THURSDAY 20 JUNE
1968 172nd day - 194 days to come
Called Mel Meyer twice to find out about TOTALLY-- . Couldn't
get to speak to him.
BB and I played a variation of THESE UNITED STATES
where each is dealt a hand of 6 cards and in each hand turn
there is a draw of 1 card. In each turn a player
plays one card to the table in front of the player. If the card played is ad-
jacent to a card he already has down he plays it on top.
Otherwise he starts a new pile. When a player, either before
or after playing his card, sees a condition where the lower
card of an opponent's pile (which could be 1 high) is adjacent
to a card on the top of of one of his own piles (which could
be 1 high) he can place the opponent's pile on top of his
own. The capturing pile must be as large or larger than the
captured pile. A player may also combine piles of his own provided
the bottom pile is as large or larger than the one placed on top.
Players are never compelled to place cards on a pile and may
start a new one if they wish instead. They also do not have
to capture or combine if they don't wish to. After all cards
are played the player with the most cards wins.
This is really an adult game and could be done
separately and be called EMPIRES.
This game could probably be worked out as a "solitaire"
type.
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