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<br>Alexander Hamilton Born 1757 - 11th Day - 354 Days to Come
<br>Alexander Hamilton Born 1757 - 11th Day - 354 Days to Come
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Letter from Lou Zocchi.
Letter from Lou Zocchi. He spoke to someone at Dynamic
Design about sending me games. He gave my address to
a friend in Iowa who published a word <u>GAME</u>. Mentioned
<u>BATTLE OF BRITAIN</u>.
 
Call from <u>Arthur</u>. He had a letter from secretary at HASBRO
asking him what kind of a statement concerning his game
(<u>THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD</u>) he wanted. We agreed
that when I got my letter I would send him a copy of my
answer concerning (<u>HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME</u>) so that he
would send them a similar reply.
 
To <u>Claude</u>'s with BB. Played the 3 games of <u>Wexler</u>'s.
<br><u>GAME</u>:- There is a board with 6 recessed areas as shown.
 
[drawing of a board with 6 rows divided into 10 spaces each]
 
There
are 2 sets of sliding pcs. [pieces], one for 2 players, the
other for 3 or 4 players. The set for 2 players
consists of 4 pcs. [pieces] each 5 spaces long. The 5 spaces
are colored 2 red, 2 blue, and 1 [illegible strikeout] white -
which is neutral. They are set up so that there
are different arrangements, and they are not
equal for the two players.
<br>Each player gets 2 pcs. [pieces] at random. Taking turns
they are placed in the recesses. [illegible strikeout] The 1st must be
in an interior one and then new ones are placed to either
side. They can be placed in any position in the recess, except
that a player may not place a piece so that two of his color
are lined up vertically or diagonally. A line up with an intervening
pc. [pieces] not lined up is also prohibited. After all 4 pieces
are down, players in turn move a pc. [piece] to another position in the
recess. A pc. [piece] that has just been [illegible strikeout] played cannot be moved.
First to get 3 of his color in a row vertically or diagonally wins.
When 3 or 4 play the pcs. [pieces] have 4 active colors and 1
white. The arrangements are different and again not fair.
When 4 play each gets one pc. [piece] which are placed in the
same way. When 3 play one pc. [piece] is placed <s>and</s> at random
and the other 3 are placed by the players. The unused
color is neutral.
<br>(The 4-hand game seems that it can't end except by an error.
This is probably true of the 3-hand. Claude and I played 2-
hand he has was able to force a win.
<br><u>PATH-A-LOGICAL</u> (which Anne objected to, but Claude never mentioned
<u>PATHS LOGICAL</u> to Wexler). There is a 5x5 field. Object is
to form a row of pieces connecting any two opposite edges.
Each player has 10 pieces of his color. In a turn a player
either places a pc. [piece] in a space or moves one already placed to
another space - any other <s>permissible</s> empty space or one with
1 pc. [piece] on it. A pc. [piece] can always be placed on top of another, to a
maximum pile.
<br>In order to win Wexler had the necessity of a connected orthogonal
path. Claude felt that diagonal connections would
<br>(cont. on 1/1)