Genelle’s “Silly Game” a hit.
Genelle was our host at the Presidential Games Room at Jannali, and she brought lots of goodies – not only a table groaning with edibles, but also two new games. There was Uno Flip, a new variant of the old favourite, which is now donated to the official SBGA collection, thanks GG. It is scheduled to be played at the June meet. Then there was tonight’s secondary game – a game with no fixed name, hence it’s generic title of “Silly Game”. According to Genelle it takes its title from the most memorable or amusing phrase that occurred last time it was played – in this case, John Howard’s Eyebrows. It was a hit for the majority of players, but El Prez found it hard to take in, although he really excelled at the Charades segment, so he’ll probably grow to like it eventually. John Howard’s Eyebrows was won in fine style by Tara, who scored more than double the points of second placed Louise, with Genelle in third place.
The main game was Sherlock Holmes, for which Rob took home tonight’s prize of a Monopoly variant. This was mainly due to sheer luck – by playing a Sherlock card on Tara with no incriminating evidence other than her holding a large hand, and capturing TWO villains at once (this may also have had something to do with Tara coming last). Wayne made second place with a successful arrest, as did Louise in third place.
Tonight’s WHP was Mark, who is looking decidedly Spoonish now that we’re almost halfway through the year. Nicole was absent due to family commitments.
Note that we clarified a potential playing strategy in Sherlock as probably legal because the rules have nothing specific to say about it being compulsory to play a card held before resorting to the pickup pile. For example, if the next card to be played is “Location or Thick Fog”, and you have only Thick Fog that can be played, and you have no villain cards, and don’t want to risk acquiring one in the re-shuffle resulting from a Thick Fog, then it is legal to pick up a card instead of playing the Fog card.