Tuesday 2 April 1963
92nd day - 273 days to come
AT I/S MET MR. CARUSON FROM 3M CO. ALSO LARRY WINTERS WHO INVENTED AUCTION BLOCK
PLAYED AUCTION BLOCK
DATA
CARRÉ
COPADE
VACATION
MR. CARUSON TOLD ME OF THEIR 3 GAMES & WILL SEND ME COPIES: -
TWIXT
A WORD GAME
A 4 HAND MANCALA VARIATION
BORROWED COMPLETE YACHT RACE GAME.
TWIXT - PLAYED ON PEG BOARD 20 x 20. OBJECT TO FORM A PATH FROM ONE SIDE TO OTHER - PLAYER 'A' IN ONE DIRECTION 'B' IN OTHER. CORNER HOLES DO NOT COUNT AS GOALS. PLAYERS IN TURN PLACE A PEG OF THEIR COLOR IN ANY FREE HOLE. IN ANY MOVE THEY CAN ADD ONE OR MORE PCS. LINKING PEGS OF THEIR COLOR. THESE PCS. SPAN SIMILAR TO A KNIGHT MOVE IN CHESS.
(variation of BRIDGIT)
[DIAGRAM SHOWING 21 CIRCLES FORMING ROUGHLY THE OUTLINE OF A SQUARE. LARGE CIRCLES AT TOP AND BOTTOM LABELED 'A'. LARGE CIRCLES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT LABELED 'B']
[2ND SMALLER DIAGRAM OF 6 SMALL CIRCLES ARRANGED AS A 6 ON A DIE. tHE TOP LEFT IS CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT BY A LINE]
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