1972_Sackson_285_September 21.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1972
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1972_Sackson_285_September 21.jpg
Title
1972_Sackson_285_September 21.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
21 THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972
ST. MATTHEW EVANGELIST - 265TH DAY - 101 DAYS TO COME
Rcd. [received] the X'Mas [Christmas] Sears Catalog. Took out 16 sheets (filed
in '72 misc. Among others, included :- CANOGA DICE,
GOLF-O-MATIC, THINKING MAN'S GOLF, THINKING MAN'S FOOTBALL,
NAVY GROG, MAGNETRIX, SKITTLE POKER, SKITTLE POOL,
SUPERBOWL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL, STRATEGY, PAY-OFF (Ideal), TRAP,
RADAR SEARCH, AUCTIONEER, BATTLEBOARD, CASCADE, SCORE FOUR,
LANDSLIDE, MASTERPIECE, DEALER'S CHOICE, SQUARE OFF,
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE, SPLIT-LEVEL AGGRAVATION, STAY ALIVE,
KLOMP-IT.
Marvin Channing called. The advertising director is leaving town
for several weeks, so I agreed to come in to show him
ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS tomorrow morning.
Felicia called. Asked me for Mike Alber's telephone number again.
She asked me about G.A.F. I started telling her about
the latest on JUNGLE RACE and VIEWLINE but her other phone rang.
Played 3 and 4 hand BONUS by myself. Tended to be ties.
Thought of a variation of XANDO for use on cereal boxes-
later called SUPER-TAC-TOE. The board is as shown. [drawing of a 7x7 grid of squares. The corner squares are colored in green. The center square is red, and the 8 squares surrounding it are blue] There
are 5 black pcs. [pieces], 22 marked with an "X", and
22 marked with an "O". 2 play. They start
by alternately placing the 5 black pcs. A pc.
cannot be placed in the red space. Only one
pc. can be placed on a blue space. And only one
pc. can be placed on a green space. After the
black pieces have been placed the players alternate
placing X's and O's. Object is to get 4 in a row.
If X succeeds, he scores 1 point. If a draw,
O scores 1 point. If O gets 4 in a row he scores 2 points.
A simpler way would be to alternate first play and play
until one player gets 5 points (1 point for a victory by
either player), but must be two points ahead.
(cont. from 9/23)[9/24]
back or forth. Object is to move it as far as possible into
opponent's territory in 4 turns. He is trying for the same thing.
I suggested each player having 6 cards and using them one at a
time, but only once in a round of 4. Phil liked it.
I told him about my ideas for Post:- TAKE-A-WORD, BONUS,
POST-HASTE, and SUPER-TAC-TOE.
He'll come here sometime in the next week or so and we'll
go over all the games.
Preparatory to Graeme Levin's visit (and in preparation
for future visits of a similar nature) I put most of the
duplicate games on the upstairs shelves into two of the
(cont. on 9/20)
ST. MATTHEW EVANGELIST - 265TH DAY - 101 DAYS TO COME
Rcd. [received] the X'Mas [Christmas] Sears Catalog. Took out 16 sheets (filed
in '72 misc. Among others, included :- CANOGA DICE,
GOLF-O-MATIC, THINKING MAN'S GOLF, THINKING MAN'S FOOTBALL,
NAVY GROG, MAGNETRIX, SKITTLE POKER, SKITTLE POOL,
SUPERBOWL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL, STRATEGY, PAY-OFF (Ideal), TRAP,
RADAR SEARCH, AUCTIONEER, BATTLEBOARD, CASCADE, SCORE FOUR,
LANDSLIDE, MASTERPIECE, DEALER'S CHOICE, SQUARE OFF,
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE, SPLIT-LEVEL AGGRAVATION, STAY ALIVE,
KLOMP-IT.
Marvin Channing called. The advertising director is leaving town
for several weeks, so I agreed to come in to show him
ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS tomorrow morning.
Felicia called. Asked me for Mike Alber's telephone number again.
She asked me about G.A.F. I started telling her about
the latest on JUNGLE RACE and VIEWLINE but her other phone rang.
Played 3 and 4 hand BONUS by myself. Tended to be ties.
Thought of a variation of XANDO for use on cereal boxes-
later called SUPER-TAC-TOE. The board is as shown. [drawing of a 7x7 grid of squares. The corner squares are colored in green. The center square is red, and the 8 squares surrounding it are blue] There
are 5 black pcs. [pieces], 22 marked with an "X", and
22 marked with an "O". 2 play. They start
by alternately placing the 5 black pcs. A pc.
cannot be placed in the red space. Only one
pc. can be placed on a blue space. And only one
pc. can be placed on a green space. After the
black pieces have been placed the players alternate
placing X's and O's. Object is to get 4 in a row.
If X succeeds, he scores 1 point. If a draw,
O scores 1 point. If O gets 4 in a row he scores 2 points.
A simpler way would be to alternate first play and play
until one player gets 5 points (1 point for a victory by
either player), but must be two points ahead.
(cont. from 9/23)[9/24]
back or forth. Object is to move it as far as possible into
opponent's territory in 4 turns. He is trying for the same thing.
I suggested each player having 6 cards and using them one at a
time, but only once in a round of 4. Phil liked it.
I told him about my ideas for Post:- TAKE-A-WORD, BONUS,
POST-HASTE, and SUPER-TAC-TOE.
He'll come here sometime in the next week or so and we'll
go over all the games.
Preparatory to Graeme Levin's visit (and in preparation
for future visits of a similar nature) I put most of the
duplicate games on the upstairs shelves into two of the
(cont. on 9/20)
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