1971_Sackson_181_June 10.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1971
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 9, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
Full Metadata
1971_Sackson_181_June 10.jpg
Title
1971_Sackson_181_June 10.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1971
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 9, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1971
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
THURSDAY 10 JUNE
Corpus Christi 1971 161st day - 204 days to come
Rcd. letter from Mary Hilt. AIRLINE will be postponed until 1972,
but she has applied for the advance.
Rcd. a letter from Barney Taylor. He sent me $5 and asked
me for a list of companies to which he can send HINDU CHECKERS.
He already has it out to 3M and several others.
Working on equipment for OPEN BRIDGE and another puzzle
for X-CHANGE-WORD. BB did one and Dale did two. I did
three, for a total of six.
BB and me to Claude's for the evening. Took two games he
picked up for me in thrift shops - BRIDGE FOR ONE (25¢)
and WINNING BRIDGE IN AS LITTLE AS 8 HOURS ($1.00) (not a
game but a series of quiz cards). He had called me at the
time asking whether I wanted Parker's DUET BRIDGE. I
thought I had it but found that I didn't. Store was closed
when he went back and the following week he couldn't find
the game.
Gave Claude a copy of the book THE PENGUIN HOYLE.
Played 3-hand LOA. Used the layout of 5/26, except that they
straight lines were reduced to 4 pieces, centered, instead
of 5. Jumping over oponent wasn't allowed. Reducing from 10
men to 9 each seemed to make a big different, practi-
cally eliminating the clogging we experienced last time. (I would
have won except that I figured out the only way I could be
stopped. Then Claude won.)
Played SPACE STIX, me against Claude. (I won lopsidedly.)
BB, Anne, Claude, and Marty played X-CHANGE-WORD. They
extended the playing time twice. (BB won, with Anne close be-
hind.)
(cont. from 6/11) [6/11]
Al & Adele Richter here in the evening. We discussed Al's game
WHIRLPOOL (that is Al & I did). He used cards to allow players
to move their marbles. A single card of his color giving a
rotary move and a pair giving an inward move. Certain
combinations allow a spin. I suggested using cards to per-
mit actual turning of the board skillfully. He'll work on
this.
Showed Al X-CHANGE-WORD and OPEN BRIDGE. Showed
NINE OF SWORDS to both of them.
Al & I played ORION - the game called "Libra." It seemed
impossible to force a win. I suggested a rule that the piece
being moved had to end up further forward. This seemed to
take care of the problem.
Corpus Christi 1971 161st day - 204 days to come
Rcd. letter from Mary Hilt. AIRLINE will be postponed until 1972,
but she has applied for the advance.
Rcd. a letter from Barney Taylor. He sent me $5 and asked
me for a list of companies to which he can send HINDU CHECKERS.
He already has it out to 3M and several others.
Working on equipment for OPEN BRIDGE and another puzzle
for X-CHANGE-WORD. BB did one and Dale did two. I did
three, for a total of six.
BB and me to Claude's for the evening. Took two games he
picked up for me in thrift shops - BRIDGE FOR ONE (25¢)
and WINNING BRIDGE IN AS LITTLE AS 8 HOURS ($1.00) (not a
game but a series of quiz cards). He had called me at the
time asking whether I wanted Parker's DUET BRIDGE. I
thought I had it but found that I didn't. Store was closed
when he went back and the following week he couldn't find
the game.
Gave Claude a copy of the book THE PENGUIN HOYLE.
Played 3-hand LOA. Used the layout of 5/26, except that they
straight lines were reduced to 4 pieces, centered, instead
of 5. Jumping over oponent wasn't allowed. Reducing from 10
men to 9 each seemed to make a big different, practi-
cally eliminating the clogging we experienced last time. (I would
have won except that I figured out the only way I could be
stopped. Then Claude won.)
Played SPACE STIX, me against Claude. (I won lopsidedly.)
BB, Anne, Claude, and Marty played X-CHANGE-WORD. They
extended the playing time twice. (BB won, with Anne close be-
hind.)
(cont. from 6/11) [6/11]
Al & Adele Richter here in the evening. We discussed Al's game
WHIRLPOOL (that is Al & I did). He used cards to allow players
to move their marbles. A single card of his color giving a
rotary move and a pair giving an inward move. Certain
combinations allow a spin. I suggested using cards to per-
mit actual turning of the board skillfully. He'll work on
this.
Showed Al X-CHANGE-WORD and OPEN BRIDGE. Showed
NINE OF SWORDS to both of them.
Al & I played ORION - the game called "Libra." It seemed
impossible to force a win. I suggested a rule that the piece
being moved had to end up further forward. This seemed to
take care of the problem.
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