I’m not going to write much about Christmas this year. Last year I wrote several posts about Christmas, including pictures of our tree, but this year I will write, at best, little glimpses into our activities.
My parents, a friend and I played some games of cards after Christmas lunch yesterday. First we played a game of Ups and Downs, which I won. Then we played a game of Oh Hell, which I also won. Then we played half a game of Donkey, which I certainly wouldn’t have lost (two players had lost four hands each when the game was terminated, whereas I had only lost one).
I have extensively edited the descriptions of the above games on this blog, which can be found by following the above links. If you’ve read my descriptions before, you’ll now find them clearer and more correct, and if not, there is no better time for you to do so.
The scores for yesterday’s game of Oh Hell follow. There is a paragraph giving the total number of bids for each hand, and then for each player, a paragraph of their bids and scores.
Description of hands and total bids made: (1) 10 cards no trumps; bids 12. (2) 10 cards; bids 9. (3) 8 cards; bids 6. (4) 6 cards; bids 8. (5) 4 cards; bids 3. (6) 2 cards; bids 3. (7) 1 card; bids 0. (8) 3 cards; bids 3. (9) 5 cards; bids 6. (10) 7 cards; bids 6. (11) 9 cards; bids 7. (12) 10 cards no trumps; bids 7.
Margaret: (1) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (2) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (3) Bid 2, got 4, scored -10. (4) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (5) Bid 1, got 2, scored -5. (6) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (7) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (8) Bid 0, got 1, scored -5. (9) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (10) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (11) Bid 1, got 2, scored -5. (12) Bid/got 1, scored 11. Total score: 66.
Roger: (1) Bid/got 4, scored 14. (2) Bid 1, got 2, scored -5. (3) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (4) Bid 1, got 0, scored -5. (5) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (6) Bid 1, got 0, scored -5. (7) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (8) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (9) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (10) Bid 1, got 2, scored -5. (11) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (12) Bid 1, got 3, scored -10. Total score: 39.
Adrian: (1) Bid/got 3, scored 13. (2) Bid/got 3, scored 13. (3) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (4) Bid 3, got 2, scored -5. (5) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (6) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (7) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (8) Bid 2, got 1, scored -5. (9) Bid 2, got 1, scored -5. (10) Bid/got 3, scored 13. (11) Bid 5, got 6, scored -5. (12) Bid/got 3, scored 13. Total score: 78.
Dianne: (1) Bid 3, got 1, scored -10. (2) Bid 2, got 3, scored -5. (3) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (4) Bid/got 2, scored 12. (5) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (6) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (7) Bid 0, got 1, scored -5. (8) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (9) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (10) Bid/got 1, scored 11. (11) Bid/got 0, scored 10. (12) Bid 2, got 3, scored -5. Total score: 60.
