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While waiting for <u>Pierre</u> in the lobby looked at a copy of
Paris Match (May 23rd, 1970). They had what they called
a "game" called <u>PIXIE</u>. It was supposed to be a rage in the
U.S. with all the newspapers having contests. (I never saw
it.) It consists of commic cartoons using letters and/or
numbers instead of animate characters. (For example:-
in the series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 is saying "I'm sure I was here
before you.")
Pierre picked us up at the hotel. Drove us to a book store where
I bought <u>''RÉCRÉATIONS MATHÉMATIQUES''</u> (4 Vols.) par Éduoard Lucas.
(Total cost 40f.)
He took us to a book store run by a friend who published a
book on <u>GO</u> and a set for playing it. He would have liked to
meet me but he wasn't there.
To Pierre's house. Looked at his books and at a pile of games sent
to him for review by manufacturers. At end of evening took
the following along with me to look at and return tomorrow:-
<u>LE TRIOKER</u>, <u>ÉCHEC AUX CHEVALIERS</u>, <u>MACADAM</u>, <u>ELDORADO</u>,
<u>RAFOLE</u>!, <u>REPORTAGES</u>.
He had a complete set of reprints of <u>SPHINX</u>, a French
magazine on Recreational math published in the 30's, bound
in 3 volumes. I looked thru part of them. Saw
<u>LE JEU DU COLORIAGE</u>. An area is divided into irregularly shaped
smaller areas (as in a map). 2 to 4 play. Players in turn
place a marker of their color in any unoccupied space, ex-
cept next to one in which they already have a marker. Instead
of placing a marker they may slide one to an adjacent space,
under the same limitations. When no player can place a
further marker the game is over and the most markers placed
wins. Also saw <u>LA BATAILLE DES NOMBRES</u>. Players (2 I believe)
in turn choose one of the numbers from 1 to 20, which wasn't
used before. Track is kept of the cumulative total. A player
scores that amount when he reaches a total that is a "power."
He loses the amount of a "power" he must, or chooses to,
pass over. (The rules do not seem to be complete.) Took the
set of <u>SPHINX</u> with me to look at also.
Pierre showed me some of his columns in <u>SCIENCE ET VIE</u>. Also
the one in <u>WORD WAYS</u>. He also does a weekly puzzle
for a right wing newspaper - using a nom de plume. He is
also doing puzzles for an African magazine. One of his
columns dealt with "Word Ladders," and I told him of
<u>Lewis Carroll</u>'s claimed invention of the pastime. He
had the book <u>DIVERSIONS & DIGRESSIONS</u> and I pointed out
<u>DOUBLETS</u>, <u>SYZYGIES</u>, and <u>LANRICK</u> which he hadn't seen.
A friend of Pierre's who is the artist for his book and who also works
with Pierre on games came in after supper. I showed them
<u>COMBINATION</u>.
Pierre showed me <u>HILLS & VALLEYS</u>. This is a solitaire played with
a regular deck. Starting with the upper left hand corner a
7 x 7 square (the last 3 cards not being used) is formed by
(cont. on 6/1)