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stocking boxes. Among the games that were made up especially for <br> | stocking boxes. Among the games that were made up especially for <br> | ||
this project: <u>THE THREE LAYER JIGSAW PUZZLE</u>, <u>WORD BASEBALL</u>, <br> | this project: <u>THE THREE LAYER JIGSAW PUZZLE</u>, <u>WORD BASEBALL</u>, <br> | ||
<u>RACE TO THE TREASURE</u>. (Filed in '74 Misc.) | <u>RACE TO THE TREASURE</u>. (Filed in '74 Misc.) | ||
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(cont. from 5/8) [5/8] | |||
till he needs it. <br> | |||
Martin showed me <u>John Horton Conway</u>'s game of <u>FOOTBALL</u>. It is <br> | |||
played on a <u>GO</u> board. A black pc. - the football - is placed on <br> | |||
the center intersection. Players in turn place a white piece on <br> | |||
any intersection they wish. Instead of placing a white piece, <br> | |||
a player on his turn may move the football by jumping it over a <br> | |||
single piece or a line of pieces in a row, orthogonally or diagonally <br> | |||
(so the intersections of the <u>GO</u> board are not the best place to play). <br> | |||
If another jump is available it can be made, but doesn't have to <br> | |||
be. Pieces jumped are removed. I asked if they are removed <br> | |||
immediately, or at the end of the player's turn and Martin didn't <br> | |||
have this info. A player wins by reaching the edge of the <br> | |||
board across from him, or by jumping the football off the board <br> | |||
on that edge. (We played and Martin conceded when I almost <br> | |||
reached his goal line.) [Conway wants it kept secret.] <br> | |||
Martin had a pile of his kids games that he was giving to the <br> | |||
Salvation Army and asked me to take what I wanted. Took the <br> | |||
following: <u>EXPLORING</u> (which I threw away except for the 3 <br> | |||
piece board which I may be able to cover for something of my <br> | |||
own - the rules were missing); <u>CUBIC</u> (German 4 x 4 x 4 field - no <br> | |||
rules); <u>BEAT THE MARKET</u> (a duplicate for me); <u>ACQUIRE</u> (with some help from <br> | |||
the remnants of the Xerox exhibit have a good spare); <u>BANDA</u> (<u>Alex Randolph</u>'s) <br> | |||
Other "Ravensburg" games advertised include <u>LINGUA</u>, <u>DAS BORSENSPIEL</u>, <br> | |||
<u>COLOMINO</u>, <u>FORMA</u>, <u>JOCKEY</u>, <u>ISOLA</u>, <u>3 x 16</u>, <u>BON VOYAGE</u>, <u>QUADRATA</u>, <br> | |||
<u>SCHASKA</u>; <u>VENTURE</u>; <u>THREE DIMENSIONAL MILL</u> (German. 3 red <br> | |||
and 1 green pc. is missing). <br> | |||
Martin had two other games put away especially for me. <u>COGITO</u> (took <br> | |||
the rules from the M.G. folder). <u>PEARL GAME</u> (with a letter from the <br> | |||
inventor - in Sweden). | |||