WEDNESDAY 29 DECEMBER
1965 363d day - 2 days to come
Recd. letter from Dr. Günther V. Bünau of Germany (see 8/30/64).
He sent me rules for GNOSIS (published by Otto Maier,
798 Ravensburg, a large German manufacturer). Asked me to send
rules for CHINESE CHECKERS. GNOSIS filed in Board Game
folder.
Rcd. another letter from Haar Hoolim. He got the adress of
the inventer of ARMOR :- Dr. Moshe Mazor
66 Gordon St.
Tel-Aviv, Israel
He had submitted BATTLESHIP and LADDERS to Hassenfeld
Bros. and Parker. Rejected by both.
Rcd. a letter from Fr. Daniel. He has a variation of
BATTLESHIP. Ships may move one or two spaces but
after a move must shoot. Since the shot must be
no further than 3 spaces in a straight line away from
the shot, each shot helps give away the position
of the ship.
He also mentions an AUTO-RACE GAME. Huge board
about 4'x5' with a race course replete with twists
and turns. 8 can play. The race course is made up of
connected squares. It starts out with 8 tracks
and narrows down to four and sometimes to two. We use
two decks of bridge cards with the A to 4's removed.
Your car travels the number of spaces on the card.
Pictures are worth ten. Red cards enable you to turn
either way one space before continuing to play out
the card. Spade cards enable you to pass any car
that is in your way. Not perfected yet.
(cont. from 12/27)
be placed in it. Most discs placed wins.
Probably needs a little more testing but works
quite well.
Claude called Al Turoff (see 12/9) and we arranged
to go to his house next Thursday.
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