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Monday 22nd December 2008

There was a whole bunch of us in the pub this week.  Really quite a lot.  Again, my memory of this week is a little hazy; not because a long time has passed, but for other reasons!

Players:

Darren, David F-F, David H, Haydn, Lesley, Mark H, Mark P, Mel, Michael, Nick, Rachel, Rich, Simone, Sue, Suzanne, 

Games Played:

Tumblin-Dice  

Darren
David H
Nick:            152
Rachel
Simone
Sue:              121

A brave fight-back by the girls in the fourth round, but they were really no match for a strong boys team this week. 

Apples to Apples

All of a sudden we were up to 10 or 11 gamers, and decided that this would be a good idea.

Simone:    4
Darren:    2
David H:    2
David F-F:    2
Lesley:    1
Nick:    1
Rachel:    1
Rich:    1
Sue:    1
Haydn:    0
Mark H:    0

It can be pretty tricky figuring out who was last to play a card when there are this many playing. Simone was the winner thanks to a very dodgy judging decision in the final round!

We acquired a few more people, and divided into some smaller groups ...

Wits & Wagers

David F-F:    225
Lesley:    170
Haydn:    165
Darren:    130
Sue:    65

Don't know much about this one, as I was busy playing ....

Say Anything

Mark H:    10
David H:    9
Nick:    8
Suzanne:    8
Rachel:    7
Rich:    7
Simone:    7
Michael:    5

This is a lot of fun, and worked well as a bit of an ice-breaker for Michael and Suzanne (who are very welcome), although I got fooled into thinking they knew something about each other, and put my bets in the wrong place :)

There then followed a whole bunch of games that I didn't pay much attention to (including the ones I was in) ....

Hamsterrolle

Mark H:    0
Rachel:    1
Simone:    2
David H:    3

Jungle Speed

Rich:    1st out
Haydn:    2nd 
Lesley:    3rd
David F-F:
Michael:
Nick:
Suzanne:    All tied last 4th

We decided to call this one after it began to look like it might not end any time soon.

Dominion

Game 1

Sue:    24
Darren:    23
Mel:    20
Mark P:    17

Game 2

Sue:    35
Mark P:    20
Darren:    16
Mel:    10

Hmmm .... non-party games.  That's not really entering into the spirit of Christmas now, is it?

Loopin' Louie

Game 1

Mark H:    1st
David H:    2nd
Simone:    3rd
Rachel:    4th

Game 2

Mark H:    1st
David H:    2nd
Rachel:    3rd
Simone:    4th

Game 3

David H:    1st
Rachel:    2nd
Simone:    3rd
Mark H:    4th

Hoppladi Hopplada

Lesley:    458
Nick:    287
Suzanne:    133
David F-F:    132
Michael:    66
Haydn:    40
Rich:    0

Nuclear War

David H:    Alive
Mark H: 
Rachel:
Simone:    All dead.

Beanie

David H:    50
Simone:    70
Rachel:    100
Mark H:    180

About Time

Rachel, Mark H, Darren:    17
Sue, David H, Simone:    16
Nick, Rich:    11
David F-F, Haydn, Lesley:    5

This was a lot of fun, although we had to call the game as we'd reached closing time.

And that was it for Monday games nights for 2008.  Thanks to everyone who has come along at some point or other over the past year, and see you all in 2009!