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Title
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1971_Sackson_177_June 06.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1971
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 9, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1971
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
SUNDAY 6 JUNE
Trinity Sunday 1971 157th day - 208 days to come
Put in a full day working on card layouts for OPEN BRIDGE.
Rcd. a call from Phil Orbanes. He asked me about the following
names as possibilities for his puzzle in place of ORBIT.
IMPULSE, TOUCH'N GO (Touch 'n glow is similar), WHIRLPOOL
(agent is trying to place game with this name). I suggested
MOMENTUM. I asked him more about the puzzle.
It was developed by accident when fooling
around with two globes from [crossed out] [sketch of two concentric arches]
SWITCHED-ON ESP. The balls rotate between
the two surfaces (how can they?) and with a small amount of
motion can be made to reach 100 m.p.h. The puzzles consist
of getting different balls into orbit while others remain at
rest.
I asked about MANHATTAN MADNESS and he thinks that it will be
possible to get suitable quality control to use cardboard over
wood.
Told him about SPACE STIX. He thinks they sound good. I'll try
to get them ready to bring on 6/15 when I bring the two
games to Felicia.
(cont. from 7/10) [7/23]
In this book there were diagrams similar
[sketch of 8 x 8 grid with two overlapping rectangles appearing]
to that shown, but with more shapes and
dots. I suggested to Martin that he ask the
writer for a translation. He said he would.
This reminded me of the peg idea of
FITTING & PROPER and I showed the way it
worked to Martin. Didn't seem to make much
impression on him.
Martin loaned me a letter from the writer
(Kobon, I believe is his name) with a description
of a simple Japanese game TOBI SHOGI. (Copied on a large
card.) Martin checked for this in Culin's GAMES OF THE ORIENT
and it wasn't there. Murray's HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES OTHER
THAN CHESS had TOBI SHNOGI but this is considerably different.
Martin gave me a catalog from { Howard S. Mott, Inc., Sheffield, Mass. 01257 (#190)
Listed is [Game]. THE TRAVELLER'S TOUR THROUGH THE UNITED STATES
A pleasing and [crossed out] Instructive Pastime performed with
a Teetotum and Travellers. 12 mo, orig. marbled wrappers; orig.
colored linen-backed map; orig. slip box (little defective). Phila-
elphia: Thomas T. Ash [ca. 1830]. $45.00. All the principal
cities are visited and described. Michigan Territory, Lake
Michigan and Detroit are all significant parts of the game.
There is no teetotum but all else is present.
I'll send the page to Herb Siegel.
[arrows drawn up and down] [started on 7/23]
Martin suggested to Peer that Parker is undoubtedly looking for
a successor to SOMA.
