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To Bloomingdale's. In stationery dep't saw <u>ALPHABOK</u> ( | To Bloomingdale's. In stationery dep't saw <u>ALPHABOK</u> (Springbok). There is a board as shown and 200 small letter Squares consisting of 66 vowels and 134 consonant - provated according to their frequency. | ||
as shown and 200 small letter Squares consisting of 66 vowels and 134 consonant - provated according to | |||
their frequency. There is a booklet with quite a few proverbs with | [Large Diagram of two grids - each has 13 rows and 10 columns. The leftmost column in each is populated with circles. The rest are empty.] | ||
26 | |||
the circles | There is a booklet with quite a few proverbs with <br> | ||
26 or 25 letters in each. <s>A player</s> A solitaire game.Player picks one <br> | |||
of the proverbs and spells it out in <br> | |||
Saw | the circles. Object is to use all <br> | ||
which are black on one side and white | 200 letters in words of from 5 to <br> | ||
on the other. In addition there are red | 10 letters long. | ||
Saw <u>TURNCOAT</u> (Annscott - in England). There is a 5x5 board and 10 pieces | |||
which are black on one side and white on the other. In addition there are red <br> | |||
& green designs on the top sides, arranged as shown. | |||
[Diagram of 10 rectangilar shapes with the letters R and G placed above and below. There is a dashed line in the center separating them into two groups of five.] | |||
One player takes a set of 5 (as divided). Each player in turn places a pc., with his side up on the board Once a piece is down a player in subsequent turns may either place another piece or move one already down, by a king's more. A player can jump an opponent's piece, which is removed turned and can be used by the capturer. A jump must be made unless | |||
the player can move a green design piece instead. If the same jump is still. around on subsequent moves, the player is not compelled to either jump or make another green move, | the player can move a green design piece instead. If the same jump is still. around on subsequent moves, the player is not compelled to either jump or make another green move, | ||
A player wins when he gets a now of 5 with his color on top with the designs in order R-G-R-G-R. The last piece must be moved into place hot put on, If opponent tries to stop a row of 4 from being completed, he must use a properly colored design to maintain the alternate pattern. (Not sure if I have it 100% correct, but pretty close.) | A player wins when he gets a now of 5 with his color on top with the designs in order R-G-R-G-R. The last piece must be moved into place hot put on, If opponent tries to stop a row of 4 from being completed, he must use a properly colored design to maintain the alternate pattern. (Not sure if I have it 100% correct, but pretty close.) |