Team Jennifer

All three games for this particular weekend were played as team games, either two-on-two or everyone versus the board.

Jennifer played Lord of the Rings for the first time and did splendidly.  Since it was a first time for her and since it had been several years for the rest of us, we started with the easy version and put Sauron at spot 15 on the corruption line.  We struggled at first with some harsh going in the mines.  Then things evened out at Helm's Deep and in Shelob's Lair, and we picked up some momentum to destroy the ring with 65 points.  Jennifer picked up her first Lord of the Rings victory unscathed and she picked up a win with the rest of the group.

The next game was a GK Rhinos favorite, Lost Cities.  We play the four-person team variant that requires some extra cards from a second deck.  We traditional play this as guys versus girls.  In short, during the first hand the guys couldn't get much; for the second hand they loaded on some good stuff; and for the third hand the girls said ba-bye and stomped their way to a big finish.  Jennifer picked up her second team win of the weekend with Heather as her partner.

The final game of the weeknd was Magic: The Gathering, which was another new one for Jennifer.  Did that matter?  No.  This time it was family versus family.  We only used one deck per family since we didn't have enough time to teach Jennifer to handle her own deck for a three-game match.  Greg and Jennifer used one of Greg's Time Spiral decks.  Bob and Heather used a custom Red and White deck.  Greg and Jennifer played their hands beautifully and Bob and Heather dug and dug and dug for land cards, never seeming to find enough.  Jennifer picked up her third team victory of the weekend, this time with her hubby.

Well done, Jennifer!

Written by Bob