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MARCH 1974 - SATURDAY 2
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY - 61ST DAY - 304 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a package from Springbok with 1 copy each of PENTOMINOES,
SWEEP, MOEBIES, RIGHT CONNECTIONS, FITTING & PROPER, and CUBITS.
Wrote to Tom Atwater. Mentioned TRANSFORMATION and HIT THE JACKPOT.

Played THE BRAIN GAMEwith the Laurence's. Before all personal
were optioned a "free trade" came up and BB and I formed an
alliance in effect (which was not too clever on my part).
Annette and Phil then joined forces. BB won and then they all
said that I had to get rid of "free trading." Later BB
said to me that she enjoyed the game.
Played CABBIE but stopped because it was a bore.

(cont. from 3/1) [3/1]

NEXT. the board is shown. See 6/28/68 for [drawing of board oval shaped with 9 segments]
the rules, played on a somewhat different
board.
FOXY. This is basically solitaire with a "gimmick."
[drawing of 3x3 grid board; columns "x" "y" "z"; rows "Red" "White" "Blue]
There is a bag with 10 each of
red, white, and blue chips. Another 10 of each
color are kept in a box. The player chooses
one of the "strategies" x, y, or z by placing
a marker on the letter. Then he draws a chip at
random from the bag. This tells him whether
he or the machine have one points and how
many. If the machine loses, the chip is placed in the box. If
the machine wins, the chip is returned to the box bag together
with another one of that color from the box. The player can
change his strategy as often as he wishes. When the machine
reaches 100 or more points the game is over. The player wins
if he has more points.
Claude also showed Wexler 5-6-7. This is TIC-TAC-TOE using
pcs. with different numbers. One player chooses 5, 6, or 7 as
a "target number."
Wexler liked the idea of a series of short "Coffee Break Games"
but wants about a half dozen. Claude invited any of us to submit
our own. Incidentally Wexler found FOXY amusing but didn't think
he could do anything with it.
Wald only has one thing left with Ned Strongin - BALANCE OF POWER
which is now called BALANCE BOARD. It was originally sold to
Hasbro, with $7,500 advance, for publication in 1973. Strongin gave
them a year extension but took it back when not published in '74.
Wald prefers to work with Wexler. He thinks that he is much
more imaginative and his art staff does better work. What he
did with AFRICAN CHESS was particularly attractive. At present
he has the following things of Wald's:- AFRICAN CHESS, DRAGON,
LOTUS, THREE, POUNCE (a multiple solitaire but played with tiles in-
stead of cards) and he has 5 others under way for Wexler's con-
(cont. on 3/31)

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