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Friday 23 August 1963
235th day - 130 days to come

Called Sci. Am. with location of FREEDOM'S CONTEST.

Claude, Bob & Amberstones over.
Amberstones told of two new games: -
COUP

[DIAGRAM OF A 3 x 3 GRID. THE TOP THIRD IS POPULATED WITH 15 BLACK CIRCLES. THE BOTTOM THIRD IS POPULATED WITH 15 WHITE CIRCLES. THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE CIRCLES MIRROR ONE ANOTHER AND ARE A BIT LIKE TRUNCATED PYRAMIDS WITH 7 AT THE BASE, 5 IN THE MIDDLE, AND 3 AT THE APEX. SOME OF THE WHITE CIRCLES HAVE ARROWS DRAWN FROM THEM AS IF TO INDICATE MOVEMENT. SS USED THREE DIFFERENT COLOR INKS IN THIS DIAGRAM - RED AND GREEN FOR SOME OF THE ARROWS AS WELL AS BLACK.]

Each player has 15 pcs. started as shown [IN DIAGRAM]. Pcs. can move in any direction to positions shown by arrows. If an opponent's pc. is jumped it is removed. Multiple jumps are possible (a coup). Can a player jump his own piece? Yes.
(Why not restrict to a forward move as in checkers?)
Not Req'd - they say

(A piece may never jump over an opponent's piece that is in the same relative position - since a jump move is the same as a regular move.) A player must jump if able, but may take his pick of alternative ways of jumping.

FOU