TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 1966
221st day - 144 days to come
Thought of the following board for FOA. There are 6
sets of 10 pcs., numbered 1 to 10
and the arrow pc. The rules are the
same as 8/6.
[DIAGRAM OF A DIAMOND SHAPED BOARD ARRAGED IN ROWS AND COLUMNS OF SQUARES. THERE ARE 61 SQUARES IN ALL - THEY ALTERNATE BETWEEN WHITE AND RED IN COLOR. ALL OF THE EDGE PIECES ARE RED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM ROWS CONTAIN 1 SQUARE AND 2 SQUARES ARE ADDED IN EACH ROW HEADING TOWARD THE CENTER ROW WHICH CONTAINS 11 SQUARES. THIS PATTERN IS REPEATED IN THE COLUMNS.]
Thought of a scoring system to
stop ganging up on - the same player.
There are 60 chips in the game
which are divided equally between
the players, before each game.
A pool is made up of 24 chips
(25 with 5 players) by each chipping
equally.
When a player captures a pc. of from
an opponent he pays him 1 chip if
this is the first pc. the player lost, two if the 2nd,
etc. Dummy colors, if used, are free.The first to get
five consecutive numbers wins the pool. The number of chips
each player has is his score.
Another way to prevent ganging up would be to allow a
player's pcs. extra powers when he has lost 5 pcs.
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