During a great evening seeing Phil and Rachel again (thanks, guys!), it wouldn’t have been right if we’d not played a game. Their suggestion this time was Aquarius, and so we played 5 hands. It has simple instructions, and enough variation within the game to always keep it interesting. The objectives can change all the way up to the end, making it unpredictable as well.

But not really a goof 2-player game, which is what we now need. Their suggestions which we’ll check out were Hive, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game, Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons (hmm: is this the right one, it says best for 4), and Niagara (also says best for 4).

I found lots of old Scrabble scores in the box, and had a look through them. Our last joint best score was 701, which we got 4.5 years ago, helped by a bingo each (RESIGNED and RIOTINGS). A few days ago we played and got 720, also including two bingos. We have improved over the years, but not vastly.