Board of Education

The Board of Education is a unique Nail Board found in the Clifftop Shacks. It is comprised of bits of wood with nails hammered through it like all other nailboards found throughout the Capital Wasteland.

Trivia

 * In the Munchkin card game there is a weapon called the Board of Education, a 2 by 4 with a nail in it. Munchkin is made by Steve Jackson Games, who also makes GURPS. As Fallout 1 was originally supposed to use the GURPS system, it's possible that the weapon is a reference.


 * A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors of a school, local school district or higher administrative level.


 * The inscription "Board of Education" is a common pun found etched or burned into the paddles used for corporal punishment.


 * The name board of education could also be a reference to wrestler Shane Douglas (who used the name Dean Douglas with a college dean gimmick) who had a board dubbed the board of education.


 * When hitting a Super Mutant the Board of Education will cause the Super Mutant to become educated and therefore friendly.

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