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On Worth St. at a small store bought 25 colored pencils for  <br>
On Worth St. at a small store bought 25 colored pencils for  <br>
$1, and 21 small dice also for $1.  <br>
$1, and 21 small dice also for $1.  <br>
To <u>Earl Perel</u>'s apartment. He showed me a book he <s>took</s> had  <br>
out from the public library : - <u>THE FOLKWAYS OMNIBUS OF CHILDREN'S GAMES</u>  <br>
by Iris Vinton - (Stackpole Books - 1970). It is mainly active, <br>
singing, etc. games, but there are quite a few variations  <br>
(simplifications) of standard board games.  <br>
Played his game <u>SPQR</u>, which he had mentioned (not by  <br>
name) when he was at my house. The board is similar (I  <br>
may have the colors arranged different than he has) to  <br>
the diagram.  <br>
[Large diagram of a 10 x 10 square grid board.  <br>
O B O B O B O B O B  <br>
G R G R G R G R G R  <br>
O B O B O B O B O B  <br>
G R G R G R G R G R  <br>
O B O B O B O B O B  <br>
G R G R G R G R G R  <br>
O B O B O B O B O B  <br>
G R G R G R G R G R  <br>
O B O B O B O B O B  <br>
G R G R G R G R G R  <br>
The top two rows and bottom two rows are marked with a slightly darker line than any of the other rows. Some of the central spaces in those rows are marked off and/or hatched in red. Beneath the grid there are four pieces - 2 marked across the diagonal, two marked with a plus (+) sign.]
The red areas represent movable cover  <br>
pcs. which start in the positions shown.  <br>
These are considered colorless. The  <br>
two hatched spaces are the goals, as in  <br>
<u>CAMALOT</u>. Each player has 14 pcs.  <br>
He used squares mounted on a round chip.  <br>
The squares are made up of two triangles  <br>
of cardboard (see illustration).  <br>
The pcs. are differentiated  <br>
between players by the black and red lines.  <br>
Each player's set of 24 pcs.  <br>
is made up of 2 groups of  <br>
six pcs., each one having  <br>
all possible combinations  <br>
of two colors. The other two  <br>
pcs. are "wild" and can land  <br>
on any space. They are  <br>
neutral in color.  <br>
(cont. on 8/23)