Next up was Quandary, another game in modified form. It’s ancestor was Flinke Pinke, which was a small card game with coloured tiddlywinks for markers. The newer version is a big box game with a board and high quality pieces. Although this production is way over-the-top, it is impressive nonetheless. The only changes in gameplay to the original are that there are six ownership counters per colour rather than 5 in the original, and when you play a number token in a particular colour, the original prevented you from taking an ownership counter in that same colour on that turn. No such restriction in Quandary.

Nige played a good game, outscoring me on every round (which some might say isn’t too difficult). There was tension at the end of every round – a good sign – and at the end of the penultimate round, only 6 points separated all the players. Mark G surprised us a bit in the final round by not attacking the leader, Nige, when he had the chance and Nige took full advantage to close out the round and a win for him. Great game, even though I did get stuffed in the last round.