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Tuesday 9 July 1963
190th day - 175 days to come

At F.A.O. Schwartz saw HI-FI (copyright 1962)
Board with outside path (similar to Monopoly but more space). 7 sets of cards. Six of these represent 6 different appliances - each set being of the same appliance but with different costs. The 7th set con- tains cards that can be used in two different ways:- either as wild cards or as additional cards to in- crease the value of a player's hand.

Players move around the board and land on spaces which allow them to take cards from the various sets - and in some cases lose them. A player can only keep one card of a particular appliance and if they pick a new higher-value card they must discard the old one & say "trading-up". The cards are never shown except for some in each set which say "who this card".

A player can go out when he has "completed" his apartment by having one of each appliance. He receives a bonus for this but may lose to another player with a higher-value hand. Only one wild card may be used to replace an appliance. Do not know how the extra points for the special cards work.
Pretty complete idea of game.

Spoke to Mrs. Sally Erath of the antique top dept. and we will get together to see her collection of old board games in the warehouse. Possibly she will come to see my collection (MURRAY HILL 8-2200).

Looked at book {TOYS IN AMERICA
by Inez and Marshall McClintock
Public Affairs Press, Wash. D.C.}
Has some interesting pictures of games.

Mrs. Erath told me of a book with an interesting chapter on games:- PEEPSHOW INTO PARADISE by Leslie Gordon

At French Book Store bought:- MOTS CROISÉS JEUX D'ESPRIT ET JEUX DE COMBINAISONS

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English Tuesday 9 July 1963
190th day - 175 days to come


At F.A.O. Schwartz saw HI-FI (copyright 1962)
Board with outside path (similar to Monopoly but more
space). 7 sets of cards. Six of these represent 6
different appliances - each set being of the same
appliance but with different costs. The 7th set con-
tains cards that can be used in two different ways:-
either as wild cards or as additional cards to in-
crease the value of a player's hand.
Players move around the board and land on spaces
which allow them to take cards from the various
sets - and in some cases lose them. A player can only
keep one card of a particular appliance and if they
pick a new higher-value card they must discard the
old one & say "trading-up". The cards are never
shown except for some in each set which say "who
this card".
A player can go out when he has "completed" his
apartment by having one of each appliance. He receives
a bonus for this but may lose to another player with
a higher-value hand. Only one wild card may be used
to replace an appliance. Do not know how the extra
points for the special cards work.
Pretty complete idea of game.
Spoke to Mrs. Sally Erath of the antique top dept.
and we will get together to see her collection of
old board games in the warehouse. Possibly she will come
to see my collection (MURRAY HILL 8-2200).
Looked at book {TOYS IN AMERICA
by Inez and Marshall McClintock
Public Affairs Press, Wash. D.C.}
Has some interesting pictures of games.
Mrs. Erath told me of a book with an interesting
chapter on games:- PEEPSHOW INTO PARADISE
by Leslie Gordon
At French Book Store bought:-
MOTS CROISÉS JEUX D'ESPRIT ET JEUX DE COMBINAISONS