1968_Sackson_321_October 29.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1968
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 6, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1968_Sackson_321_October 29.jpg
Title
1968_Sackson_321_October 29.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1968
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 6, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1968
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 1968
303rd day - 63 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Lech Pijanowski. Contained, among many other thing:
RINGO, HORSEMEN, BARBACAN.
Rcd. from Chris Wagner, Jim Dunnigan's friend, 13 copies of
STRATEGY & TACTICS magazines from the beginning until May-June 1968.
Also a listing of some books and other material they sell.
Wrote up HEKATON.
To N.Y.G.A. meeting at Arthur's. Wald and Claude there.
Gave Claude the copy of STRATEGY & TACTICS Jim Dunnigan gave me
last March.
Claude gave me back the patent material he borrowed 10/16.
Wald and Arthur showed us a GAME based on LOTUS. There are 9
plastic toothpicks, 3 red, 3 white, & 3 green, of three sizes.
Players in turn throw out the 9 picks on the table. The others
bet on the one, two, or three picks that with be picked up last
by the banker. There Each player has a set of cards corresponding to the
9 picks which are used for noting the bets. The odds give no advantage
to the banker and are: 8-1, 35-1, 83-1 depending on whether
1, 2, or 3 cards are bet on. (I wasn't thrilled with it.)
We played a round of PATTERNS II. (Very good.)
Played some EGGHEAD POKER. (Fun for a while but not more
than two times.
Arthur & Wald had a complete reworking of THREE, and I think
it's great now.
Use the NOVA board as before. One player has 9 red and one
player has 9 white picks. There are also 3 green ones.
Each player in turn places 3 picks.
Opponent's picks can be captured by completing a straight
angle at a point where they are. All of his picks at this point
are captured. (As shown on the left.)
[Diagram of what appears to be 5 toothpicks in an arrangement where they all meet at one point. 3 of the picks are dashed lines while the other two are solid. One of these is labeled as follows:]
Playing this captures the 3 enemy pcs.
a green pick in line with a pick protects it from this type of capture.
[A second diagram shows a line of 4 toothpicks. The inner ones are solid and the outer ones are dashed. The one on the far right is labeled as follows:]
Playing this captures the 2 enemy pcs.}
Another (and new) means of capture is by enclosure, (As
shown on right [2nd diagram].)
A player may if he wishes also when making a capture place one of the
green picks to in the vacated space. This is in addition to
placing the three picks of his own. A green pick, once down, stays
for the duration of the game. There are, of course, only three
green picks.
A player may not place more than 3 picks at a single
(cont. on 10/28)
303rd day - 63 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Lech Pijanowski. Contained, among many other thing:
RINGO, HORSEMEN, BARBACAN.
Rcd. from Chris Wagner, Jim Dunnigan's friend, 13 copies of
STRATEGY & TACTICS magazines from the beginning until May-June 1968.
Also a listing of some books and other material they sell.
Wrote up HEKATON.
To N.Y.G.A. meeting at Arthur's. Wald and Claude there.
Gave Claude the copy of STRATEGY & TACTICS Jim Dunnigan gave me
last March.
Claude gave me back the patent material he borrowed 10/16.
Wald and Arthur showed us a GAME based on LOTUS. There are 9
plastic toothpicks, 3 red, 3 white, & 3 green, of three sizes.
Players in turn throw out the 9 picks on the table. The others
bet on the one, two, or three picks that with be picked up last
by the banker. There Each player has a set of cards corresponding to the
9 picks which are used for noting the bets. The odds give no advantage
to the banker and are: 8-1, 35-1, 83-1 depending on whether
1, 2, or 3 cards are bet on. (I wasn't thrilled with it.)
We played a round of PATTERNS II. (Very good.)
Played some EGGHEAD POKER. (Fun for a while but not more
than two times.
Arthur & Wald had a complete reworking of THREE, and I think
it's great now.
Use the NOVA board as before. One player has 9 red and one
player has 9 white picks. There are also 3 green ones.
Each player in turn places 3 picks.
Opponent's picks can be captured by completing a straight
angle at a point where they are. All of his picks at this point
are captured. (As shown on the left.)
[Diagram of what appears to be 5 toothpicks in an arrangement where they all meet at one point. 3 of the picks are dashed lines while the other two are solid. One of these is labeled as follows:]
Playing this captures the 3 enemy pcs.
a green pick in line with a pick protects it from this type of capture.
[A second diagram shows a line of 4 toothpicks. The inner ones are solid and the outer ones are dashed. The one on the far right is labeled as follows:]
Playing this captures the 2 enemy pcs.}
Another (and new) means of capture is by enclosure, (As
shown on right [2nd diagram].)
A player may if he wishes also when making a capture place one of the
green picks to in the vacated space. This is in addition to
placing the three picks of his own. A green pick, once down, stays
for the duration of the game. There are, of course, only three
green picks.
A player may not place more than 3 picks at a single
(cont. on 10/28)
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