1967_Sackson_164_May 24.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1967
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 5, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1967_Sackson_164_May 24.jpg
Title
1967_Sackson_164_May 24.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1967
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 5, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1967
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
WEDNESDAY 24 MAY
1967 144th day - 221 days to come
(cont. from 5/23) [5/22]
The players have cards which are compared between
players, one confrontation at a time. The loser
must kick away one of his stepping stones and share
one with a team mate. Continue, I guess, until one
team has no place left to stand.
BALAROO :- Cardboard figures of various characters (wtih
a Western motif) are set in a circle. A ball with a on
a pendulum is activated by a battery and moves a-
round knocking over the figures. Players bet on the
last three figures standing (win, place, and show).
STRATEGY POKER :- A poker variation using a board and which
is supposed to be good for two players. (Didn't look at details.)
WORD WILD :- CATEGORIES with this difference. Players
use only on slips of paper with the category
listed. Each player starts with one. They try to
put in the first letter of a suitable word. Then
the slips are passed around and players try to put
in a letter on the slip they get. Players iden-
tify their letters with their number. Score for num-
ber of letters correctly placed. A timer tells when
to pass the slips.
WORD OUT :- Don't remember this one.
ONE MORE TIME :- This is similar to CENTENNIAL (see
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF GAMES by Wood & Goddard).
A triple on the dice is wild in some way (don't re-
member exactly how).
KRESKIN'S ESP :- Saw it demonstrated by Kreskin. It is defin-
itely not a game.
Gary & Reidel:-
AL-PHA-BET :- A word game using 60 cards. The letters are
divided into 5 sets of 12, each colored differ-
ently. The black set consists all of only vowels.
The basic game consists of forming words
(probably by drawing from the deck - altho I don't
quite remember). The word must contain a black vowel
in order to score. The length of the word also enters
into the score and if it is also a word backwards it
is counted both ways.
There are 3 "advanced ways of playing as follows:-
ALPHA :- They say it is a "rummy" type but it appeared to be more like Anagrams ANAGRAMS.
BETA :- A solitaire version very much like BALI.
CAPA :- A BRIDGE type for Four. The high bidder sets the color as trump and plays with his partner's hand as a dummy. What constitutes a trick is not very clear, some-thing about completing a word and more than one card from a player may be required. (Sheet in Ad Clips)
(cont. on 5/21)
1967 144th day - 221 days to come
(cont. from 5/23) [5/22]
The players have cards which are compared between
players, one confrontation at a time. The loser
must kick away one of his stepping stones and share
one with a team mate. Continue, I guess, until one
team has no place left to stand.
BALAROO :- Cardboard figures of various characters (wtih
a Western motif) are set in a circle. A ball with a on
a pendulum is activated by a battery and moves a-
round knocking over the figures. Players bet on the
last three figures standing (win, place, and show).
STRATEGY POKER :- A poker variation using a board and which
is supposed to be good for two players. (Didn't look at details.)
WORD WILD :- CATEGORIES with this difference. Players
use only on slips of paper with the category
listed. Each player starts with one. They try to
put in the first letter of a suitable word. Then
the slips are passed around and players try to put
in a letter on the slip they get. Players iden-
tify their letters with their number. Score for num-
ber of letters correctly placed. A timer tells when
to pass the slips.
WORD OUT :- Don't remember this one.
ONE MORE TIME :- This is similar to CENTENNIAL (see
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF GAMES by Wood & Goddard).
A triple on the dice is wild in some way (don't re-
member exactly how).
KRESKIN'S ESP :- Saw it demonstrated by Kreskin. It is defin-
itely not a game.
Gary & Reidel:-
AL-PHA-BET :- A word game using 60 cards. The letters are
divided into 5 sets of 12, each colored differ-
ently. The black set consists all of only vowels.
The basic game consists of forming words
(probably by drawing from the deck - altho I don't
quite remember). The word must contain a black vowel
in order to score. The length of the word also enters
into the score and if it is also a word backwards it
is counted both ways.
There are 3 "advanced ways of playing as follows:-
ALPHA :- They say it is a "rummy" type but it appeared to be more like Anagrams ANAGRAMS.
BETA :- A solitaire version very much like BALI.
CAPA :- A BRIDGE type for Four. The high bidder sets the color as trump and plays with his partner's hand as a dummy. What constitutes a trick is not very clear, some-thing about completing a word and more than one card from a player may be required. (Sheet in Ad Clips)
(cont. on 5/21)
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