1972_Sackson_295_October 01.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_295_October 01.jpg
Title
1972_Sackson_295_October 01.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
1 SUNDAY - OCTOBER 1972
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 275TH DAY - 91 DAYS TO COME
The name Jim Bynum I saw at Martin's yesterday
sounded familiar to me. Checked, and had sent me
a game THE NINE CHECKER GAME.
BB got 15 more copies of NO WAY at Boston Road ^yesterday, this
time with the numbers written in. I played with it and
decided to allow a circle to be visited twice and have only
5 forbidden pairs. This way I am pretty sure that any setup
can be solved. The less revisited circles the better the solution.
Marylin's Eliot solved one, but couldn't do a second.
Marylin picked up a book ELECTRONIC GAMES at a library sale.
(It cost her 10¢.)
(cont. from 9/29)[9/30]
Martin said that any cube from MacMahon's set could
by [be] replicated by using the proper 8 others, and also interior side face
joints match. By calling for the matching, Martin said, the
problem becomes much easier.
T.H. O'Beirne had a column in THE NEW SCIENTIST in 1961 and 1962.
The best of it went into his book, PUZZLES AND PARADOXES. Martin
suggested him as a possible G & P columnist.
Conway spent hours trying to prove NINE OF SWORDS unique.
Conway sent Martin a cube PUZZLE which is very tricky.
It can't be solved unless the small pcs. [pieces] are placed first -
being propped up. Martin suggested Tom Atwater trying to
sell it. The pcs., which are to be formed into a 5 x 5 x 5 cube
are as follows:- 13 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 1 of 1 x 2 x 2, 1 of 2 x 2 x 2.
O'Beirne sent him two PUZZLES based on the same principle-
3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 2 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 2 x 2 x 3, and 4 of 1 x 4 x 4.
1 of 1 x 1 x 1, 1 of 1 x 1 x 3, 3 of 1 x 2 x 2, 7 of 2 x 2 x 3, 1 of 1 x 3 x 3, and
1 of 1 x 4 x 4.
Returned the 3 letters borrowed on 9/7, with MEANDER, FEZ, etc.
Borrowed a letter from Colin Vout, Secretary of the Puzzles
and Games Ring, Cambridge University Achimideans. [University of Cambridge Archimedeans] Contained
games - DODGEM, SERPENT, and an unnamed GAME.
Somewhere saw the game SIM (see 7/5/69) but it had the name Arch
Napier connected with it.
Took a copy of a form letter Martin has for answering certain letters.
Martin was approached by WORLD Magazine for a new type of liter-
ary PUZZLE. He came up with a few. One they seemed to like
was taking a known stanza of a poem and arranging the
words into a new poem; also taking the letters of the poet's
name and forming a new name. He paid a correspondent in
England to come up with some samples. But now he hasn't heard
from the magazine.
On the way to and from Martin's we discussed my column
in G & P; some criticisms; particularly that "readers"
games should be able to be played with very little effort
by the reader; my opinion of SPECULATE (he agrees that
(cont. on - 9)
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 275TH DAY - 91 DAYS TO COME
The name Jim Bynum I saw at Martin's yesterday
sounded familiar to me. Checked, and had sent me
a game THE NINE CHECKER GAME.
BB got 15 more copies of NO WAY at Boston Road ^yesterday, this
time with the numbers written in. I played with it and
decided to allow a circle to be visited twice and have only
5 forbidden pairs. This way I am pretty sure that any setup
can be solved. The less revisited circles the better the solution.
Marylin's Eliot solved one, but couldn't do a second.
Marylin picked up a book ELECTRONIC GAMES at a library sale.
(It cost her 10¢.)
(cont. from 9/29)[9/30]
Martin said that any cube from MacMahon's set could
by [be] replicated by using the proper 8 others, and also interior side face
joints match. By calling for the matching, Martin said, the
problem becomes much easier.
T.H. O'Beirne had a column in THE NEW SCIENTIST in 1961 and 1962.
The best of it went into his book, PUZZLES AND PARADOXES. Martin
suggested him as a possible G & P columnist.
Conway spent hours trying to prove NINE OF SWORDS unique.
Conway sent Martin a cube PUZZLE which is very tricky.
It can't be solved unless the small pcs. [pieces] are placed first -
being propped up. Martin suggested Tom Atwater trying to
sell it. The pcs., which are to be formed into a 5 x 5 x 5 cube
are as follows:- 13 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 1 of 1 x 2 x 2, 1 of 2 x 2 x 2.
O'Beirne sent him two PUZZLES based on the same principle-
3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 2 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 2 x 2 x 3, and 4 of 1 x 4 x 4.
1 of 1 x 1 x 1, 1 of 1 x 1 x 3, 3 of 1 x 2 x 2, 7 of 2 x 2 x 3, 1 of 1 x 3 x 3, and
1 of 1 x 4 x 4.
Returned the 3 letters borrowed on 9/7, with MEANDER, FEZ, etc.
Borrowed a letter from Colin Vout, Secretary of the Puzzles
and Games Ring, Cambridge University Achimideans. [University of Cambridge Archimedeans] Contained
games - DODGEM, SERPENT, and an unnamed GAME.
Somewhere saw the game SIM (see 7/5/69) but it had the name Arch
Napier connected with it.
Took a copy of a form letter Martin has for answering certain letters.
Martin was approached by WORLD Magazine for a new type of liter-
ary PUZZLE. He came up with a few. One they seemed to like
was taking a known stanza of a poem and arranging the
words into a new poem; also taking the letters of the poet's
name and forming a new name. He paid a correspondent in
England to come up with some samples. But now he hasn't heard
from the magazine.
On the way to and from Martin's we discussed my column
in G & P; some criticisms; particularly that "readers"
games should be able to be played with very little effort
by the reader; my opinion of SPECULATE (he agrees that
(cont. on - 9)
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