Only 1 End-Game-Statement from our players, and it’s from the guy who barely survived?

Mike, thank you very much. Elia EGS:

Congratulations to Scott for a well earned victory. And thank you very much to Mike for handling it all with humour and delicacy. It was a pleasure to meet the players of the game, especially Jerry and John. As the lone Brit among the seven chatting with you all made me want to visit the States even more. I was originally going to get to the US in November with work. That has changed and I'm now down in the Falkland Islands but I'll make it some time.

I personally played pretty badly, starting by failing to get a proper ally and then being squashed by the Ellsworths. They very honourably didn't for a moment take advantage of being brothers, it was just that I was in the way. From quite early on it was clear that I was going down and that the two main players were Scott and Jerry. In the mid game I was allied to Jerry, who helped me stay in the game. The game then slowed down a bit so I tried to get some movement by swapping sides to join Scott. Not very fair on Jerry bit it did dislodge the log jam. John's diplomacy in trying to stay alive was delightful. I didn't spend as much time on this game as I have on some in the past as work was pretty demanding for this period and I did not communicate as much as I should have. I didn't understand what Former Trout was trying to achieve by playing such a static game and I am sure that there were a number of other currents moving around that eluded me entirely.

In sum congratulations again to Scott, thank you to Mike, and thank you gentlemen for a good game.

Andrew