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1 SUNDAY - OCTOBER 1972
<br>EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 275TH DAY - 91 DAYS TO COME


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The name <u>Jim Bynum</u> I saw at <u>Martin</u>'s yesterday
sounded familiar to me. Checked, and had sent me
a game <u>THE NINE CHECKER GAME</u>.
BB got 15 more copies of <u>NO WAY</u> at Boston Road ^yesterday, this
time with the numbers written in. I played with it and
decided to allow a circle to be visited twice and have only
5 forbidden pairs. This way I am pretty sure that any setup
can be solved. The less revisited circles the better the solution.
Marylin's Eliot solved one, but couldn't do a second.
<u>Marylin</u> picked up a book <u>''ELECTRONIC GAMES''</u> at a library sale.
(It cost her 10¢.)
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<u>Martin</u> said that any cube from <u>MacMahon</u>'s set could
by [be] replicated by using the proper 8 others, and also interior <s>side</s> face
joints match. By calling for the matching, Martin said, the
problem becomes much easier.
<u>T.H. O'Beirne</u> had a column in <u>''THE NEW SCIENTIST''</u> in 1961 and 1962.
The best of it went into his book, <u>''PUZZLES AND PARADOXES''</u>. Martin
suggested him as a possible <u>''G & P''</u> columnist.
<u>Conway</u> spent hours trying to prove <u>NINE OF SWORDS</u> unique.
Conway sent Martin a cube <u>PUZZLE</u> which is very tricky. <br>
It can't be solved unless the small pcs. [pieces] are placed first -
being propped up. Martin suggested Tom Atwater trying to
sell it. The pcs., which are to be formed into a 5 x 5 x 5 cube
are as follows:- 13 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 1 of 1 x 2 x 2, 1 of 2 x 2 x 2.
O'Beirne sent him two <u>PUZZLE</u>S based on the same principle-
3 of 1 x 1 x 3, 2 of 1 x 2 x 4, 3 of 2 x 2 x 3, and 4 of 1 x 4 x 4.
1 of 1 x 1 x 1, 1 of 1 x 1 x 3, 3 of 1 x 2 x 2, 7 of 2 x 2 x 3, 1 of 1 x 3 x 3, and
1 of 1 x 4 x 4.
Returned the 3 letters borrowed on 9/7, with <u>MEANDER</u>, <u>FEZ</u>, etc. <br>
Borrowed a letter from <u>Colin Vout</u>, Secretary of the Puzzles
and Games Ring, Cambridge University Achimideans. [University of Cambridge Archimedeans] Contained
games - <u>DODGEM</u>, <u>SERPENT</u>, and an unnamed <u>GAME</u>.
Somewhere saw the game <u>SIM</u> (see 7/5/69) but it had the name Arch
Napier connected with it.
Took a copy of a form letter Martin has for answering certain letters.
Martin was approached by <u>''WORLD''</u> Magazine for a new type of liter-
ary <u>PUZZLE</u>. He came up with a few. One they seemed to like
was taking a known stanza of a poem and arranging the
words into a new poem; also taking the letters of the poet's
name and forming a new name. He paid a correspondent in
England to come up with some samples. But now he hasn't heard
from the magazine.
On the way to and from Martin's we discussed my column
in <u>''G & P''</u>; some criticisms; particularly that "readers"
games should be able to be played with very little effort
by the reader; my opinion of <u>SPECULATE</u> (he agrees that
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