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Rcd. a letter from Lech Pijanowski. Contained, among many other thing: <br> | Rcd. a letter from Lech Pijanowski. Contained, among many other thing: <br> | ||
RINGO, HORSEMEN, BARBACAN. | <u>RINGO</u>, <u>HORSEMEN</u>, <u>BARBACAN</u>. | ||
Rcd. from Chris Wagner, Jim Dunnigan's friend, 13 copies of <br> | Rcd. from Chris Wagner, Jim Dunnigan's friend, 13 copies of <br> | ||
STRATEGY & TACTICS magazines from the beginning until May-June 1968. <br> | <u>STRATEGY & TACTICS</u> magazines from the beginning until May-June 1968. <br> | ||
Also a listing of some books and other material they sell. | Also a listing of some books and other material they sell. | ||
Wrote up HEKATON. | Wrote up <u>HEKATON</u>. | ||
To N.Y.G.A. meeting at Arthur's. Wald and Claude there. <br> | |||
Gave Claude the copy of <u>STRATEGY & TACTICS</u> Jim Dunnigan gave me <br> | |||
last March. <br> | |||
Claude gave me back the patent material he borrowed 10/16. | |||
Wald and Arthur showed us a <u>GAME</u> based on <u>LOTUS</u>. There are 9 <br> | |||
plastic toothpicks, 3 red, 3 white, & 3 green, of three sizes. <br> | |||
Players in turn throw out the 9 picks on the table. The others <br> | |||
bet on the one, two, or three picks that with be picked up last <br> | |||
by the banker. <s>There</s> Each player has a set of cards corresponding to the <br> | |||
9 picks which are used for noting the bets. The odds give no advantage <br> | |||
to the banker and are: 8-1, 35-1, 83-1 depending on whether <br> | |||
1, 2, or 3 cards are bet on. (I wasn't thrilled with it.) | |||