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(a war game); <u>COLOR CARNIVAL</u> (a collection of color games); <br> | (a war game); <u>COLOR CARNIVAL</u> (a collection of color games); <br> | ||
<u>YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD GAME</u> (a glance at <br> | <u>YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD GAME</u> (a glance at <br> | ||
middleclass America); | middleclass America); <u>HAPPY TRSILS TO THE COUNTY FAIR</u> (a fun game) <br> | ||
<u>HISTORY OF A FREE PEOPLE OR 5 BILLION GAMES IN ALL</u> (a game of <br> | |||
life and death and final judgement). <br> | |||
Rcd. a folder from <br> | |||
{Century House, American Publishers <br> | |||
{P.O Watkins Glen, N.Y. 14891 <br> | |||
The book ''<u>YESTERDAY'S GAMES</u>'' costs $7.50. (Filed in "Book Ads") <br> | |||
<u>Carl Eisenberg </u> called. He can't do <u>TANGLED WEB</u> for under $10 and <br> | |||
he doesn't think it would sell for that. On Tuesday I brought <br> | |||
up the idea of a do-it-yourself kit. He had thought of that himself, <br> | |||
but it's not for them. I'll pick it up. <br> | |||
Carl wanted the solution for <u>TORTURE TOWER</u>. Told him I'd send it. <br> | |||
He didn't care for the name and I agreed. In the next week <br> | |||
he'll have the sales force look at it and give their comments. <br> | |||
He'd like other things, up till September is still in time. At <br> | |||
present he a maze puzzle called <u>PHRENETICS</u> definite and he <br> | |||
is considering <u>TORTURE TOWER</u>, Phil's <u>PRIX</u> and another of <br> | |||
<u>Phil</u>'s. Made a diagram of the <u>TORTURE TOWER</u> solution and mailed it. | |||
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(cont. from 7/29) [7/29] | |||
[Diagram of a square board consisting of a 16 space path surrounding an empty interior. Squares are either yellow, green, or blue except for the ones on the corners which contain large circular dots. (One orange, one red, one green, one blue). One yellow space has a circle on it and is labelled 'out'.] | |||
The board is made up of square pcs. as shown. <br> | |||
Each player is given $5,000 and a marker which is <br> | |||
started in the corner with the matching color. <br> | |||
Throw one die to see who plays first. In subsequent <br> | |||
games first rotates to the left. <br> | |||
The corner squares are "towns" and the others <br> | |||
are "country". Each field is considered to have a <br> | |||
certain amount of production. The 3 leading away from the <br> | |||
1st player's town in a clockwise direction have 1000. The <br> | |||
next side 2000, the 3rd side 3000, and the 4th side 4000. <br> | |||
<s>A player on his turn throws the die and moves the</s> <br> | |||
Before starting his turn a player makes a wager - $1000, <br> | |||
the smallest denomination bill, being the smallest. He picks <br> | |||
odd or even. He throws one die and moves the number <br> | |||
thrown. If his parity is correct his wager is covered <br> | |||
(cont. on 7/31) | |||