Galloping Billionaires!
A cool and damp evening in late Autumn saw us once again at the Jannali Gamerdome to play Peter’s choices – Gallop and Billionaire! Nicole was a late no-show despite last week’s false alarm in which she couldn’t make it on May 11, then rejoiced on finding out the meet was May 18. How frustrating for you Nicole.
Gallop went off well, and we discovered a rule that we’d been routinely violating – it is in fact compulsory to follow an available track if one is available. One could be given a Steward’s Inquiry card if deliberately choosing a blocked path when a clear path is available. The game was won easily by Wayne – this puts him tied with Rob in 3rd place. Our April leader Louise (WHP) has been overtaken by Tara who scored two helpings of points tonight with two second placings. Also with two lots of points, Matt has increased his gap from the bottom ladder group. Also scoring a WHP are Val and Rob, both of them getting no points for two consecutive months. We had an aborted round in Billionaire! when Rob called one only to find he was one card short of a full hand, possibly short changed on a quick trading frenzy.
We had a good news flash when Wayne announced that he’s due to pick up his new hearing aids this week – murmurs of “about time” went around the table. Wayne also previewed his new creation “Swashbucklers” which is on the June program along with another untried game UNO No Mercy. June will be an interesting meet.