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WEDNESDAY 2 JANUARY 1963 2nd day - 363 days to come | WEDNESDAY 2 JANUARY 1963 2nd day - 363 days to come | ||
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LETTER FROM MARTIN GARDNER TO BOB ABBOTT — Oct. 22, 1962 | LETTER FROM [https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-people#gardner-martin MARTIN GARDNER] TO [https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-people#abbott-robert BOB ABBOTT] — Oct. 22, 1962 | ||
- - - You've worked out a fine game (Matrix) but - - - | - - - You've worked out a fine game (Matrix) but - - - | ||
Whenever a board game involves complicated moves, it is impossible to get people to play it. Someone who wants the stimulation of a mathematical board game will take up checkers or chess because he knows he'll find other players, and because the games have a long tradition, literature, etc. If he wants to venture off the track a bit, there is <u>go</u>, <u>Japanese chess</u>, and so on. He'll try a new game only if it is very simple, and very novel. <u>Hex</u> for example. But even here, Parker's attempt to sell Hex was a dismal failure. | Whenever a board game involves complicated moves, it is impossible to get people to play it. Someone who wants the stimulation of a mathematical board game will take up checkers or chess because he knows he'll find other players, and because the games have a long tradition, literature, etc. If he wants to venture off the track a bit, there is <u>go</u>, <u>Japanese chess</u>, and so on. He'll try a new game only if it is very simple, and very novel. <u>Hex</u> for example. But even here, Parker's attempt to sell Hex was a dismal failure. | ||
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Another letter to Bob from Fred Galvin - 840 Algonquin Ave. St Paul 19, | |||
Another letter to Bob from Fred Galvin - 840 Algonquin Ave. St Paul 19, Minnesota | |||
(Dated Oct. 14, 1922) | (Dated Oct. 14, 1922) | ||
Mentions the game <u>"Gops"</u> or <u>"goofspiel"</u> (q.v.) taken from the book <u>"GAMES AND DECISIONS"</u> by Luce and Raiffa | Mentions the game <u>"Gops"</u> or <u>"goofspiel"</u> (q.v.) taken from the book <u>"GAMES AND DECISIONS"</u> by Luce and Raiffa | ||
"Gops" is a game of using cards for bidding on other cards. This is close to any independant original idea of mine - close enough so that my idea is superceded. | "Gops" is a game of using cards for bidding on other cards. This is close to any independant original idea of mine - close enough so that my idea is superceded. | ||