1970_Sackson_093_March 14.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1970
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1970_Sackson_093_March 14.jpg
Title
1970_Sackson_093_March 14.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1970
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1970
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
1970 73rd day - 292 days to come
Arthur called. He wanted me to ask Jim if he and Wald could
rent the "Poultron Press" office, at a nominal cost, to bring
people to show their games. I said that I doubted very
much if Jim would agree but I promised to ask.
Arthur said that he has some interesting things to show me.
However he'd prefer not to get together with Claude. He said
that Claude has been acting snide when they got together the
last few times. I answered that Claude had the feeling
that he always had to call them and that they never
called him. Arthur said that that was different, but wouldn't
call Claude when I suggested it.
Claude called, specifically to tell me about a book he saw
advertised, but hasn't seen:- GODS AND GAMES: TOWARD A
THEOLOGY OF PLAY by David L. Miller (World $5.95). Claude
said that world was religiously oriented.
Told Claude that I had seen number blocks at Felicia's
but hadn't learned anything about them, so as to avoid
an ethical conflict. At first he said I should have looked at
them but then he agreed that I was right.
Played SEARCH with Phil, Annette, and BB. Tried the variation
that a player could either call for the number of a set
or could have the cards exposed for all the players to
see. We ended up all working to pretty much the same in-
formation and it was pretty dull.
Then I tried a new variation. A player was passed the
cards to see when asking for a set determined by
two factors, but only got the number of a single factor
set. "Choice" could be used either as a second factor
or as a blank, calling for a single factor. A player could
pass, throw in 2 cards, and replace them. This worked
the best of any variation I have tried yet. I'll make
this the basic game.
Phil & Annette didn't think the name SEARCH was very
good. Later I remembered that Ideal used RADAR SEARCH.
I'll try to think of a new name.
1970 73rd day - 292 days to come
Arthur called. He wanted me to ask Jim if he and Wald could
rent the "Poultron Press" office, at a nominal cost, to bring
people to show their games. I said that I doubted very
much if Jim would agree but I promised to ask.
Arthur said that he has some interesting things to show me.
However he'd prefer not to get together with Claude. He said
that Claude has been acting snide when they got together the
last few times. I answered that Claude had the feeling
that he always had to call them and that they never
called him. Arthur said that that was different, but wouldn't
call Claude when I suggested it.
Claude called, specifically to tell me about a book he saw
advertised, but hasn't seen:- GODS AND GAMES: TOWARD A
THEOLOGY OF PLAY by David L. Miller (World $5.95). Claude
said that world was religiously oriented.
Told Claude that I had seen number blocks at Felicia's
but hadn't learned anything about them, so as to avoid
an ethical conflict. At first he said I should have looked at
them but then he agreed that I was right.
Played SEARCH with Phil, Annette, and BB. Tried the variation
that a player could either call for the number of a set
or could have the cards exposed for all the players to
see. We ended up all working to pretty much the same in-
formation and it was pretty dull.
Then I tried a new variation. A player was passed the
cards to see when asking for a set determined by
two factors, but only got the number of a single factor
set. "Choice" could be used either as a second factor
or as a blank, calling for a single factor. A player could
pass, throw in 2 cards, and replace them. This worked
the best of any variation I have tried yet. I'll make
this the basic game.
Phil & Annette didn't think the name SEARCH was very
good. Later I remembered that Ideal used RADAR SEARCH.
I'll try to think of a new name.
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