El trez gets double whammy, catches the leader – new game goes missing.
On a cool but somewhat windy evening at Como, we had a pleasant evening of gaming despite the absence of the chosen main game. It was to have been Readers Digest Word Power which we think was last seen at Nicole‘s where there was a discussion in which El Prez thought it had previously been written off as unsuitable for our requirements, but El Trez had no recollection of that fact, so I elected to inspect the rules to find out what it was about. Those rules are still on my desk, have been scanned into my computer, and have been published here on the SBGA website. Meanwhile, the game itself has vanished! It seems that Nicole, not realising that it was under serious consideration for our club, may have donated it somewhere. Whoever has it now will be wondering what the rules are.
The replacement on the night was the original old version of Word Power which Rob won in a close finish just ahead of Genelle, followed a couple of moves later by Louise. The backup game was Uno Flip, also won by El Trez by sheer luck rather than talent, the cards were kind, unlike poor Louise who at one point had to pick up about a quarter of the pack in one of those “dark side” flip penalties. So Rob has now made up for his WHP in January, but sadly Wayne has yet to overcome his WHP demon, scoring the second one for the year. Tara has now had three third placings out of four games for 2020, and in this competition, that’s only enough to get you just ahead of the Wooden Spooner on zero. Remember – it is early days, too early for anyone to lose hope, and too early for anyone to think the trophy is already in the bag.