Grand Final –
El Trez Owns the World, Spoon tied!
Wayne was the host and the author of both games programmed for the 2018 decider played on a balmy Jannali evening with much rule reading and correcting – thanks Tara. It’s so long since we played Who Owns The World that even El Prez didn’t remember the rules. Despite the rule lookup issue, we all enjoyed it with El Trez winning on more than double the finances of 2nd placed Mark, and Tara sneaking into 3rd place with less than a 5% margin over Jordan. Rob’s win was seemingly effortless, but it was simply the luck of the 12-sided die not landing him on any disastrous squares, and handing him a couple of “Subsidies” in which first the bank, then Mark paid for desirable industrial properties on his behalf.
The backup game Reno Casino was equally well received – another El Prez original – won by Genelle with El Prez and El Trez in the minor placings. The main score graph shows how Rob, Tara and Louise have been ahead of the pack since March, and a late run by Genelle taking advantage of Louise’s WHP was too little too late. Note that there is a TIE for the dreaded Spoon. It is rather sad that the holder of the Spoon will be decided by the roll of a die – will it be Gill or Jordan? Back in 2015 we amended the constitution to allow for multiple trophies to avoid this situation at the top of the scoreboard – see clause 7.7, I think it’s time to do something similar for the victims of the Spoon – perhaps a mid-year handover from loser to co-loser with both names inscribed on the perpetual wood. What do you think? Discuss in the comments.
Louise and Jordan were the two unfortunate WHP victims – and Gill was another no-show. The new mum sent her apologies with an assurance that she would see us at the Dinner, and that she would definitely be returning in 2019 to win the championship! Gill is host in January – I predict another attempt to get Pictionary off the ground.
The Annual Dinner will take place on Thursday 13 December at Stapleton’s in Sutherland with several ex-members in attendance. I look forward to seeing you all there.