“Tough crowd. A guy who has never lost; a guy who hasn’t lost in years — two?; a guy who rolls a lot of sixes, it seems, at least at crucial times; and last, but not least (‘cause he ended in first place) a guy with a shit ton of lifetime wins. But I got a pretty good draw with everything within arms’ reach on a big, very interesting, beautiful, yet confusing board. Played it well enough, with some decent loaner dice, but it was a mighty grind on the attempt on Silver, ending one roll shy of the cards. Then the Question arose: rule consultations, poor memories, uncertainty — it didn’t feel right. How have we always played it? We played on. Pink prevailed eventually. All were happy there was a game, some more than others, of course. I can’t dwell on what might have been, though. I’ve squandered good fortune before, so who’s to say I couldn’t have done it again… *Note on the board and card deck: No Ukraine? At least where you’d expect it. Ron should have been here to express outrage. That’d been fun.”