Endeavour - 17 April

After its inclusion in the Rivals collective games cupboard in 2009 (Xmas present from Orhan to Adrian), we played Endeavour three times in 2010 (in January and September), leaving it a mere two and half years before getting it out again for a 5 player session at Adrian's.  As we found before, Endeavour is a taut game played over 7 short rounds that has a lot going for it.  There is a fair amount of luck and no obviously winning strategy, although the common denominator in the two games we played was acquiring high value buildings as soon as possible.  With voyaging, fighting and slavery aplenty, all interests are catered for.  Game one: David 57, Orhan and Kieron 50, James 40 and Adrian 33; Game two: James 60, Orhan 57, David 48, Adrian 38 and Kieron 30.  Good fun.

Lancaster - 3 April

Another outing for the arch-optimisation game Lancaster - deploy your knights, pimp your castle, vote for laws, recruit your nobles and fight the French etc etc...  We were joined by guest gamer Andy the IT Guy from Kieron's school.  Once again Lancaster proved its mettle as a truly clever game where the theme is not merely an afterthought.  We should have known though that the game's bio-rhythms are so intimately attuned with Deej's that, despite a slow start allowing Kieron to establish an early lead, the Optimeister inexorably and completely took us all to the cleaners.  No one is quite sure how he did it.  Again.

Final scores: Deej 100 (yes 100); Adrian 59; Kieron 50; Andy 32; Andy the IT Guy 14.