1972_Sackson_149_May 08.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1972
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
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Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1972_Sackson_149_May 08.jpg
Title
1972_Sackson_149_May 08.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1972
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1972
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
5/7
5/6
8 MONDAY - MAY 1972
129TH DAY - 237 DAYS TO COME
Bought two more plastic stack trays at O'Briens
on 23rd St. for $1.79 each.
To R.G.I. and meeting with Bob Gellman. Went over the
slides for HOLIDAY the final time.
There was a carbon of a letter to me from Bob Schneider
offering me 2 1/2% royalties and $500 advance for
working on SCOTLAND YARD. I mentioned to Gellman that
Schneider had originally said 3%. Gellman will talk to him about it.
To Joad Silbert's. Went over ideas for the art work on the
cards, but she didn't have the board there. Bob will
probably have it in his office Wednesday afternoon and
I'll drop in there to look at it, but I'll check with him first.
Looking at book stores below 14th St. Bought Nov. '71
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in Sylvan. At Strand looked at
FAMILY GAMES AMERICA PLAYS by Walter Gibson (Doubleday '70).
Contained standard board, card, domino, etc. games. Also
PARCHEESI, etc. RACK-O was included and a variation called
BONUS RACK-O. If a player completes he scores 50 points bonus
for three cards in numerical order (i.e. - 29, 30, 31); 100
points for 4; 200 points for 5; 400 points for 6 or more. only
the highest scoring sequence is scored. The game can be
played to the usual 500 points, or to 1000.
Bob Gellman gave me a letter he rcd. from another
GAME OF THE MONTH CLUB, this one in Pa., asking him
if he wants to be represented. He doesn't. They will concentrate
on academically oriented and intellectually stimulating
games. (Filed in R.G.I. folder.)
Met Claude at Biblo and Tannin and to Earl's together.
Played COMPUTER BINGO (DATA) with Earl and Claude. Started
before Issie (Earl's friend) came. He joined with Earl and
they won, beating me by having 6 vertical columns to
my 5. I went first and I decided to allow all players
the same number of turns. (Earl's friend is Issie Rothman.)
Claude complained, rightly, that a player who just
didn't happen to get a "sorting" card of a particular
color had no chance of winning. Decided on a rule
that a player could on his turn use two "sorting" cards
of any color or colors to "sort" any other color he wished.
(At first considered 3 for 1.)
Claude suggested putting plastic over the cards for
keeping track of the cards data cards a player has
"sorted" after I said I'd like to use a grease pencil.
I asked if transparent contact would work and he was
(cont. on 5/7)
5/6
8 MONDAY - MAY 1972
129TH DAY - 237 DAYS TO COME
Bought two more plastic stack trays at O'Briens
on 23rd St. for $1.79 each.
To R.G.I. and meeting with Bob Gellman. Went over the
slides for HOLIDAY the final time.
There was a carbon of a letter to me from Bob Schneider
offering me 2 1/2% royalties and $500 advance for
working on SCOTLAND YARD. I mentioned to Gellman that
Schneider had originally said 3%. Gellman will talk to him about it.
To Joad Silbert's. Went over ideas for the art work on the
cards, but she didn't have the board there. Bob will
probably have it in his office Wednesday afternoon and
I'll drop in there to look at it, but I'll check with him first.
Looking at book stores below 14th St. Bought Nov. '71
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in Sylvan. At Strand looked at
FAMILY GAMES AMERICA PLAYS by Walter Gibson (Doubleday '70).
Contained standard board, card, domino, etc. games. Also
PARCHEESI, etc. RACK-O was included and a variation called
BONUS RACK-O. If a player completes he scores 50 points bonus
for three cards in numerical order (i.e. - 29, 30, 31); 100
points for 4; 200 points for 5; 400 points for 6 or more. only
the highest scoring sequence is scored. The game can be
played to the usual 500 points, or to 1000.
Bob Gellman gave me a letter he rcd. from another
GAME OF THE MONTH CLUB, this one in Pa., asking him
if he wants to be represented. He doesn't. They will concentrate
on academically oriented and intellectually stimulating
games. (Filed in R.G.I. folder.)
Met Claude at Biblo and Tannin and to Earl's together.
Played COMPUTER BINGO (DATA) with Earl and Claude. Started
before Issie (Earl's friend) came. He joined with Earl and
they won, beating me by having 6 vertical columns to
my 5. I went first and I decided to allow all players
the same number of turns. (Earl's friend is Issie Rothman.)
Claude complained, rightly, that a player who just
didn't happen to get a "sorting" card of a particular
color had no chance of winning. Decided on a rule
that a player could on his turn use two "sorting" cards
of any color or colors to "sort" any other color he wished.
(At first considered 3 for 1.)
Claude suggested putting plastic over the cards for
keeping track of the cards data cards a player has
"sorted" after I said I'd like to use a grease pencil.
I asked if transparent contact would work and he was
(cont. on 5/7)
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