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Title
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1968_Sackson_188_June 18.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1968
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 6, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1968
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 1968
170th day - 196 days to come
Made a listing of my various ideas for THESE UNITED STATES
(cont, from 6/19) [6/19]
provided one of his balls is his own color. If three or four
of the balls below are the player's color he gets a point and
then places, another ball, and continues if he makes another
point. Once the bottom level is filled a player can be frozen
out of the game if there is no place where he can place a ball
with his color below. Play until the pyramid is completed (This
could be played with square pieces of cardboard.)
He & I played DECIMOS. Played on a grid of 9x9 squares with
9 cells in each square. Each player picks one color. Each player
in turn places 10 balls in 2 adjacent squares arranging them.
so that they look like a domino, divided 9-1,8-2, etc. when a
player places his "decimo" so that one or the other square is
next to one already on the board the numbers must be the
same. A player, as the board falls, is allowed to place
balls in one square and remove others of his own from an ad-
jacent square, as long as the two add up to 10 (disre-
garding the minus sign on the removal) and that the number
put down doesn't conflict with adjacent squares in number.
A player may, 3 times during the game, split his two numbers,
as long as they add to 10 and do not conflict with adjoining
squares.
He has a way of playing with dice instead of free choice.
Also a variation which allows a player to add balls to a square
in which the opponent has balls, again providing there is no con-
flict (Didn't get all the details.)
John told me that he bought ACQUIRE after talking to me last week
and that his daughter likes it better than MONOPOLY, which
she likes.
Marylin & Dave were over, showed them THESE UNITED STATES They
were impressed.
