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SUNDAY 11 JULY 1971
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
192nd day - 173 days to come

While looking thru the 1961 event diary came across an
entry that I played CLAIM-A-WORD and CHANGE GOALS
with Dana. At first couldn't locate them. Then discovered
that they were two games in the CHOICE set of games.

Playing around with THE WORM TURNS and discovered another
solution - making it 4. Additionally, these solutions have variations
by switching certain of the pcs.
Also came up with a solution using a better distribution of
pcs. (see 7/9) : - A= 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8: B= 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

(cont. from 7/16) [7/23]

One of the mathematicians is working on TIC-TAC-TOE on
various size fields. The 3 x [infinity] is trivial; first player
has an immediate win. The 4 x [infinity] has been worked out by
computer and first can force a win in a 4 x 28 (or close
to that, Martin not being sure). 4 in a row is req'd. The
5 x [infinity], with 5 in a row req'd, has not been determined yet.
If it works out that first player can force a win, then it would
apply to GO-MOKU, but not necessarily on the limited board.
Peer Clahsen, of Zurich, Switzerland came over with a girl who
drove him. He is a designer who has sold a number of clever
toy items to Creative Playthings. He did the game Martin has a set