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SUNDAY 18 APRIL 1971

First Sunday after Easter 108th day - 257 days to come

Sent a note to Mary Hilt telling her that I sent the TRANFORMATION stones to her.

Still working on rules of PLANES.

Got an idea for a game of outguessing an op- ponent, in the vein of BLACK & BLUE GAME and PERCEPTION, but with more play value, I think.
There is a board, possibly vertical with magnetic pcs., and 5 pcs. Two play and each has a recorder for noting a three digit number. To start each sets a number, anywhere from 500 to 005, on his re- corder. The one with the higher number is "up" first. He places the pcs. to form the number on his recorder. (311 would be placed as shown.)
The player "up" thinks of moving one pc. one space and places the resultant number on his recorder. (From the shown position he could go to 401, 420, 221, or 302.) The other player tries to guess the movement and places the number on his recorder. If the player "up" fools the other, he scores the number on his recorder and continues playing. When the opponent guesses the number, it is deducted from the player's score and then the opponent is "up". (Or possibly some multiple of the number would be better.) The "up" player can decide to stop without losing points. Then the other player can rearrange the pcs. at will before starting.
Play to some set score, such as 2,500.

(cont. from 4/23) [4/23]

Rcd. a letter from Andrea Donahue (Director Public Relations) of Urban Systems. She is sending me copies of WOMEN'S LIB, POPULATION, and ECOLOGY. She enclosed information on ECOLOGY (which I already had) and WOMEN'S LIB.

Claude called. He saw The May & Dec. '70 SCIENTIFIC AMERICANS for 75 [cents] each. I told him to get them for me.
At Brentanos he saw two books he thought I might be interested in. YOUR MOVE - by David Silverman - McGraw Hill (Has some puzzle type games - I believe); THE STUDY OF GAMES - by Avedon & Sutton Smith - Wylie (More philosophical than actual rules - I believe).

(cont. from 5/6) [5/6]

Another call from Felicia. She rcd. a letter from the in- ventor of RACE THRU SPACE. She has been selling the game by mail order (4 orders to DuPont) and wondered how Felicia was doing. Felicia asked my opinion of the game and I said it had some good ideas, but was half baked. Felicia may call on me to show it to some manufacturers, at her office.

(cont. on 4/19)