THURSDAY 11 AUGUST
1966 223rd day - 142 days to come
In Pottstown stopped in in the large toy store. Saw WATCHWORD (Ideal).
There is a set of letter cards and a special machine where 4 cards
can be placed. There are The machine turns around and there are
four levers which stop it. Each player is dealt 6 letter cards.
The machine is loaded with 4 cards. Players try to form a word
of from 3 to 6 letters from their hand wit hone from the machine.
When a player wishes he pushes his lever. If more than one pushed
apparently at one only one will stay down. The lever pusher must
use the card that stopped in front of. If he cannot, he gets a
penalty. The score for making words goes up quickly with the
length. When a player makes a word, he replaces his hand to six
cards. The machine is started with 3 cards, etc. when the four
cards are used, or when the machine stops, four new cards are inserted
and the game continues. It is not clear, without looking
having looked at the cards, whether the cards that are put in the machine
are clearly visible or not. (Fairly complete rules.)
Spoke to owner again. He says ACQUIRE does very well in XMas
season. he says it had one copy of FOCUS and said that the rest
had sold out. He suggested that next time I get into Pottstown,
particularly if near X'Mas, I let him know before & he'll
set up a autograph session.
Wrote to K.G. Collins.
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