F A N T A S Y   C H E F

Let me just take a moment to mock those who pegged this one up as a full
scale disaster for Mr. Dickson - with a full SIX players (as many as
Beffy Nose and The Dead Pool combined, I'll have you know) and a deal of
interesting discussion this is my biggest success to date. (Stop laughing.)

The discussion has come in part from John Colledge:
> I think I see what you are getting at here. What might have been easier
> to cope with from both your point of view and the player's would have
> been if we all gave you suggestions for the seven courses then there was
> a vote each round. You get the points your dishes pick up.
That's quite a valid point of view, and would make for a different and
quite possibly better game, but I'm just curious to see how this turns out.
> Your problem here is that some people will be suggesting starters and
> others will suggest soups. It might have been easier to provide guidelines.
I thought that was part of the attraction of the game, myself. To be honest
I think you could well be right, but it's a fairly experimental sort of
game to say the least, and I'd like to play it out and see how it goes.

Pete Birks submitted a menu and may have printed his choices in GREATEST
HITS. I have a nasty feeling that it becomes an optimal strategy to go for
dishes which will match his choices, and guarantee you points, but I don't
think people will be dull enough to do that. Pete Birks is older, richer,
more respected and just plain wiser than me, so I'm not going to say
anything nasty about him. Plus, he did send me a freebie copy of GH (which
I enjoyed rather a lot, nearly to worth-subbing-to levels). Which was nice.

A couple of players have only submitted menus (or is it menues? <sigh>) for
food they'd like, rather than what they'd serve. I have decided not to apply
these as "serve" menus as well, on the grounds that I think the game is
serving and wanting-to-be-served different things.

				      T U R N   O N E
			IDEAL MENU                      SERVING UP
JOHN COLLEDGE   Deep-fried nibbles in light     Carrot and orange soup
		herby batter (crudites, greens)
PETE BIRKS      Chinese chicken and coriander   (N/A)
		Clear soup
DENNY COLLEDGE  Lentil soup, bacon bits,        Pea and ham soup
		French toast
JAMES HARDY     Spring rolls                    Haggis (on the grounds that
						the Colledges are playing)
GEOFF BROWN     Indian starters: seekh kebab,   (N/A)
		onion barei, samosas, raita
ANDY MANSELL    Confit of duck                  Cream of tomato soup

Not many matches striking me as being clear at all - which will come as
no surprise. So here are the points that I shall award...

JOHN COLLEDGE:  1 (Pete Birks wants soup) + 3 (Denny Colledge wants veg
		soup) = 4
DENNY COLLEDGE: 1 (Pete Birks wants soup) = 1
JAMES HARDY:    2 (Geoff Brown wants meat in part) + 3 (Andy Mansell wants
		meat in a sort of processed, pated way) = 5
ANDY MANSELL:   1 (Pete Birks wants soup) + 3 (Denny College wants veg
		soup) = 4

You can appeal against these, giving reasons, if you feel REALLY strongly
about my point distribution, if you think it really necessary. A clue for
round two: there seems to be a split between people wanting what could be
roughly described as starters and people wanting various forms of seafood.

/  And that's pretty much that for issue pi (if only I could do the symbol  \
\ using this printer!) of GIT. Hope you enjoyed it, and see you again soon! /