Sorry for the late reply, thought I would be working late tonight, but I am
opting to game instead! See you all there.

R.

Richard Pardoe wrote:
> A modestly full house as Ricardo, Lawrence, Dave, and Tim were anticipated to
arrive.  When Ricardo indicated he would be running a bit late due to traffic,
I brought out FITS again as it would play quickly.   Lawrence jumped out to a
good start with 5 points on the first board while Rich and Dave were just a bit
better than break-even (2 each) while Tim was break-even (0).   The next round
saw the scores get tighter as Lawrence scored 6 points for 11, but Rich and Dave
scored 9 points each for a total of 11 after two rounds also .   Tim was
struggling with only 4 points in the second round.  Lawrence started to stumble
in the third round scoring only 3 points.   Dave and Rich were still close with
Dave outscoring Rich 8-7 in this round.  The final round saw Dave stumble a bit
scoring only 3 points.  Tim finally scored a decent 6 points, but Rich manage d
to show all the matching pairs to score 9 poi nts in the round.   (Lawrence
left to many
dots uncovered and scored -4 points.)  Final scores:
> Rich: 27 / Dave: 22 / Tim: 15 / Lawrence: 10
> Ricardo had arrived in the middle of FITS and with that game over, we decided
to try out AUTOMOBILE .  A bit slow on the start with the rules explanation and
sorting the pieces.  With 5 players, we could only play 2 rounds before time
ran out.  We did quic kly total up points (dollars) at that point and foun d
the scores to be quite close.  Ricardo had a lot of cash on hand, but no
factories on the board.  Tim and Dave had money tied up in factories which
helped their net worth at the midpoint.  I didn ’ t not the scores, but seem
to recall they ran from about $ 2500 to about $3500 with most around $3000 or
so.  While we didn ’ t finish, I wouldn ’ t mind trying to get this to the
table again and seeing if we can get a complete game in.
> Speaking of which … .r eady to host this week.  The remodel continues
slowly, but the gaming table is clear and we should be good to go.  Any
suggestions for games to try?  Please reply if you can attend so I can have a
rough headcount and can plan the appropriate games .
> GAMES:
> ************ ********* ********* *********
> Wednesday Night, 18:30 to ~21:00
> My house in San Ramon
> (Contact me off-list if you need directions)
> ************ ********* ********* *********
> Rich
>