Well, finally, bucko has moved to sunny San Remo and attended his first official P.I.G.S. games night. It was great to finally have him on board. So for the first and last time this blog is about you, Bucko.

Having talked to us a lot about his Batman game and figure collection we decided to ease him into our illustrious company with a Dr Who game, and guess what – not even a single one was rolled all night!! NOT ONE.

It helped of course that DR Who uses special dice with symbols and not numbers but even so there was not one situation where Bucko’s bad dice luck played a part – a lack of skill and tactics on the other hand………………..

Bucko really got into the game with cries of “exterminate, exterminate” regularly punctuating the otherwise lucid and erudite dialogue from the two Dave’s. That gentlemanly façade quickly faded with Bucko at first refusing to shoot at Donna Noble because of her gender but then a few turns later happily crushing her in close combat under his rampaging “Dalek”.

The game began with the Daleks concentrating fire on the Doctor and Donna causing a wound and under fire marker on each. This proved crucial as the Doctor was unable to clear the under fire marker until near the end of the game seriously reducing his capacity.

The Silence and the Daleks slogged it out for several turns with the machines coming out on top.

Finally, the Doctor was operational and started to threaten the Dalek rear.

Leaving the bloodied Silence to face this new threat the Daleks take down Donna Noble for the loss of two Daleks to the Doctor.

When the dust settled and the points were added up……………….oh the ignominy – the Daleks actually won. Yes that’s right Bucko wins!!!!!

Daleks (Bucko) 7 points (Donna 2pts, Silence Leader 2pts, 3 Silence 1pt each)

The Doctor and Donna (David S) 2 points (2 daleks 1pt each)

The Silence (David K) was silent.

At P.I.G.S. we let Newbs win to encourage them– I just hope in the process we have not created a monster.

Welcome aboard mate.