1967_Sackson_258_August 26.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_258_August 26.jpg
Title
1967_Sackson_258_August 26.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
SATURDAY 26 AUGUST
1967 238th day - 127 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. Later rcd. a copy of ARMOR
from him. Unfortunately the rules are only in Hebrew.
Rcd. a short letter from Jerry D'Arcey. He didn't get a
chance to visit me during his visit to New York. He visited
Parker's also. He brought along KUFU, MOBY DICK, HIP-STICK,
PROGRAMMIT and TRAVELER. He thinks KUFU is as good as sold.
Claude brought over TEN LITTLE INDIANS. It plays quickly and we
played 2 three-hand games with Claude, Frankie, and myself.
Then 4-hand including Dana. Then 2-hand by Dana & me. He won
this on his first move. The board is as follows:
[diagram of cards drawn. Clockwise from top left:
Top row (left to right): BLORE, JUDGE, COOK, GEN., DR., CAPT., THOMAS, DR., VERA, CAPT., COOK, CAPT.
Right column (top to bottom): (CAPT.), VERA, CAPT., MARSTON
Bottom row (right to left): (MARSTON), THOMAS, EMILY, MARSTON, VERA, MARSTON, JUDGE, BLORE, MARSTON, JUDGE, EMILY, GEN.
Left column (bottom to top): (GEN.), BLORE, JUDGE, (BLORE)
Across center: diagonal of cards connecting from third card on top row to fifth card on bottom row: COOK, JUDGE, GEN., BLORE
Across center: diagonal of cards connecting from seventh card on top row to tenth card on bottom row: THOMAS, VERA, THOMAS, DR., EMILY
Key to right reads:
Judge - 5
Marston - 4
Vera - 4
Capt. - 4
Blore - 3
Gen. - 3
Dr. - 3
Thomas - 3
Emily - 2
Cook - 2
______
33 ]
There are 33 cards as listed above, one for each space on board.
2 to 6 can play. One card is placed aside, the character being the the
murderer. The remainder of the cards are dealt out to the players, it
doesn't matter if they don't divide equally. The first player places one of his
cards on a matching space on the board. After this players in turn
place a card next to one on the board. If a player can't play, the
one who went before him draws a card, blind, from his hand and
keeps it.
When a player discovers a corpse, by playing the last card of
that character, he receives 10 points. He also can look at 2 cards, either
from one player or 1 each from 2 players, drawn blind.
When a player thinks he knows the murderer, he writes an acusation
and looks at the card. If correct he collects 100 points and the game
is over. If wrong, he loses 50 points, and is out of the game, which con-
tinues.
The game plays in about 15 minutes, so that a number of games can
be played and a score kept.
If the first player plays between two of the same character and the
next player happens to be out not to have that character, that player
is at a bad disadvantage. Claude is going to place stars on one space of
each character and the opening play must be on one of these spaces.
Played CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN with Joyce Abraham's &
her friend. I won.
1967 238th day - 127 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. Later rcd. a copy of ARMOR
from him. Unfortunately the rules are only in Hebrew.
Rcd. a short letter from Jerry D'Arcey. He didn't get a
chance to visit me during his visit to New York. He visited
Parker's also. He brought along KUFU, MOBY DICK, HIP-STICK,
PROGRAMMIT and TRAVELER. He thinks KUFU is as good as sold.
Claude brought over TEN LITTLE INDIANS. It plays quickly and we
played 2 three-hand games with Claude, Frankie, and myself.
Then 4-hand including Dana. Then 2-hand by Dana & me. He won
this on his first move. The board is as follows:
[diagram of cards drawn. Clockwise from top left:
Top row (left to right): BLORE, JUDGE, COOK, GEN., DR., CAPT., THOMAS, DR., VERA, CAPT., COOK, CAPT.
Right column (top to bottom): (CAPT.), VERA, CAPT., MARSTON
Bottom row (right to left): (MARSTON), THOMAS, EMILY, MARSTON, VERA, MARSTON, JUDGE, BLORE, MARSTON, JUDGE, EMILY, GEN.
Left column (bottom to top): (GEN.), BLORE, JUDGE, (BLORE)
Across center: diagonal of cards connecting from third card on top row to fifth card on bottom row: COOK, JUDGE, GEN., BLORE
Across center: diagonal of cards connecting from seventh card on top row to tenth card on bottom row: THOMAS, VERA, THOMAS, DR., EMILY
Key to right reads:
Judge - 5
Marston - 4
Vera - 4
Capt. - 4
Blore - 3
Gen. - 3
Dr. - 3
Thomas - 3
Emily - 2
Cook - 2
______
33 ]
There are 33 cards as listed above, one for each space on board.
2 to 6 can play. One card is placed aside, the character being the the
murderer. The remainder of the cards are dealt out to the players, it
doesn't matter if they don't divide equally. The first player places one of his
cards on a matching space on the board. After this players in turn
place a card next to one on the board. If a player can't play, the
one who went before him draws a card, blind, from his hand and
keeps it.
When a player discovers a corpse, by playing the last card of
that character, he receives 10 points. He also can look at 2 cards, either
from one player or 1 each from 2 players, drawn blind.
When a player thinks he knows the murderer, he writes an acusation
and looks at the card. If correct he collects 100 points and the game
is over. If wrong, he loses 50 points, and is out of the game, which con-
tinues.
The game plays in about 15 minutes, so that a number of games can
be played and a score kept.
If the first player plays between two of the same character and the
next player happens to be out not to have that character, that player
is at a bad disadvantage. Claude is going to place stars on one space of
each character and the opening play must be on one of these spaces.
Played CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN with Joyce Abraham's &
her friend. I won.
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