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Title
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1973_Sackson_232_July 31.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1973
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 2, Object 1, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1973
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
31 Tuesday - July 1973
212 day - 153 days to come
Rcd. [received] another letter from Kees Vanes (see 7/21 and 7/23) with
another children's puzzle - BIRD, FISH AND FLOWERS.
Rcd. [received] THE GAMESLETTER #59. Mentions DESERT FOX, APBA INNINGS
(Magazine), LIFELINE (Magazine), SIMULATION GAMING NEWS,
[illegible strikeout] DUNKIRK, ALBION, THE GENERAL,
BELLICUS 10 (Mag.), BLACK HOLE DIPLOMACY, HOOSIER ARCHIVES (Mag. [magazine]).
Rcd. TOYS (July). Has ad for JAMES BOND 007 TAROT GAME,
THE WATERGATE SCANDAL GAME in "New."
Thought of a NIM type game for the p&p series. Phil's
name - END OF THE LINE is a perfect name. Layed out a
sheet with three fields of different sizes.
Remembered a GAME I had been fooling with a week or
so ago. 4 dice are thrown and the object is to write the
4 numbers in any position and with any operational
or other symbols between. Object to get results 1, 2, 3,
etc. Note: dice can be placed next to each other to
form a number, such as [drawing of two dice showing 2 and 1] for 21, but a single die
can't be put to represent a tens position, such as [drawing of a die showing 2 with a blank space next to it].
It can also be played with more than 4 dice.
Playing around with the PUZZLE idea I had yesterday. Made two
layouts, both of which don't have any duplicate pcs. [pieces]
[drawing of two 5 by 5 grids with some of the squares of each blank and some with Xs in the square]
The X's represent projections on one
level and the blanks are projections on
the other level.
I limited the pieces to 10 because
of the talk with Phil Orbanes (noted
later.)
Thinking of other ways to present SPACE STATIONS, or rather
the 3-high game Phil requested. Philes as shown should do it, [drawing of a circle with a square inside, with a triangle inside of the square] especially if a red and blue pencil are
provided. Decided to make the field 3x4x3 high
and score 1 point for each line of 3 and 2 points
for each line of 4. The basic game will not allow diagonals
in a vertical direction, but optional rules will. It is possible
for the 2nd player to play symmetrically, ensuring a draw.
A tie could be considered a loss for the 2nd player, as in FOCUS.
Another possible rule. Have the first player take one space.
Then in turn each take two spaces until the first player gets
the last space.
Call from Phil Orbanes. He'd like me to have my games ready
to show to Carl this Friday and will send Nick to pick them up
if I wish. He'll check tomorrow if he can set up the date with
Carl and call me tomorrow.
I asked about the timing on the PUZZLEs for Hoi Polloi. The
sooner the better since Bob & Manny will be knocking off things
if they don't get things from us. Carl would like to have us
(cont. on 7/22)
