At first we were just four, as we had to wait for Anja and Steve to arrive. We dug out Hey That’s My Fish! As a quick filler beforehand. It may have the appearance of a silly kids game, but it hides strategies and challenges that deserve deep ponderous thought. At least that’s how we play it.
At the end, it was Adam wot won it.
Adam 28
Sam 25
Andrew 23
Chris 19
And this meant that The Perfect Five had finally been achieved! Five wins in a row for the creeping custard, and this means an extra special look at the form table before this rare phenomena disappeared!
| Points | ||||||
| Adam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Joe | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Gonz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Sam | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Andrew | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| Quentin | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Chris | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
Look at all those ones in a row! Look how pretty they are!
Anyway, the form table marches on, and with no sign of Anja or Steve, we broke out Bananagrams, an amusing game of wordplay, as long as your not playing against Scrabble experts who know all the two-letter words. I gave up halfway through the first game.
Sam
Adam
Chris
Andrew
I sat out the second, and watched as Sam and Chris battled it out, with Adam left in their dust this time.
Chris
Sam
Adam
After this, Steve and Anja arrived. To be sociable, we played a couple of games of The Resistance. Round one, the resistance won convincingly when Chris was one of the spies, and had no idea about how to react. He was quickly unmasked and the other spy, Sam, was never chosen to go on a mission. Viva La Resistance!
Then for round two, Adam began by asking people if they were spies. When Steve and Anja said yes, I thought it was a clever double bluff, especially when Steve kept saying he was a spy. In fact, it was Chris and Sam again who, by some nice acting and clever play were able to keep up the pretence. Viva la Dictatorship!
Then we split into two groups. Steve, Anja and Sam went for Tinners’ Trail, while Chris, Adam and I went for Agricola. Adam’s recent form on this game has been pretty poor, so maybe this was went he got his mojo back? Not when you’re up against Farmer Smith. We played with Occupations and Minor Improvements, and I started to get worried when he seemed to know what each card did after he’d only heard the card’s name.
Chris plays Agricola like Richard Clayderman plays the piano. Suave, smooth and in a nice suit. Everything went together nicely in Chris’ farm while Adam and I bickered over the starting player. Adam cursed his luck in the final round as Chris took an option that would’ve netted Adam a tasty seven points. He only had himself to blame, though. Him and his family of five farmers.
In the end, though, it wouldn’t have mattered. Chris reigned supreme.
Chris 45
Adam 31
Andrew 23
Tinners’ Trail ended
Sam 135
Steve 128
Anja 113
Then Chris, Sam and I drove away, reliably informed by Talk Sport that Arsenal are going to have to finish above Chelsea if they want to win the league this year.
| Points | ||||||
| Sam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Adam | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Joe | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Gonz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Chris | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Andrew | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Steve | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Anja | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Quentin | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
On the end of month leaderboard, surely it is merely a procession towards Adam’s ultimate victory.
