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Title
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1966_Sackson_048_January 28.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1966
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 4, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1966
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
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
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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
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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)
