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FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 1966 28th day - 337 days to come


To Claudes:- Played his game DEDUCTION. Each player has a card with the following layout of a house:-

[diagram of shapes fit into a rectangle, labeled "BLUE ROOM," "GREEN ROOM," "VIOLET ROOM," "RED ROOM," "ORANGE ROOM," and "YELLOW ROOM"]

Each player has 6 markers A thru F representing "Actor," "Bartender," "Chemist," "Doctor," "Engineer," & "Fireman." Each also has a 7th marked "M" for "murderer." In each round one player sets up a murder sit- uation by placing one person in each room and designating one as the murderer. Then he takes "statement" cards from a deck one by one and places them either in a true or false area. The other players use the information to try and figure out who the murderer is and in which room he is located. A scoring system has to be worked out based on the number of "clue cards" placed at the time of solving. Also points deducted for wrong solutions. After discussion and trials came up with a deck of 30 "clue cards as follows:- The Actor is next to the Bartender } 15 cards - - - - - The Engineer is next to the Fireman The Actor is in the green or yellow rooms } 6 cards The Bartender is in the blue or red rooms The Chemist is in the orange or violet rooms The Doctor is in the green or red rooms The Engineer is in the orange or blue rooms The Fireman is in the violet or yellow rooms The Murderer is next to the Actor } 6 cards - - - - The Murderer is next to the Fireman The Murderer is the Actor or the Bartender } 3 cards The Murderer is the Chemist or the Doctor The Murderer is the Engineer or the Fireman

Played two games of 8-hand CONCENSUS. Worked well.

Rcd. another postal air letter from Haar Hoolim. Still no luck with ARMOR.

Rcd. a letter from Warren Buell. Nothing on games.

Rcd. a letter from Herb Bans. Sent a layout of the ARMAGEDDON board and answered my questions. Sent photocopies of correspondence with 3M. Sent rules for a game called GOLDEN SPIKE. (Filed in Board Game Folder)

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