Brian Taylor is, I suspect, the same chap who helped invent Kensington. On the back of the Skirrid box are lots of letters from celebs wishing the inventors luck. Clearly they sent loads of people copies to get their letterheads in return, smart marketing trick. There is a photo of Brain Taylor and mark Eliot, and Brian looks like the same chap in the photo on the back of Kensington. But the clincher is that Skirrid is marketed from an address in Abergavenny in Wales, and the blurb on Kensington says that Taylor lives in a mansion in Wales. Furthermore, Skirrid is a river in Wales and the valley is of the same name.

Do you know of any other games by Brian Taylor?? Do you know Brian Taylor?? Please let me know!

Well, someone did. I had an email from a chap who ran Invicta, the company that made Mastermind. He told me that Brian was amazed to hear about these pages on Kensington and Skirrid, but did not use the internet at all. Apparently he is working as an artist somewhere...