MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
1967 268th day - 97 days to come
At lunchtime went to Flaghouse Inc. No new games. But spoke to
Monroe A. Carmel. They publish things on there own, such
as the ESP KIT which is a passtime rather than a game.
He would be interested in seeing anything I care to see
show him. Will call him when I am ready.
He said that the 3M salesman who tried to sell him the line
said that STOCKS AND BONDS & TWIXT sold best, with ACQUIRE or
OH-WAH-REE was next.
Michael Laurence called at home but never got to the office.
Claude called. He has a new idea for TEN LITTLE INDIANS
using electrical circuits. I didn't think it would fit into the
Ideal format for this series. There are metal figures repre-
senting the ten characters. The board has a quadrille with
electrical contacts in each space. The contacts are closed when a
figure is placed on that space. The circuits are arranged so that dif-
ferent numbers of figures in different places on the board will
close a circuit. When a figure moves and closes a circuit, lighting
a light, that character is killed. (Once a player knows the layout
he has a tremendous advantage. Claude suggests that it can be played
with the layout known and players striving to reach "killing"
positions.)
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