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Title
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1971_Sackson_181_June 10.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
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.
