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Old Time August

Game One: "Aunt Millies Millions"
A card game of grabbin' greed kicks off the evenin's proceedin's. Players are dealt a hand of cards and on the count of three all turn one face up and then race to plant their marker on the card they need/want/ or just plain end up with. If 2 end on the same card a judge is chosen and the players must give their rationalization for why they deserve the card. This is done in character. Dr Kirby pulled out all the stops and gave Brando-esque oratory but all to no avail. At right we see the winner lavishing affection on his piece of ...play! A tepid reception for this offering. Given a wider range of character choices and a couple more practice rounds I think this could have been a chuckler worth choosing.
Game Two: "Siege"
In honor of it being Davy Crockett's birthday the crew thought it only just to have this game played (lacking an actual copy of the "Alamo"). Basically a two player scaled back chess game consisting of knights vs pawns with a king. Hmmm ...Seems hardly fairish but at right we can see the defending pawn-meister burnin' the field of play with a concentration so intense some of the game board squares are actually melting! The chief feature of this contest was a deep and awe inspiring silence as the two opponents tore at each others throats!










After a fearsome and semi-lengthy joust the victor emerged from the smoke of combat. And it was none other than Dr. "King" Kirby. At right we can see his dignified defiance of the gods of defeat. Bravo Doc!

To the victor goes the spoils and DK insisted on a close of shot of the coup de gras. Ouch! Right in the labonza!

Game Three: "Wherefore Art"

Uh ...OK ...So this final game seemed like the weakest of the three at first glance but actually proved to be not only the most versatile (4 different games in one) but the one with liveliest play! 64(?) tiles, each with a portion of an art masterpice printed on it, are turned face down and then matching pairs are turned over and placed in the players pile. Player with most matches wins. At right we see a happy clam and his duality of twins. Good for you Dennis but not good enough to match the master. None other than Dr. K. Again with the win. There was no stopping his Kreskin like ability in finding two of a kind.

At right we see him displaying his champion tower of tiles. A simple matter for a superior mind. Kudos!

Lastly we played a variant on the art game by going through stacks of the tiles and picking matches for our chosen rows. Tricker than it sounds and twice as entertaining as might be imagined. A lot of color commentary by all involved made this a best laugh fest.

Can you guess who won? Yep! The Kirb-inator brought in the crush for a three play sweep leaving the other players wondering why they even bother to fool themselves into imagining that they might win. Three cheers for the triple crown wiener: HIP HIP WHO RAY! Next month we crush you Kirby ...FLAT!

Daffodillies?

Stronger, hot and red; till you thirst for the daffodillies
With an anguished, husky thirst that you cannot assuage,
When the daffodillies are dead, and a woman of the dog-days holds you in gage.
Patience, little Heart.
D. H. Lawrence - Epilogue

A fine summer's evening. The Doc is ready. And well he should be. The Col is more reticent. And I believe that nothing but bitter disappointment awaits me. We shall see.

My first avatar, Wiggins the skeevy butler. He will succumb...

to Bernice the matronly schemer who will make off with the millions of Millie.
Dennis profits from the wicked promptings of Bernice.
The fortress to defend.
The knights lay seige.
My hapless defenders.
The all too inevitable outcome.

Dr. Kirby bestows the Order of the Undisclosed Location.

Dr. Kirby also amasses an enviable trove of American art.