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6 SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 1972
SEXAGESIMA - 37TH DAY - 329 DAYS TO COME

Working on a new layout for AIR BATTLE, leaving
out the factories, and making a little larger
spaces.
Thinking of a pencil and paper GOLF game. A player
chooses 1, 2, or 3 dice depending on the length he
wants to "drive". On the green, the spaces closest to
the "hole" allow throwing three dice and taking 1 number.
Further spaces allow choice of 2 dice. And ends of
"green" allow only 1 die.

Rcd. a telephone call from
{Stanley F. Cohen
{1850 Commonwealth Ave.
{Brighton, Mass. 02135
He is a reader of AGOG. (Also bought 6 remainder
copies for friends - $1.98 each.)
He is interested in LASCA. Told him about Kraitchik's
MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS, but he knows if, In fact he also
has a French version. In the French version A column
when a column reaches the "king" row a piece of a different
color is substituted for the top piece. In the
English the piece is turned over. He wondered why and
I said probably French checkers are not made with
different sides, and he agreed that's probably it. There is a
difference in systems however. With a different color
you can see if any "officers" are in the column; otherwise
you have to remember.
He asked if I knew about a book A MANUAL OF LASCA (Rules of "LASCA"
the Great Military Game by Emanuel Lasker.) He knows that the
British Museum Reading Room has a copy (7911.K.12). He hasn't
been able to find a copy, either in the Library of Congress or
the White collection in Cleveland. Told him I'd try and copy it next
time I am in London. The book was published in 1911.
He also heard