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FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 1971
232nd day - 133 days to come

Working on a letter to Eric Nielsen about his four games:
HORSE, EUCLID, ZAG, CARD-BOARD.

Rcd. a short letter from Ken Morgan, including the
ad for S & T in the N.Y. TIMES.

Rcd. NOST-ALGIA (Aug. '71 - No. 136). Had some CHECKERS variants,
including CHESS-CHECKERS and 13-MAN CHECKERS.
Rcd. Aug. TOYS. Nothing of particilat interest.

Finished the LOTTERY board. In evening played it with
Claude, Anne, Jackie, and Raymond, and BB. They liked it,
particularly Raymond who was continually wheeling &
dealing. Claude thought that something would have to be
done and we came up with the idea of limiting trading to the
period before and after a drawing.
Played Claude's UPSTAGE . 2 play, each having 4 [illegible crossed out] men.
These are placed one at a time on a checkerboard. Each
player is limited to 1/2 of the board. We played with the
division at the fold, but Claude intends to have some kind
of a zig-zag around one long diagonal.
Each piece must be placed so that it is not in
line with any other piece, either orthogonally or diagonally.
When a player cannot play he has lost the round. Winning
3 rounds in a row wins the game.
I found it interesting but am afraid that there is not enough
variety and after some time a win will be able to be forced.
I later thought