Gill absent and still not overtaken, BUT…
Gill, you know, that person on the top score, couldn’t make it for the second consecutive meet, however there are now THREE players tied on the top score of 175 – Gill, Genelle and Rob! Only 5 points behind on 170 is Tara. Take a look at the line graph on the home page – it makes interesting reading; you can see Gill’s 125 points in February rocketed her to the top where she has since flatlined. Nicole‘s 125 in January rocketed her to the top, but that lead only lasted till February. Half the membership is now jammed together at the top of the ladder! Wayne‘s Shire Buyer win has lifted him out of the Wooden Spoon rank – that honour now falls to Mark who has been flatlining since February. Louise narrowly avoided slipping into last place by coming 2nd in Smart Ass, thus overtakling Mark.
The main game, Wayne’s Shire Buyer had it’s 2nd outing since it was new in 2012 – it was Genelle’s first SBGA game experience back then. Being relatively “new” meant that certain anomalies were revealed during game play. Wayne put a lot of effort into avoiding the Monopoly syndrome in which players who go broke must sit out the remainder of the game till there’s only one player left. Unfortunately it fell to poor Nicole to reveal that Monopoly syndrome has not been completely avoided – she went bankrupt with little chance of regaining any position at all. With nearly all properties owned, even a million dollar bank loan allows the broke player to travel the board, but with only a microscopic chance of expanding her property portfolio. One possible rule change might be to call Game Over if a player goes bankrupt twice.