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SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 1971 283rd day - 82 days to come
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With BB [Bernice Sackson] visited Michael Dummett.
He didn't have any of the reproductions that I had asked
for last time he visited me. He said he would start pre-
paring them and sending them to me, starting with
the article on MINCHIATE.
In his library saw a book JEUX D'INTERIEUR - presentes par
[diagram showing 11 white and 10 shaded rectangles]
C. Chicandarad, S. Cantineau, and G. Prichard
(Gautier-Lauguareau-Paris-1968). It had a
game LES DEUX MAISONS which is new to me.
A 52 card deck is used and and any 18
cards from a 2nd deck. These 18 cards
are placed face down as shown in the
diagram by hatched lines.
 The full deck is divided into red and
black cards, which are given to the 2 players.
11 are counted off from each pack and the
22 cards are shuffled together. Then they are
dealt out, face up, as shown in the illus-
tration by unlined rectangles. Each player
tries to bring the card of his color that
are placed on the other side of the face-
down area back to his side first.
 In a turn a player picks one of his cards and moves
it to adjacent (diagonally) cards and can continue, card by
card, until he reaches the beginning of the face down cards.
He leaves the card from his pack.
 When a card reaches his home field it comes to rest
on one of his color already there.
 In moving from card to card a player may not step
on cards of the opponent's color two times in a row.
(What happens if a card is isolated in the initial deal so that
it must cross two enemy cards?)
 The first player to move all his cards into his home field wins.
 (Cnot sure of all the details.)
Gave Michael a copy of the SET promotional game,
 NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO, (He gave it to his children.)
Michael showed me DIMENSION WARFARE CHESS (from Soochow China).
 It seemed to be an elaborate wargame, an extension of
 CHESS with pcs. [pieces] - land, sea, and air - of modern warfare.
 Michael was willing to give it to me, but thinks he might be
 able to get a friend to translate the Chinese rules. So he kept
 it.
He had a game KARGO (CARD-GOLF) (Copyright 1931 by
 Gaymes Ltd.). It seemed a rather interesting game of its
 type. Michael borrowed it from someone, but will get me a
 copy of the rules and a description of the cards before
 returning it.
He also had the book THE GAME KHANHOO by William Henry
(cont.on 10/8)

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SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 1971 283rd day - 82 days to come

With BB [Bernice Sackson] visited Michael Dummett. He didn't have any of the reproductions that I had asked for last time he visited me. He said he would start pre- paring them and sending them to me, starting with the article on MINCHIATE. In his library saw a book JEUX D'INTERIEUR - presentes par [diagram showing 11 white and 10 shaded rectangles] C. Chicandarad, S. Cantineau, and G. Prichard (Gautier-Lauguareau-Paris-1968). It had a game LES DEUX MAISONS which is new to me. A 52 card deck is used and and any 18 cards from a 2nd deck. These 18 cards are placed face down as shown in the diagram by hatched lines.

   The full deck is divided into red and

black cards, which are given to the 2 players. 11 are counted off from each pack and the 22 cards are shuffled together. Then they are dealt out, face up, as shown in the illus- tration by unlined rectangles. Each player tries to bring the card of his color that are placed on the other side of the face- down area back to his side first.

 In a turn a player picks one of his cards and moves

it to adjacent (diagonally) cards and can continue, card by card, until he reaches the beginning of the face down cards. He leaves the card from his pack.

 When a card reaches his home field it comes to rest

on one of his color already there.

 In moving from card to card a player may not step

on cards of the opponent's color two times in a row. (What happens if a card is isolated in the initial deal so that it must cross two enemy cards?)

 The first player to move all his cards into his home field wins.
 (Cnot sure of all the details.)

Gave Michael a copy of the SET promotional game,

 NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO, (He gave it to his children.)

Michael showed me DIMENSION WARFARE CHESS (from Soochow China).

 It seemed to be an elaborate wargame, an extension of
 CHESS with pcs. [pieces] - land, sea, and air - of modern warfare.
    Michael was willing to give it to me, but thinks he might be
 able to get a friend to translate the Chinese rules. So he kept
 it.

 Gaymes Ltd.). It seemed a rather interesting game of its
 type.  Michael borrowed it from someone, but will get me a
 copy of the rules and a description of the cards before
 returning it.

He also had the book THE GAME KHANHOO by William Henry (cont.on 10/8)

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