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WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER Ember Day 1967 354th day - 11 days to come

Listened to Alice on Jack O'Brien. E.S. Lowe & the elder Barton were on with her and hardly let her talk. Barton talked about Monop MONOPOLY and how Charles Darrow had done a stock market game and then a card GAME which was even a bigger flop. Barton then said that no inventor ever did more than one good game. Barton wasn't interested. The two men made all kinds of errors such as that CHECKERS was played in Egypt or (from Lowe) that NILE was played with dice. Alice got in a plug for BALI. Felicia called to tell me about the program and I said that I had heard it. Thanked Alice for the plug.

Called Martin Gardner. He said that he had been intending to call me. Alex Randolph wrote to him asking for my address, having misplaced it. Martin would like to locate a copy of Alex' book put out in 1954 by Henry Holt - "The Mail Boat." Told him about my meeting with Fabio Coen. Martin suggested a children's book of games to be made by the children. I told him of our latest plan for a book of games that couldn't be found elsewhere. Martin suggested using Alex' KNIGHT CHASE (see 10/30). He plays it with his boys and they enjoy it. He thinks Alex won't mind my using it. Martin asked for Dr. Atwater's address. Piet Hein is inter- ested in an agent to place his SOMA cubes with a company again. John Scarne sent Martin a copy of a book on his new card game SKARNEY. It is a BRIDGE variation using two decks and has 10 different forms for (as the book says) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 players. It can be ordered from: {J. Scarne Games, Inc. 4319 Meadowview Ave. North Bergen, N.J. 07047 Martin has heard the Ideal detective games advertised many times on radio.

At 1-2-Kangaroo saw CAR CAPERS (Spear's). There are 12 cardboard pictures of cards, each divided into 6 pcs. [diagram: rectangle divided into 6 sections with curvy lines] There are 2 dice. Players in turn throw the dice and take a pc. of a car corresponding to one die or the sum. Must start a card with pc. one and continue in order. A throw of 1-6 allows taking a full car from the table. If none is still available take a completed car from player with most completed. If more than one player with same most number of completed, throw dice to pick one to take from. When a number pc. is out, can take from another player and When there are no number 1 pcs. left and a player throws a 1 he can steal from another player who has an incomplete car which hasn't reached 4 yet. (Pretty comp The following pcs. go back on table. (Pretty complete rules.)

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English WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER
Ember Day 1967 354th day - 11 days to come


Listened to Alice on Jack O'Brien. E.S. Lowe & the elder Barton were
on with her and hardly let her talk. Barton talked about Monop
MONOPOLY and how Charles Darrow had done a stock market game and
then a card GAME which was even a bigger flop. Barton then said
that no inventor ever did more than one good game. Barton wasn't
interested. The two men made all kinds of errors such as that
CHECKERS was played in Egypt or (from Lowe) that NILE was
played with dice. Alice got in a plug for BALI.
Felicia called to tell me about the program and I said that I had
heard it. Thanked Alice for the plug.
Called Martin Gardner. He said that he had been intending to call me.
Alex Randolph wrote to him asking for my address, having misplaced
it.
Martin would like to locate a copy of Alex' book put out in 1954
by Henry Holt - "The Mail Boat."
Told him about my meeting with Fabio Coen. Martin suggested a
children's book of games to be made by the children. I told him of
our latest plan for a book of games that couldn't be found
elsewhere. Martin suggested using Alex' KNIGHT CHASE (see 10/30).
He plays it with his boys and they enjoy it. He thinks Alex
won't mind my using it.
Martin asked for Dr. Atwater's address. Piet Hein is inter-
ested in an agent to place his SOMA cubes with a company
again.
John Scarne sent Martin a copy of a book on his new card game SKARNEY.
It is a BRIDGE variation using two decks and has 10 different
forms for (as the book says) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 players. It can be
ordered from:
{J. Scarne Games, Inc.
4319 Meadowview Ave.
North Bergen, N.J. 07047
Martin has heard the Ideal detective games advertised many
times on radio.
At 1-2-Kangaroo saw CAR CAPERS (Spear's). There are
12 cardboard pictures of cards, each divided into 6 pcs.
[diagram: rectangle divided into 6 sections with curvy lines]
There are 2 dice. Players in turn throw the dice
and take a pc. of a car corresponding to one die
or the sum. Must start a card with pc. one
and continue in order. A throw of 1-6 allows taking a full
car from the table. If none is still available take a completed
car from player with most completed. If more than one player
with same most number of completed, throw dice to pick one to
take from. When a number pc. is out, can take from another
player and When there are no number 1 pcs. left and a
player throws a 1 he can steal from another player who
has an incomplete car which hasn't reached 4 yet. (Pretty
comp The following pcs. go back on table. (Pretty complete rules.)
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