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| MONDAY  | 6/1  <br> | ||
| 1969 | MONDAY 2 JUNE 1969 <br> | ||
| 153rd day - 212 days to come BB typed the rules for THE RIGHT  | 153rd day - 212 days to come   | ||
| Dale before I got up. Ran off reproductions at lunch. | ---- | ||
| Called Barbara to tell her that I finished the proof-reading | BB typed the rules for <u>THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS</u> and proof-read them with Dale before I got up. Ran off reproductions at lunch. <br>  | ||
| To Felicia Brought her THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS | Called Felicia to confirim date for this afternoon. | ||
| Saw THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE This is a beautiful model of a very expensive game. There is a bound about 8x20 spaces in size, 8  | |||
| pieces as desired. After each turn by the British the Russians actuate a switch that lights up 4 spaces in a square (and also gives | Called Barbara to tell her that I finished the proof-reading. She  <br> | ||
| gun sounds). Any cavalry  | wanted me to send it over but I insisted that we had to go over it  <br> | ||
| starting position (where they are sufe against being hit) | together. I'll go there Thursday at lunch. <br> | ||
| Some further points | Barbara said that the release came from Arthur. | ||
| Felicia said she might show some things to  | |||
| Felicia would like a larger game record form with larger spaces | To Felicia. Brought her <u>THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS</u>. <br> | ||
| Red, a letter from Warren Buell | Saw <u>THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE</u> This is a beautiful model  <br> | ||
| that only the afternoon of  | of a very expensive game. There is a bound about 8x20 [illegible crossed out]  <br> | ||
| Remembered that when | spaces in size, 8 <s>guns</s> cannons are set up at one short end, representing  <br> | ||
| the Russians. At the other end there are about 20 horse pieces, representing  <br> | |||
| Tom Atwater was here 5/19 we discussed the book he games of strategy invented contemporaneously. He | the British cavalry. The British move as many spaces as they have cavalry  <br> | ||
| ( | pieces left. Moves are orthogonal on diagonal and can be taken by as many <br> | ||
| pieces as desired. After each turn by the British the Russians actuate  <br> | |||
| a switch that lights up 4 spaces in a square (and also gives <br> | |||
| gun sounds). Any cavalry piece in a lighted square is killed and the  <br> | |||
| horse is turned over. This space cannot be entered on passed over. When a  <br> | |||
| cavalry piece passes over the center line it must stop and the rest  <br> | |||
| of the move must be used in moving men from the starting position  <br> | |||
| (where they are sufe against being hit). When a cavalry piece  <br> | |||
| lands on a gun space, that gun is removed and the cavalry piece remains  <br> | |||
| there until all remaining cavalry pieces have occuppied gun spaces. The  <br> | |||
| player then has one more move to capture the remaining guns. Guns can  <br> | |||
| only be captured from the front. Thus at least 6 cavalry pieces must  <br> | |||
| remain to finish up the game. (This is not very clear in the rules.) <br> | |||
| Some further points: There are four officers among the cavalry. When  <br> | |||
| the last is killed the Russians get an extra shot. The lighting of the 4  <br> | |||
| spaces is set up so that it is completely random. The game, as  <br> | |||
| history says, favors the Russians and playens alternate sides. <br> | |||
| Felicia said she might show some things to CO-5. She also  <br> | |||
| asked who was the man in charge of development at Schaper.  <br> | |||
| Looked it up and called her in evening - Jim Garrity. <br> | |||
| Felicia would like a larger game record form with larger spaces.  <br> | |||
| Told her I'd draw one up and run off blueprints (black & whites -  <br> | |||
| that is). | |||
| Red, a letter from Warren Buell. <s>He'll be in town weekend starting | |||
| 6/6 I wrote him saying that only the afternoon of 6/7 is available but would love to see him then. </s> | |||
| probably be here June 7th   | |||
| Rcd. an 1969 Child Craft catalog. | |||
| Spoke to Claude. | |||
| Remembered that when Tom Atwater was here 5/19 we discussed the book he  <br> | |||
| may do for M.I.T on games of strategy invented contemporaneously. He <br> | |||
| (cont. on 6/1) | |||