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December 1976 - Friday 24
<br>359th day - 7 days to come
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Thinking of <u>SOLAR SYSTEM</u>. Each player plays a card from
his hand and then they all decide how they will be used
for moving the shapeship. A card can be used to move one
space for each unit in the number, or for changing direction
60° for each unit. The player of the highest card has final say.
<br>Thinking of <u>CRISIS</u>. The 4 players have numbers from 2 to
5. When they move they move that many "intersections." Each
intersection is marked with a circle divided into four
spaces. [drawing of a circle divided with diagonal lines into 4 quadrants] A player landing at an intersection puts a dot
of his color, and then colors the whole segment when he leaves.
Previously colored segments are added to the player's number to
determine the move, casting out 55 with 6 or more. Probably
<u>RESCUE</u> would be a better name.
<br>Rcd. X'Mas card from <u>Stan Chess</u>. No message.
<br>Rcd. <u>SIGNAL</u> no. 111. Reviews of <u>FORTRESS RHODESIA</u>, <u>SALAMANCA</u>,
<u>FIGHT FOR TOBRUCK</u> (Wellington Wargames), <u>OUTREACH</u> (SPI).
<br>Gave copies of <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u> to Laurie and to Susan <u>Horn</u>. Susan
played <u>BURIED TREASURE</u>, with some help from me. (scored 168.)


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Say that most of the insides were missing. Told her that
I'd do something on my own.
<br>Call from <u>Fabio</u>, in answer to mine of 12/22. Told him about
my idea on the illustrative game of <u>GANG-ABOOT</u>, and I was right.
Asked him to give me the suit scoring values: [Spade]-1, [Heart]-2, [Club]-3,
[Diamond]-4. Asked if it was O.K. when I wrote to <u>David Parlett</u> to say
that I had seen <u>CARDS WITHOUT CARDS</u>. Why not?
<br>Told him about my idea for a book <u>BEYOND PINBALL</u>. He felt that
people might feel cheated if it was just rehashes of <u>PINBALL</u>
in <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u>. I agreed, these would have to be completely
different - and to each other. We'll talk about it.
<br>Told him of a new idea for 2-hand <u>SEARCH</u>.
<br>At supermarket bought box of 25-7"x8" ziploc bags - 69¢.
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[Started 12/28]