Beginner’s Luck fails for new member
On a warm summer night at the Jannali Gamerdome (aka Thomas Holt Village common room) we welcomed new member Matt Green. He was kind of dropped in the deeep end as we went through the convoluted rules for That’s Broadway, a Presidential original, but seemed to grasp the issues as well as – or better than – many of us. Unfortunately he failed to win the attention of whoever administers the supply of beginner’s luck, coming last in both games – a truly scintillating performance! Don’t write him off just yet – I predict he’s good for a 2023 trophy of some sort, probably not made of wood.
Too much time was spent in rule interpretation for Broadway, there are so many corrections you can hardly see the original print. Tara took on the task of reading from the rule page for almost half the game – she’s very patient. It was Louise who won with Tara and Nicole 2nd and 3rd. In fact the sisters also came 2nd and 3rd in the backup.
Five Crowns went much faster, no rule ambiguities here. Wayne was dealt some quite good hands with plenty of wild cards, but his struggle with understanding the concept of wild cards may have deprived him of a much better score. Rob and Tara battled for the win with El Trez getting the 50 points despite scoring half as many “zero” hands.
Our game host Genelle supplied some very nice nibbles and hot beverages, but unfortunately scored WHP along with Matt and Wayne.
There was one absentee – Steve was still away on holiday.
February could be very interesting as our host Nicole will introduce a brand new game calld Racing Ogres – intriguing, a quick internet search reveals that the game has been developed by a Shire resident.