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Title
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1969_Sackson_250_August 18.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1969
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 7, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1969
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
Monday 18 August 1969
230th day - 135 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Tom Atwater, with a carbon of a long letter
to Jim Rockwell. Discusses TEMPO and ODD OR EVEN. Also
Alex' ISHIDO, CASTILLE, and DOZO. Also Piet Hein's POLYTAIRE.
Rcd. a letter from Al Samuels. He is having trouble costing
out the games (TOTALLY and FITTING & PROPER). If he
can't resolve the problem, he will let me know by the end
of October.
Thinking about TOTALLY and the dice can be eliminated.
The squares can be used for setting the problem and a
set of cards can be used in place of the red dice.
Rcd. material from SCRIPTA MATHEMATICA (see 7/21). But
only one copy of #85.
(cont. from 8/28) [8/28]
When being picked up they must all be placed end
to end. Instead of the more elaborate rules we
used before, a player is out as soon as he drops the
pcs. Last in wins. (I think I liked it better before.)
HOOKEY - A hook is mounted on an upright pc. of wood.
An arm comes off the upright and at the end a
piece of string hands with a ring on the end. Ob-
ject is swing the ring and get it on the hook.
Score for number of times in a row can do it. There
is a certain way that it must be swung and
twirled to be successful. (A friend of Jerry's saw this
in a pub in the Caribbean.) (Jerry told me about this.
He intends to make one up and sell it himself if nec-
essary.)
CROSS UP POKER - Doing quite well. $1,100 for last royalty,
at 1%. MB is sending him 4 dozen and Jerry will
send me one.
POI-PICK-UP - Simple action game of picking "nuts" out
a "shell" using a tube with two rubber bands mounted
at the end. A nut can be picked up by being forced
through the bands and is then kept from falling out.
(Showed me a picture.) He left a copy at both Parker
and M.B.
UPTIGHT (cont.):- Parker wanted to hold on to this but Jerry
wouldn't leave it without getting some money.
MARTELLE - Jerry [crossout] thinks he can sell a
different outdoor game to PlaySkool, and asked if I had
any old ones in my collection. I came up with the
book MARTELLE - THE NEW PARLOR GAME, which also has an
outdoor version. Jerry was interested in preparing a
model and trying to sell it. I'll send him a repro of the
book. He suggested 50-50 if he sells it. I thought that
(cont. on 8/19)
