You know it's serious business when the calculators come out

Me, playing Fallen London normally: "Ooh, I wonder which story option I should do next?"

Me, gathering components to acquire a ship: "Okay, if I still need 12 Uses of Villains, and each one requires 20 Journals of Infamy and 80 Appalling Secrets, and if I can convert 500 Whispered Hints to 200 Cryptic Clues, and 500 Cryptic Clues to 70 Appalling Secrets, and 33 Appalling Secrets to 10 Journals of Infamy, then if I have a stockpile of 16,000 Whispered Hints, and each conversion uses one action point, how many do I need and how long will it take?"

/rpg maths problems