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TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER Election Day All Souls' Day 1965 306th day - 59 days to come

Rcd. a FOCUS order.

To Brentano's. Saw WEB. For board & starting position see "1965 Ad Clips". Object of white is to get all pcs. into the inside ring of spaces (not the large space in the center). Object of black (actually green) is to stop at least one white pc. for two hours (what can keep black from stalling?). White has first move. Moves are one space orthogonally in any direction. Black may never have more than 4 pcs. in the inside (goal ring) & after white has brought 8 pcs. into the ring black must, in succeeding turns move all pcs. out of the ring. If black is blocking any pcs. black must move out of the way in his turn. On the game is the question - is it a game-or a puzzle? A good question. [Published by Circular Checkers, Inc.]

Saw SQUANDER (A-H). A game of losing all your money in stock market, horse racing, roulette, etc. Only choice seems to be in how much money to gamble at a time.

Saw BLITZKRIEG (A-H). A large war game with air, sea & land forces. Seems to be the ultimate A-H game.

[crossed out, illegible] To F.A.O. Schwartz. Saw ROLAIRE (Ayers-Plummer-England). A flat board is mounted so it can be tilted. Under plaster are 12 marbles - 5 red, 4 yellow, 3 blue - which roll thru indentation and gather at the end, 3 rolling into a special slot which determines the winning combination. There is a betting layout which gives the combination - from 1 of each color to 3 blue - and the odds for each. Each betting layout has twelve small compartments along the edges, with 12 letters, each belonging to a player (or as many as are playing.), players identify their bets by placing their chip in the space corresponding to them. It was attractive but too expensive ($12) for a mere betting game.

Saw GLOBAL CHESS & CHECKERS. Regular chess & checkers played on a board with a layout as shown. All diagonal spirals are indicated by lines of different colors. 1 player sets up on the old outer rings, the other on the inner. The exact same thing can be achieved by playing on a regular checkerboard and considering the right and left sides as continuous from one to the other. (Put out by original.)

[diagram drawn to left of previous paragraph; diagonal spiral on round board with pieces laid out as spokes.]

(contin. on 11/1)

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English TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Election Day
All Souls' Day 1965 306th day - 59 days to come


Rcd. a FOCUS order.
To Brentano's. Saw WEB. For board & starting position
see "1965 Ad Clips". Object of white is to get all
pcs. into the inside ring of spaces (not the large space
in the center). Object of black (actually green) is
to stop at least one white pc. for two hours (what
can keep black from stalling?). White has first move.
Moves are one space orthogonally in any direction.
Black may never have more than 4 pcs. in the inside
(goal ring) & after white has brought 8 pcs. into the
ring black must, in succeeding turns move all pcs.
out of the ring. If black is blocking any pcs. black
must move out of the way in his turn.
On the game is the question - is it a game-or a puzzle?
A good question. [Published by Circular Checkers, Inc.]
Saw SQUANDER (A-H). A game of losing all your money
in stock market, horse racing, roulette, etc. Only choice
seems to be in how much money to gamble at a time.
Saw BLITZKRIEG (A-H). A large war game with air, sea
& land forces. Seems to be the ultimate A-H game.
[crossed out, illegible] To F.A.O. Schwartz. Saw ROLAIRE (Ayers-Plummer-England).
A flat board is mounted so it can be tilted. Under
plaster are 12 marbles - 5 red, 4 yellow, 3 blue - which
roll thru indentation and gather at the end, 3
rolling into a special slot which determines the
winning combination. There is a betting layout which
gives the combination - from 1 of each color to 3 blue -
and the odds for each. Each betting layout has twelve
small compartments along the edges, with 12 letters, each
belonging to a player (or as many as are playing.),
players identify their bets by placing their chip in the
space corresponding to them. It was attractive but too
expensive ($12) for a mere betting game.
Saw GLOBAL CHESS & CHECKERS. Regular chess & checkers played
on a board with a layout as shown. All diagonal spirals
are indicated by lines of different
colors. 1 player sets up on the
old outer rings, the other on
the inner. The exact same thing
can be achieved by playing on
a regular checkerboard and
considering the right and left
sides as continuous from one
to the other. (Put out by original.)
[diagram drawn to left of previous paragraph; diagonal spiral on round board with pieces laid out as spokes.]
(contin. on 11/1)