Phase 10 & Yahtzee
On a cool clear night mid-winter at Tara‘s place there were six of us. Peter was still out of the country, and Louise was not well and stayed home. It was nice to see the return of Nicole, but she retired just before game completion also not feeling well. We hope you both feel better soon. There was good news from Nicole who announced she would be moving back to Sydney from the A.C.T. early in 2026.
Tara‘s main game choice Phase 10 was a bit daunting at first due to its unfamiliarity, but Tara did a good job of explaining the rules and we soon got into the swing of it. Even El Prez managed reasonably well considering the game’s similarity to Five Crowns which he does not enjoy at all. Tara won by a large margin with Rob 2nd and Genelle 3rd.
The old favourite Yahtzee was the backup – scored on our own “Nicole enhanced” score sheets and won by Genelle with Matt 2nd and Tara 3rd.
So both Tara and Genelle got two helpings of points with Nicole and Wayne WHP. It was interesting to see the game that Matt dug out of his collection thinking it was an old edition of Yahtzee – it turned out to be Word Yahtzee. It looks very similar to the normal game but with seven dice containing letters and other symbols instead of numbers. Could it be worth exploring for a future SBGA appearance?
Tara has now increased her competition lead with 110 points won tonight, now 170 points clear of Matt, then a 50 point gap to Genelle and Louise tied on 250. Nicole and Wayne are also tied on 110. Pete is only 10 points down from them in Spoon territory, so not a great gap to get over to avoid that Spoon.