1963_Sackson_037_January 17.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1963
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 1, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1963_Sackson_037_January 17.jpg
Title
1963_Sackson_037_January 17.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1963
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 1, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1963
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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THURSDAY 17 JANUARY 1963
Benjamin Franklin--Born 1706 17th day - 348 days to come
Rcd. "NEW FRONTIER-OLA". This is gag rather than a game
Called Bob Abbott to tell him my new scoring for "Delphi" (See 1/11/63),
Turn 4 cards up without guessing - leaving 48 cards to be guessed upon.
The "Oracle" scores according to the spread between the guessing players.
Example: - 5 handed game - 4 guessing players
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE} [Drawing of arrow from bracket to point to the number 48]
48 - 40 - 25 - 8 - 5 - 0 {No. of chips held by guessing players. [Drawing of arrows from bracket to numbers 40, 25, 8, 5, 0]
Difference [Drawing of arrow to the number 8] 8 15 17 3 5 [Drawing of semi circle above each number connecting to two numbers in the previous lines to indicate subtraction difference: 8 (48 - 40), 15 (40 - 45), 17 (25 - 8), 3 (8 - 5), 5 (5 - 0)]
MINIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE [Drawing of arrow pointed to the number 0]
Deviation from optimum difference of 10 - loss for Oracle} [Drawing of arrow from bracket to - 2]
- 2 -5 -7 -7 -5 = -26 [Numbers placed right before 8, 15, 17, 3, 5, respectfully] [Drawing of arrow to -26 in the math problem below]
ORACLE'S STARTING NO. [Drawing of Arrow pointing to the number 53]
53
- 26
27 [Drawing of arrow pointed to number 27] Oracle's score
Other player's score their no. of chips.
Optimum difference for different no. of guessing players} [Bracket pointed to 2-16, 3-12]
2 - 16
3 - 12
4 - 10
5 - 8
6 - 7
7 - 6
8 - 5
9 - 5
Starting No. for Oracle is 48 + total number of players.
No auction is req'd. [required] since the oracle's score is in line with the other players.
An oracle may end up with a minus score.
Benjamin Franklin--Born 1706 17th day - 348 days to come
Rcd. "NEW FRONTIER-OLA". This is gag rather than a game
Called Bob Abbott to tell him my new scoring for "Delphi" (See 1/11/63),
Turn 4 cards up without guessing - leaving 48 cards to be guessed upon.
The "Oracle" scores according to the spread between the guessing players.
Example: - 5 handed game - 4 guessing players
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE} [Drawing of arrow from bracket to point to the number 48]
48 - 40 - 25 - 8 - 5 - 0 {No. of chips held by guessing players. [Drawing of arrows from bracket to numbers 40, 25, 8, 5, 0]
Difference [Drawing of arrow to the number 8] 8 15 17 3 5 [Drawing of semi circle above each number connecting to two numbers in the previous lines to indicate subtraction difference: 8 (48 - 40), 15 (40 - 45), 17 (25 - 8), 3 (8 - 5), 5 (5 - 0)]
MINIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE [Drawing of arrow pointed to the number 0]
Deviation from optimum difference of 10 - loss for Oracle} [Drawing of arrow from bracket to - 2]
- 2 -5 -7 -7 -5 = -26 [Numbers placed right before 8, 15, 17, 3, 5, respectfully] [Drawing of arrow to -26 in the math problem below]
ORACLE'S STARTING NO. [Drawing of Arrow pointing to the number 53]
53
- 26
27 [Drawing of arrow pointed to number 27] Oracle's score
Other player's score their no. of chips.
Optimum difference for different no. of guessing players} [Bracket pointed to 2-16, 3-12]
2 - 16
3 - 12
4 - 10
5 - 8
6 - 7
7 - 6
8 - 5
9 - 5
Starting No. for Oracle is 48 + total number of players.
No auction is req'd. [required] since the oracle's score is in line with the other players.
An oracle may end up with a minus score.
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