5 Monday - March 1973
64th Day - 301 Days to Come
Thought of an idea for a simple equipment game, tentative
name - ARROWS. A sheet of paper is divided into a field
of squares. There is a regular die and one with the four directions.
Players in turn throw the two dice and place an arrow
of their color in a space of their choice. It must point in the
direction thrown and also the number is noted. Player
tries to get a continuous path from one side to the other
using the direction and rouge of the arrows. (This is very
rough. Much more has to be done.)
Another idea I had about a week ago is for a PUZZLE that
is a HABITAT variation. The pcs. [pieces] consist of square rings
with slots in varying positions on the edges.
Pcs. must be piled so that the slots interlock.
[drawing of a 3-dimensional square with slots on each side.]
Bob Gellman called. We agreed on about 18 dice plus some die-cut
cardboard for PATTON. He'd like it by 4/1 but 4/15 will
be O.K. if I need the time to perfect the game.
Rcd. [received] a letter from Haar Hoolim. Mentioned UP, THE COMPASS GAME,
TAKE BALL TAKE ALL, BITS, HEX, SIM, 7UP. Sent copies of
a letter from and to Or-Da. Also his "simplified" HEX board.
Caught up on game diary.
Wrote about half of the rules for THE BRAIN GAME.
1973_Sackson_084_March 05.jpg
