Return to revision history
Revision as of 12:59:04, 9 September 2022 by Jnovakovic
first draft
Revision as of 13:07:12, 9 September 2022 by Jnovakovic
first draft
This revision marked as completed.
This revision marked as approved.
Line 1: Line 1:
FRIDAY  21  AUGUST
1970  233rd day - 132 days to come


----
<u>Felicia</u> called. Someone (she never told me who) at X said they they
would be paying my expenses to Kansas City, to talk to
Dr. Jacobs, a vice-president, about the game program.
<u>TANGLED WEB</u> is being returned. "No challenge. Once you've done
it, you've had it."
<u>GENIUS BLOCKS</u> are being returned. "Only #1 was any challenge,
and that took only 20 minutes."
They are sending option contracts for <u>ANOTHER</u>, <u>DIGIT</u>,
<u>CUBITS</u>, and in about 3 weeks for <u>WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU?</u>
They think that <u>PE-LING</u> could be another <u>BRIDGE</u> but they
want to do a lot more testing before deciding.
<u>SPELLBINDER</u> being returned. No reason given.
It looks good for <u>CODE BREAKING GAME</u>, <u>COUNTER INTELLIGENCE</u>,
<u>MAKE A PUZZLE GAME</u>.
[to the right, diagram of 19 hexagons in honeycomb formation, some labeled with "A," "B," or "C" on sides.]
Thinking of a variation of
<u>BITS AND PIECES</u> (see 8/13).
There are 6 plastic overlays
similar to that shown. Each
has 1 each of the segments
marked A, B, and C. The 6
are fasten together so that
they can be rotated. Object is
to form all 19 hexes. Possible
name - <u>THE 19TH HEX</u>.
Another <u>PUZZLE</u> idea. Have a series of pieces of some
shape to be determine which are put together to form
a square. They are colored so that a grid of colors is
formed. A second series of pieces each has a hole in
the center of each square in the grid. These are put together
so that the color showing thru the hole matches the color
above.
Rcd. a letter from <u>Ed Tucker</u>. My guess on the <u>PATTERNS 2</u> game
was correct. He would like me to send some more patterns
for the machine to solve.
4 copies of <u>FOCUS</u> came from Whitman. 3 copies each of
<u>TEMPO</u>, <u>INTERPLAY</u>, and <u>ODD OR EVEN</u> came.
In Chinatown bought another <u>CHINESE CHESS</u> set, with
plastic pcs. Also found a box for sending <u>AIRLINE</u> to
"Stancraft," with Chinese writing on the cover.
----
(cont. from 8/23) [9/23]
Sent a copy of <u>ACQUIRE</u> to Frank Armbruster.
[started 9/23]