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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.) | |||
We played a round of <u>PATTERNS II</u>. (Very good.) | |||
Played some <u><u>EGGHEAD POKER</u></u>. (Fun for a while but not more <br> | |||
than two times. | |||
Arthur & Wald had a complete reworking of <u>THREE</u>, and I think <br> | |||
it's great now. <br> | |||
Use the <u>NOVA</u> board as before. One player has 9 red and one <br> | |||
player has 9 white picks. There are also 3 green ones. <br> | |||
Each player in turn places 3 picks. <br> | |||
Opponent's picks can be captured by completing a straight <br> | |||
angle at a point where they are. All of his picks at this point <br> | |||
are captured. (As shown on the left.) <br> | |||
[Diagram of what appears to be 5 toothpicks in an arrangement where they all meet at one point. 3 of the picks are dashed lines while the other two are solid. One of these is labeled as follows:] | |||
Playing this captures the 3 enemy pcs. | |||
a green pick in line with a pick protects it from this type of capture. | |||
[A second diagram shows a line of 4 toothpicks. The inner ones are solid and the outer ones are dashed. The one on the far right is labeled as follows:] | |||
Playing this captures the 2 enemy pcs.} | |||
Another (and new) means of capture is by enclosure, (As <br> | |||
shown on right [2nd diagram].) <br> | |||
A player may if he wishes also when making a capture place one of the <br> | |||
green picks <s>to</s> in the vacated space. This is in addition to <br> | |||
placing the three picks of his own. A green pick, once down, stays <br> | |||
for the duration of the game. There are, of course, only three <br> | |||
green picks. <br> | |||
A player may not place more than 3 picks at a single | |||
(cont. on 10/28) | |||