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'''16 SATURDAY - DECEMBER 1972'''  <br>
351ST DAY - 15 DAYS TO COME
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Rcd. ''<u>THE GAMESLETTER</u>'' #46. Mentions that the game  <br>
<u>GALACTIC FLEET</u> is still under development. More  <br>
<u>CHESS</u> game from the big match.  <br>
Rcd. a card from <u>Warren Buell</u> with a note mentioning,  <br>
among other things, <u>G & P</u>.


Made another board for <u>THE BRAIN GAME</u>. Put contact on the  <br>
back of the cards.
Visit from George & Dorothy <u>Bredehorn</u>.  <br>
We played around with his <u>DOODLE BUILDER</u>. There is a  <br>
"doodle gun" with a magnet mounted somewhat as shown.
[Diagram of a polyhedral shape with an item on the left end saying "magnet".]
When the trigger is pulled the magnet is  <br>
pulled up inside so that anything that is  <br>
being carried is knocked off.  <br>
There are a number of different shaped  <br>
"building blocks", some with steel insert,  other without. A  <br>
piece without an insert can only be handled by using one  <br>
of 4 "tools" provided.  <br>
There is a "base" on which structures are built and  <br>
2 sets of cards - one easy and one difficult - with structures  <br>
to be built. No piece can be touched by hand.  <br>
A 3-minute timer is set after the player has assembled  <br>
all of the pieces for the structure he draws and he  <br>
thinks about it for a reasonable time.  <br>
A player gets 10 points for completing the structure.  <br>
He loses 3 points from the 10 for each piece not in place.  <br>
If not completed the next player uses the same card.  <br>
I looked at his <u>RISK - IT</u> but we didn't get around to  <br>
playing. There are a series of cards with dashes and  <br>
[Diagram: ___□x, _x□□__, □_x□__]
squares in different  <br>
arrangements. There are also sets of single letter tiles  <br>
and 2 - letter combinations. Each player gets a betting disc,  <br>
with numbers from 0 to 20 (I believe).  <br>
One of the "layout" cards is turned up and the spaces  <br>
are randomly filled with single letters or 2-letter combinations, placed face  <br>
down <s>Players then decide who they believe they can make a</s>  <br>
The spaces marked with an "x"  <br>
are then filled with face up letters (or I guess  <br>
in some cases letter combinations). Players decide whether  <br>
they think they will be able to form a word once the  <br>
face down tiles are faced and bet anywhere from 0  <br>
to 20 points that they can. The player who bets the most  <br>
has the first chance to form a word (so that if only one  <br>
word is possible he will win. The same word cannot be used  <br>
again.)  <br>
Players start with 100 points and most points after a  <br>
set number of rounds is the winner. (Fairly complete idea.)  <br>
<u>RED LETTER</u> came up and BB and George wanted to play. Would  <br>
(cont. on 12/15)