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in turn "sock" the cylinder trying to knock off their own pc. without <br> | in turn "sock" the cylinder trying to knock off their own pc. without <br> | ||
knocking off the opponent's pieces. (So far it is just a rough idea he is <br> | knocking off the opponent's pieces. (So far it is just a rough idea he is <br> | ||
playing around with.) | |||
Nat Singer over with his game <u>CHALLENGE</u> | Nat Singer over with his game <u>CHALLENGE</u>. It is a variation of <u>WORD SQUARES</u> with fancy equipment. We played what he called "Mark II". We <br> | ||
The dice are numbered on one face from 1 to 20 and each | each had as 7x7 grid and 60 dice, in 3 identical sets of 20. [crossed out] <br> | ||
the beginning they are placed on racks in numerical | The dice are numbered on one face from 1 to 20 and each player <br> | ||
has a chart which gives the letter distribution for the 20 dice. At <br> | |||
the beginning they are placed on racks in numerical order. Players <br> | |||
in turn call out a letter and each player chooses a die with that letter <br> | |||
and uses it at will on the grid (the grid is made so that once <br> | |||
placed a die cannot be removed without upsetting all the dice). If a <br> | |||
player does not have the letter his opponent calls he does not place <br> | |||
a letter that turn (which with 60 dice hardly ever happens), Play till all filled. <br> | |||
- Players score for words as follows horizontally or vertically - only one in any row or column 1-7 - 15 points, 6-10 points, 5-6 points, 4 - 3 points, 3-2 points. There is also a bonus of 5 points for | - Players score for words as follows horizontally or vertically - only one in any row or column 1-7 - 15 points, 6-10 points, 5-6 points, 4 - 3 points, 3-2 points. There is also a bonus of 5 points for | ||
each intersection of two letter words. We played a game and I won by a big mangin I told him it wasn't commercial since it would be expensive and | each intersection of two letter words. We played a game and I won by a big mangin I told him it wasn't commercial since it would be expensive and |