I am going to back him up with my strangling vines. Choke on that, sucka. Leonard: Okay, well, then I'll just cut your vines with my ruby sword. That's right, I did it. I cut 'em. Penny: Um, I have a question. Leonard: Warlord beats troll, troll beats elf, elf beats water sprite, and basically everything beats enchanted bunny. Howard: Unless you have the carrot power. Penny: Okay, I've got another question. When does this get fun? Howard: Are we going to talk or are we going to play Mystic Warlords of Ka-ah? Leonard: Just play a potion card. Penny: Which one? Sheldon: It doesn't matter. You can't possibly win. Leonard: Sheldon, don't ruin the game. Penny: How could he ruin the game? Sheldon: Given the cards that have already been played, Penny can only be holding necromancer potions, which are only effective against wraiths and day-walkers, and there are no more of either left to be drawn. The cards remaining in the undrawn stack are four fire weapons, a troll, two ogres and the jewel of Osiris. Leonard: See? Ruined. Penny: Sheldon, that is incredible. Sheldon: From your vantage point, it certainly must seem so. Leonard: Sheldon has kind of a photographic memory. Sheldon: Photographic is a misnomer. I have an eidetic memory, as I've told you many times. Most recently last year during lunch on the afternoon of may seventh. You had turkey and complained it was dry. Howard: Well, I guess game's over. Penny: Really? Oh, great. I mean, aw. Okay, I gotta go. Leonard: Why? Penny: Because the last me I didn't go, I ended up playing Mystic Warlords of Ka
SUMMARY:
Howard reminds Leonard of their girlfriend pact: one of the two men (Leonard) who has a girlfriend (Penny) must have her set the other man (Howard) up on a date with her friend. After prodding by Leonard, a reluctant Penny sets Howard with her friend Bernadette, though they find they have little in common. However, the two bond over their respective relationships with their mothers. Sheldon enters a collectible card game tournament, with Raj as his partner, to compete against his rival Wil Wheaton, who inadvertently humiliated Sheldon when he was a child. Note: This episode marks the first appearance of future regular cast member Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski and also marks the first cameo appearance of Wil Wheaton on the show.