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9 SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972
<br>ROSH HASHANA - JEWISH NEW YEAR - 253RD DAY - 113 DAYS TO COME


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Rcd. [received] a letter from <u>Frank Armbruster</u>. Asked if anything
like <u>AUTOBRIDGE</u> had ever been done for <u>CHESS</u>. He still
doesn't have an answer from the V.P. about Santa Clara taking
over my collection. Sent a pamphlet listing courses,
including his on games.
Thought up a game I <s>call</s> later called <u>POST-HASTE</u>.
The board is as shown. [drawing of a board. There is empty space in the inside of the board that is in the shape of a U, the board is made of rectangles in a line around the edge of the U. The rectangles are in colors green, yellow, red, and blue. The colors are not in a particular pattern] Moves are moved in
accordance with the number of pcs. [pieces] on that
color at the time of the move.
Played with BB, Barbara, Dave, and Susy <u>Horn</u>.
I sat out one game and Barbara the second.
Rules:- A black barrier is set between any two
boxes, the arrow setting the direction of play. When
four play each player has 3 pcs. of a color matching one of
the colors on the board. They are placed in the first 3 spaces
leading from the arrow barrier. Choose for first in any convenient
manner. A player in his turn moves any of his pieces. The length
of move is determined by the number of pcs., friendly or
enemy, that are on boxes of that color the time of the move. If
no pcs. are on boxes of that color the player moves each of his
pcs. the number of boxes equal to the number of pcs. he has in
the race at that time. When a pc. goes over the barrier
its position still counts in determining a move. First to get
his pcs. over the barrier wins.
When 2 play each plays two colors of 3 pcs. each. On a turn
can choose the one he wishes to play. When 3 play each has
4 pcs.
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I asked about <u>THE GAME</u> and <u>POLYOPTOMY</u>. He said the games were
really nothing, but he'll send me the rules and description of
the equipment. (The company still hasn't paid for their ad.)
He can usually get as many copies of a new game as he wants.
He offered to send me the ones I want. I suggested
sending me the rules, etc. first and then I would request
certain that I need the equipment of. I also suggested taking
the postage out of my column payments. He agreed, since
airmail gets very expensive.
I showed him <u>Anthony Dicken</u>'s <u>''A GUIDE TO FAIRY CHESS''</u> and
gave him Anthony's address. At present, tho, he doesn't think
he'll go in for <u>CHESS</u> variants.
<u>Graeme</u> has two <u>GAME</u>s coming out with a company, big other-
wise, but just going into games. It must remain secret now.
The "Reader's Games" section in <u>''G & P''</u> is being discontinued. They
get hundreds of entries, but little of value, and even
there they have to do a lot of work on the games.
I mentioned that the description of <u>SPROUTS</u> had been too
(cont. on 7/30)