Andrew and Anna taught Nigel the rules while I finished the washing up. Nigel might have been hyped about his week at work, because I overheard him being admonished for not paying attention. From the start Andrew and Anna were competing fiercely for the special cards. I was constantly low on commodity cards and so concentrated on getting crates down, taking the money action and being opportunistic in the blind auctions. Andrew and Nigel in particular always seemed to have plenty of cards. Despite this Anna was in the lead for the whole game, but when we added up the final scores Andrew had won beating her for probably the first time (though he came close last year). She claimed he must have cheated!
Andrew 69
Anna 67
Ian 64
Nigel 31
Expedition
Anne and Judith had arrived from the airport and so I went to find a six player game. This was my fiftieth game of Expedition (since my first game in August 2008), but not a good one for me. Andrew finished first but left a 3-way tie between Anne, Anna and Nigel.
Anne 15
Anna 15
Nigel 15
Andrew 13
Ian 10
Judith 7
Frank's Zoo
Playing this with six has been a mixed bag, but this session was a lot of fun with big scores being made by everyone (except me). Anne started with an outrageous score of 8, while Andrew started by going backwards. On the second hand Andrew recovered by showing that 8 wasn't such an outrageous score and jumping from last to second equal with Anna. But on the third hand Anna lost 4 points, while Anne extended her lead and Judith caught up with Andrew. The fourth hand should have been the last hand except that Anne stagnated while Andrew scored 9 to hit 20 while three of us still hadn't hit double figure, though Anna started on her come back. On the final hand Anna scored 8 but it only enough to give her share of third place. It was Judith's first game.
Andrew -1 7 11 20 25
Anne 8 12 17 16 18
Judith 5 6 11 13 16
Anna 3 7 3 8 16
Ian 3 1 4 8 11
Nigel 3 6 8 9 8
It was Andrew's night with two wins.
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