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FRIDAY 17 JANUARY Benjamin Franklin - Born 1706 1964 17th day - 349 days to come

Rc'd 1 FOCUS order.

At Gimbel's saw BUILD OR BUST (Spear) - I ordered this from Hamleys.

N.Y.G.A. at Amberstone's:- Played CROOKED BRIDGE on a 10 x 10 board using Claude's taking rules (12/31/63). 10 x 10 seems a good size. Arthur & Wald showed their GAME IDEA. Played on 10 x 10 board using GO stones. Pieces are played in the spaces instead of on the points, but play is the same as GO with captures and all. The object, how- ever, is to get a chain across the board, one player from east to west and the other from north to south. Connections must be orthagonal. Arthur & Wald showed their revamping of THREE (8/9/63), played this time on the "Nova" board & much better this way. Players in turn place two of their tooth- picks on any spaces on the "Nova" board. The game should be started at the center of the board to keep it from reaching the edge. If the edge is reached a 3 cannot be formed using a edge dot for a vertix. Captures are made by placing a piece so that it makes a 180 [degree angle] with a pc. of the same player. Any one of the pcs. of the opponent is which is are at the vertix is taken off. Even tho a player always plays two toothpicks on a turn, only one capture can be made on a turn.

[diagram drawn by Sackson]

No toothpick can be played in an enclosed space. Each player has 9 toothpicks. When one is cap- tured it is returned to its owner. If a player plays all 9 toothpicks without a win, the other player con- tinues playing until he wins or until he also has played all without a win- which is a draw. Object is to make 3 - "threes". A "three" is three toothpicks of a player joining at a vertix. The 3-"threes" must be at separate vertices. I showed SKEDOODLE (1/14). Not too popular. Arthur & Wald showed LINES which is an improvement on ENCLOSURES (7/4/63). Use the "Nova" board and toothpicks of two colors. The first player places one pc. and after that the players alternate placing two pcs. at a turn. A pc. must be in a "line" starting from the edge and contin- uing in a straight line. A pc. can also be placed that bridges between two lines of a (cont. on 1/16)

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English FRIDAY 17 JANUARY
Benjamin Franklin - Born 1706 1964 17th day - 349 days to come


Rc'd 1 FOCUS order.
At Gimbel's saw BUILD OR BUST (Spear) - I ordered this
from Hamleys.
N.Y.G.A. at Amberstone's:-
Played CROOKED BRIDGE on a 10 x 10 board using Claude's
taking rules (12/31/63). 10 x 10 seems a good size.
Arthur & Wald showed their GAME IDEA. Played on 10 x 10
board using GO stones. Pieces are played in the
spaces instead of on the points, but play is the
same as GO with captures and all. The object, how-
ever, is to get a chain across the board, one player from east to
west and the other from north to south. Connections
must be orthagonal.
Arthur & Wald showed their revamping of THREE (8/9/63),
played this time on the "Nova" board & much better this
way. Players in turn place two of their tooth-
picks on any spaces on the "Nova" board. The game
should be started at the center of the board to keep
it from reaching the edge. If the edge is reached a 3
cannot be formed using a edge dot for a vertix.
Captures are made by placing a piece so that
it makes a 180 [degree angle] with a pc. of the
same player. Any one of the pcs. of the opponent is which
is are at the vertix is taken off. Even tho a player
always plays two toothpicks on a turn, only one
capture can be made on a turn.
[diagram drawn by Sackson]
No toothpick can be played in an enclosed space.
Each player has 9 toothpicks. When one is cap-
tured it is returned to its owner. If a player plays
all 9 toothpicks without a win, the other player con-
tinues playing until he wins or until he also has
played all without a win- which is a draw.
Object is to make 3 - "threes". A "three" is three toothpicks of
a player joining at a vertix. The 3-"threes" must be at separate
vertices.
I showed SKEDOODLE (1/14). Not too popular.
Arthur & Wald showed LINES which is an improvement on
ENCLOSURES (7/4/63). Use the "Nova" board and toothpicks
of two colors. The first player places one pc. and after
that the players alternate placing two pcs. at a turn.
A pc. must be in a "line" starting from the edge and contin-
uing in a straight line.
A pc. can also be placed that bridges between two lines of a
(cont. on 1/16)