Played at Stephan's place.
IPSAMK. Ian wears a stylish Christmas T-shirt. Mike discloses that Root is healthy again. Kevin brings a beer. Alain mentions an attempt to digitally model the brain. Pascal arrives uncharacteristically late (having a newborn at home). Stephan hosts. By the way, congratulations to Alain for his draw in Jean Desforges's chess simultaneous last Thursday.
Game played |
Winners |
Notes |
Condottiere |
Ian Stewart, Stephan Reebs
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Sharper tactics than last week. We fill the board, and Ian and Stephan share the victory with four territories each. |
Taj Mahal |
Mike Gerdov
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Alain must go shopping, leaving us with the right number of players to tackle a never-played-before game: Taj Mahal. For brevity's sake we cut it short to nine rounds rather than the prescribed 12, and after a close-fought battle Mike emerges victorious with 24 points. |
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