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FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 1970 240th day - 125 days to come

Felicia called. She rcd. a check for $125 as the closing fee for SEARCH.

Ran a reproduction of the RITHMOMACHY article.

Rcd. the FREE FORM rough model back together with a letter from Keith Tuggle. (Saw a carbon at Felicia's yesterday.)

Rcd. the "Nost" membership card & a short letter from Bob Lauzon.

(cont. from 9/5) [9/8]

and 400. There is a supply of various kinds of burglar's tools. Players get an assortment at the beginning and get others by use of cards. Some cards allow stealing of tools form other players; also can be stolen when the pool is ex- hausted. To get past an obstacle a tool must be placed in that space on the board. Once placed it stays there unless moved by a card. To get from one level to another a ladder must be used. This, however, is removed as soon as it is used. In a turn, a player throws two dice and moves his piece orthogonally, making as many turns as de- sired. Placing a tool takes one count, or a ladder also. (How did the cards work?) When a player gets a jewel he must get it to his hideout in order to score it. If landed upon by another player (exact count?) it can be stolen. (Fairly rough idea.) At "Parker" also saw BUCKSHOT. There is a board as shown, [diagram of octagon shape, with square inside. Each side of square has two sets of two hashmarks. Circle in center.] the heavy line representing a fence with openings. The player up has a block he uses for pushing a puck. Each of the others have a defensive pcs. which can block one, but not both, of their openings. There is a timer which consists of a slender upright rod. A circular pcs. with a hole a little larger than the rod works its way down in about 20 seconds. The player up tries to get the puck into as many holes as possible in this time, collecting 1/2 a buck from the player for each. He continues playing until another player announces that the timer is down. If a player announces prematurely the player up gets another turn. If the puck goes into the hole in the center of the board the player's turn ends. In a book of adult games saw CON-TAC-TIX which is HEX played on a board 11 on a side. (Danish import.) (cont. on 8/22)