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be captured by the opponent, and so on. A flat pc. black<br>
be captured by the opponent, and so on. A flat pc. black<br>
on one side and white on the other could be used. [Tried later & not so good]<br>
on one side and white on the other could be used. [Tried later & not so good]<br>
    A correspondant of his suggested using a pc. that<br>
A correspondant of his suggested using a pc. that<br>
could push others over the edge of the board. I<br>
could push others over the edge of the board. I<br>
mentioned my <u>TRACTION CHESS</u>.<br>
mentioned my <u>TRACTION CHESS</u>.<br>
He also is thinking of a <u>game</u> with rolling cubes.<br>
Each face has a different color. Cubes move orthgonally<br>
and turn with each space. Pcs. capture by<br>
replacement. However the starting <s>po</s> color of the moving<br>
pc. determines the colors it may capture. This is listed,<br>
say, on the board and a possible arrangement<br>
might be as follows - <br>
_____takes<br>
Y --------------->GBV<br>
G---------------->BVR<br>
B---------------->VRO<br>
V---------------->ROY<br>
R---------------->OYG<br>
O---------------->YGB<br>
(my idea)<br>
With Phil, Annette & BB played <u>Q.E.D.</u> (No one like the <br>
name I thought of 12/30/64). Worked well but think it<br>
would be better to use 4 piles of 5 cards each. After<br>
one pile is exhausted subsequent cards advance one<br>
box. As soon as a second pile is exhausted, the game<br>
is ended.<br>
Phil & I played <u>L.O.A.</u> He won.
Damon Carron (See 12/31/64) called. Will come here<br>
next Wednesday.