10-Feb-2008 All month   Unspeakable Words We don't play many word games, so this was an interesting change of pace. The game has a Cthulhu theme, though it's very loosely pasted on. Players are dealt a set of cards, each with a letter. Like Scrabble, each letter is worth a number of points. In your turn, you make a word out of your card, score it, and try to roll under the words score on a D20. Watch carefully, this is where the Cthulhu bit comes in. If you fail, you lose a "sanity" point in the form of a little plastic monster. Lose five and you lose the game. Okay, Cthulhu bit over. First to hit 100 points wins the game. And here we have a mystery. Rolling low is bad in this game. Paul is famed for rolling low. How he won, avoiding losing a life when playing an 18 point word, we'll never know. Actually, make that two mysteries. We're not sure how Steve managed to come third despite not being dealt vowels. Chrissy and Oggie seemed to be of the impression that the goal of the game was to play rude words. This somewhat restricted their vocubulary, perhaps explaining their scores. I'm not sure what Tel was up to. No doubt he'll tell us he's a mathematician with no need for those wordy things.    Comment by Tel   I was a mathematician with no need for those wordy things.     Scores : Paul 109, Frank 89, Steve 84, Oggie 68, Chrissy 67, Tel 58 Ratings: Paul 7, Frank 7, Steve 6, Oggie 7, Chrissy 6, Tel 7 Winner(s): Paul