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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.

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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.