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Title
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1971_Sackson_287_September 24.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 24 SEPTEMBER 1971
267th day - 98 days to come
Rcd. 12 answers to SLEUTH problem. One said he was a game
collector with over 200 games. Another was a math teacher
who will use SLEUTH for teaching deductive logic.
(cont. from 11/5) [11/5]
Told Claude that Earl offered to come next week to help
me test games, for my columns. Claude would like to come,
if Earl can make it on Thursday.
At F.A.O. Schwartz looked at AD-LIB & PLAY ON WORDS. The
former is played like SCRABBLE except that instead of
tiles with point values on them the letters are actually
plastic letter shapes and the values are printed in the
spaces on the board. Letters put on double or triple
spaces affect the entire word but have no point value
of their own. In drawing letters to plan with, they are
shaken from a special box. Don't remember anything special
about the latter.
Looked at LOGUS SR. (Ideal - see 1971 catalog). Each player has a
[diagram of 4X5 grid with letters in most of the boxes
DEAET
IN-BH
GOURM
C-LSO]
board with 18 sliding letter and 2 empty
spaces, as shown. There is a pack of cards,
each one calling for a word category
and specifying a row in which it must be formed,
also a point value. The first player to
form a proper word wins the card. (Fairly
complete idea.)
To Riis Brothers. Nothing I don't know.
Earl Perel called. He'll come here next Thursday.
He is still working on a loan from the Small Business Adm.
The one to whom I sent the letter seemed impressed. The next
step is for a volunteer retired businessman to visit Earl.
Earl is afraid that he will only be familiar with retail
of small manufacture businesses.
Earl played Claude's MANIPULATION the two times they got
together this week. He wondered if he bothered Claude by of-
fering a lot of suggestions for changes, more in the matter
of presentation than in the rules. I said that Claude wel-
comed the suggestions but it would be better to
give them all together, after the game is finished (Claude
had mentioned it to me.)
Al and Adela Richter her in the evening. A number of his
craft ideas are being considered, by the Girl Scouts among
others, but nothing is being done with his games or puzzles.
Al and I played ORION (earlier in day I read over the rule
booklet.) We played the "Hydra" and "Orion" variations
(cont. on 9/25)
