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Title
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1971_Sackson_238_August 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
FRIDAY 6 AUGUST 1971
Transfiguration
218th day - 147 days to come
Rcd. a glossy picture of BUGS 'N LOOOPS, together with a note.
Rcd. a report on AGOG. I am now $182.43 behind. It would have
been worse but there were $120.78 in book club sales.
Sent the letter to Fabio I promised yesterday.
With BB yo visit Al & Adela Richter.
He had rcd. a Summer Catalog from Brentano's. One of the
things they included was NINE OF SWORDS.
He had a copy of TIC TAC THREE which he rcd. in
answer to the PLAYTHINGS card. (I rcd. an invoice
on 7/15 but haven't rcd. the package.) It is played
by 2 on a board as shown.
[Diagram of a 3 x 3 square grid. Each square is populated with 3 symbols - a triangle, a square, and a circle.]
Each player has pcs. in his color in each of the 3 shapes. Place pcs.
in turn until all spaces (or possibly one is not
used) are filled. Score one for each line of three
in the same shape. Also for three in the same square. This
is identical with a 3-D board, without the vertical diagonals. These
could possibly be added.
He had two puzzles. One he called SIX BEADS. There
are 4 rings as shown. Each has ten (I believe)
lines marked with from 0 to 3 "beads" on each. Object
is to place them on a spindle so that there are 6
beads in each vertical line.
[Diagram of a round object that has what appear to be beads in vertical columns around the outer side.]
The other was similar to the one on 5/27 but it was
finished with a fancier design, one that went with its
name - HARLEQUIN.
These are probably the two puzzles Felicia mentioned sending
to Hallmark. (See 7/28). I mentioned this to Al and he
didn't know what she had done with them. Felicia never told
him about Hallmark.
He had a bunch of tetrahedrons made up with each of the
four points painted a different color. He is playing around
with making his GAME (see 4/17) into a 4-hand game. He
is using a checkerboard instead of a GO board.
In the 2-hand version we played on 4/17, he is thinking
of limiting captures to 3 in one turn, instead of as
many as a player can make. He thinks this will work out better.
For the 4-hand I suggested his using slices of square
tubing instead of the tetrahedrons, so as not to scare a
manufacturer with the expense.
He had an extra MB 1971 Catalog which he gave me.
He had a book DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT DECISION GAMES which
he loaned me. It is an 8 1/2" x 11" soft cover book which can be
reproduced for a little over $5.00.
We played FRANTIC SPELLBINDER and it worked so well that I
decided to eliminate my old rules and use only this as
SPELLBINDER. We ran out of length cards while Al & Adela still
had letter cards. Put back a 5 and a 4 but not sure if I'll actually add
them/ Adela beat me out at the very end.
