Coffee chat was canceled today due to a crew drill which was scheduled at the same time. They have these drills at different times of the day about once a week.
This evening, about 1 ½ hours before dinner, everyone from Table 303 assembled in Rick’s Neptune Suite for a game of LCR. Never heard of LCR? LCR stands for Left Center Right. It is a very simple and very fun dice game that any number of people can play and requires no thinking, strategy or anything else.
Here is how it works. Each player starts with 3 chips or 3 dollars or whatever you want to play with. The game consists of 3 dice, with each die marked with an L, C and R and 3 dots. Each player rolls the dice in turn and then passes a chip either to the left, right or to the center pot depending on whether a L, C or R appears. If a “dot” appears, then you don’t pass anything. The play continues with each player rolling the dice in turn and passing accordingly. If you have less than 3 chips, you only roll the number of dice that is equal to the number of chips that you have. Play continues until only one player has any chips with all the other chips now in the center. Here is a more expansive explanation of the rules.
Rick arranged to have some hors d’oeuvres delivered so we would have something to munch on during the game. Susan brought the LCR dice, so she oversaw how we played the game and added a twist where if a person rolled three dots then everyone would have to take a drink of wine. LCR is a fun game as no one is out of contention until one person wins. With ten of us playing, each game took about 30 minutes. We played three games before it was time to go to dinner. I won one the first game, Susan the next game and Judy won the last game. We had a fun time and enjoyed Ricks hospitality in his Neptune Suite.
You can find an LCR game on Amazon
Tonight’s entertainer was Scott Record an “award winning singing comedy impressionist.” He sings a few bars from a wide variety of songs from various singers, mimicking their style and appearance while taking license with some of the lyrics. He put on a wonderful show and is a great entertainer. Here is a short clip of his performance.
