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14 MONDAY - JANUARY 1974
14TH DAY - 351 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. [ received] letter from Bill Rawlings NOST. Mentions CONVERSION CHESS, WATERGATE (CHESS), CASSANDRA CHESS, SCOTTISH GRID, HETERO-COALESCENCE, SHATRANJ, DYNAMO, DOUBLEMOVE CHESS, U-CHESS, KNIGHT-RELAY CHESS. He'd like that info from GAMES WITH PENCIL AND PAPER.

BB typed a new sheet with TAKE-A-WORD rules and I got a copy on 4th Ave.

To Felicia, Alan Newman joined us. Looked at the following games of his:
RIGHT ANGLES. There are 20 pcs. [pieces] as shown in the diagram. As a puzzle the idea is to fit the pcs. [pieces] together to form a square. There are many ways this can be done. The diagram shows a symmetrical solution.

[drawing of RIGHT ANGLES puzzle]

As a game the pcs. [pieces] are divided between the two players. One takes the pcs. [pieces] with more red triangles, the other with more yellow triangles - where there are an odd number of triangles, each also takes one each of these [triangle drawings] pcs. [pieces] Players play one pcs pc. [piece] at a time in a growing configuration. Players try to keep as many triangles of their own together as possible and at the same time separate the opponents. When all pcs. [pieces] have been placed, each group scores the square of the number of triangles in the group.
Felicia felt that this looked familiar. I remembered that it had a similar appearance to a series put out by Mattel several years ago, but the play is not like similar at all.
NFL FRANCHISE OWNER (National Fruitball League---). Players get cards representing football players. They have salaries on them, and also strength numbers, and all are different colors. Up to six can play and six different teams are given. If less that six are playing the unused teams play in an automatic manner.
The games are played in a definite order around the board. When a game is played each team has a strength based on the number total of the strength numbers. Also the player adds 1 point for each card same color as his franchise color. Also if two or more cards are same color they add to the strength. Finally each player has a set of "extra effort cards." He chooses one for each game and that number is added to the strength. Any "extra effort cards" not used are worth money at the end of the season, so in effect their use represents a bonus to the players.
Each game has a set "box office" which is shared by the two teams. Also if a player has a "Super Star" (a player with a salary of $75,000 or more) the "box office" is increased for each one in the game.
Record of wins and ties is kept to get the winner for the season. Then [illegible strikeout] half the unused cards are put up for a draft before the 2nd season, and the rest before the 3rd season. Special
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