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Played <u>LOTTERY</u> with BB & <u>Dale</u>. We all liked it and were  <br>
Played <u>LOTTERY</u> with BB & <u>Dale</u>. We all liked it and were  <br>
disappointed that we didn't have time to finish it.  <br>
disappointed that we didn't have time to finish it.  <br>
We decided that the prices went up too quickly at the  <br>
higher end. Started working out a schedule in which  <br>
a new office increases the price by 80% instead of  <br>
100%. Also determined on a 45% increase in the starting  <br>
rate from color to color. When rounded to the nearest $100,  <br>
this amounts to the same starting values I had, but changes  <br>
[illegible crossed out] occurred with greater numbers of offices.
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(cont. from 8/28)  [8/28]
Play starts with four pcs. on the board as shown. Each  <br>
player has two more pcs. which are placed on the  <br>
[illegible crossed out] movement. If the player has two completely  <br>
separated groups (not even touching diagonally) and is  <br>
able to move a pc. of one group so that it touches  <br>
a pc. of the other group orthogonally a new pc. is generated  <br>
which must be placed in one of the spaces either orthogonally  <br>
or diagonally next to the stationery part of the  <br>
generating pcs. (Al originally allowed it next to either  <br>
(cont. on 8/26)