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3/12 3/10 3/13 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 1966 70th day - 295 days to come

To Toy Fair. Talked to Dick Conner. Saw the following:- Campaign Game Co. :- Three young fellows who get together to play games. They have put out the following three games:- CAMPAIGN GAME:- A presidential election game. Have a picture of board and a set of rules. They promise to come visit me and bring a copy. ([crossed out] sheets in 1966 Ad Clips). SALVOS GAME:- BATTLESHIPS on a 20x20 field (in pads). They claim a they play it with as many as 8 people at a time, each on his own. For eight they use a 26x26 field. (See 1966 Ad Clips). DRAWORD GAME:- A simplified CARTE BLANCHE. On a magic slate a play "draws" a statement, such as "Pawnbroker" for his team to guess. (See 1966 Ad Clips)

[diagram of "36 FITS" game to the right, with shaded keys indicating "Green" and "Red" tiles.]

Watkins-Strathmore Co.:- 36 FITS: - 36 tiles as shown. (There are more all red and all green path tiles but I don't remember the location.) Each player has a token which is moved by throw of 2 dice, after starting at arrow. After moving a player may move a tile corresponding to the number thrown (choice of two except if double is thrown. This tile can be placed anywhere where it abuts a path. Continue until one player reaches end by exact count (?). Landing on a red loses a turn; landing on green an extra turn. The board can move in all directions. [Don't know all the details.] PASS-O:- Seems to be same as BRIDGE-BALL with 10 container pcs. played on an 8x8 checkerboard. Croix Publishing Co.:- CATECHISM:- Getting thru a parochial school by answering questions. RoyStoys Inc.:- OOPS:- Action game. (sheet Picture in 1966 Ad Clips.) Sunshine and Ch[amne?]s Manf. Co:- SCIEN-FACT-O (Picture in 1966 Ad Clips.) Players move by a token by throw of two dice. When land on a space marked with a special mark representing a finished subject, get a card representing a "degree" in that subject. When land on a space connected to a window and you have a "degree" card cor- responding to the subject in the window you move to the inner circle (start in outer circle). When land on "move dial" space, move the entire disc [crossed out] a set distance so that new pictures show in all the windows. First to reach center wins. There are cards which prohibit a "move" of the disc until the player's turn is reached. (How do you get them? - probably some spaces allow taking of special cards.) [Fairly complete description.] Million D Regal Games:- MILLION DOLLAR SOLITAIRE: - (Picture in 1966 Ad Clips). The old puzzle of three posts and discs. This one has 25 discs and would take some 30,000,000 moves (I was told). (cont. on 3/12)

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English 3/12
3/10
3/13
FRIDAY 11 MARCH
1966 70th day - 295 days to come


To Toy Fair. Talked to Dick Conner. Saw the following:-
Campaign Game Co. :- Three young fellows who get together to play
games. They have put out the following three games:-
CAMPAIGN GAME:- A presidential election game. Have a picture of
board and a set of rules. They promise to come visit me and
bring a copy. ([crossed out] sheets in 1966 Ad Clips).
SALVOS GAME:- BATTLESHIPS on a 20x20 field (in pads). They
claim a they play it with as many as 8 people at a
time, each on his own. For eight they use a 26x26 field. (See 1966 Ad Clips).
DRAWORD GAME:- A simplified CARTE BLANCHE. On a magic
slate a play "draws" a statement, such as "Pawnbroker" for his
team to guess. (See 1966 Ad Clips)
[diagram of "36 FITS" game to the right, with shaded keys indicating "Green" and "Red" tiles.]
Watkins-Strathmore Co.:-
36 FITS: - 36 tiles as
shown. (There are more
all red and all green
path tiles but I don't
remember the location.)
Each player has a token
which is moved by throw
of 2 dice, after starting
at arrow. After moving
a player may move a
tile corresponding to the
number thrown (choice of
two except if double is thrown. This tile can be placed anywhere
where it abuts a path. Continue until one player reaches end by
exact count (?). Landing on a red loses a turn; landing on green
an extra turn. The board can move in all directions. [Don't know
all the details.]
PASS-O:- Seems to be same as BRIDGE-BALL with 10 container pcs.
played on an 8x8 checkerboard.
Croix Publishing Co.:- CATECHISM:- Getting thru a parochial school by
answering questions.
RoyStoys Inc.:- OOPS:- Action game. (sheet Picture in 1966 Ad Clips.)
Sunshine and Ch[amne?]s Manf. Co:- SCIEN-FACT-O (Picture in 1966 Ad Clips.)
Players move by a token by throw of two dice. When land on a space
marked with a special mark representing a finished subject,
get a card representing a "degree" in that subject. When land on
a space connected to a window and you have a "degree" card cor-
responding to the subject in the window you move to the inner
circle (start in outer circle). When land on "move dial" space, move
the entire disc [crossed out] a set distance so that new pictures show in all
the windows. First to reach center wins. There are cards
which prohibit a "move" of the disc until the player's turn is reached.
(How do you get them? - probably some spaces allow taking of special
cards.) [Fairly complete description.]
Million D Regal Games:- MILLION DOLLAR SOLITAIRE: - (Picture in 1966
Ad Clips). The old puzzle of three posts and discs. This one has
25 discs and would take some 30,000,000 moves (I was told).
(cont. on 3/12)
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