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one he sent is his last letter. He would like a copy of my <br> | one he sent is his last letter. He would like a copy of my <br> | ||
<u>NINE OF SWORDS</u>. <br> | <u>NINE OF SWORDS</u>. <br> | ||
Mentioned | Mentioned <u>Dr. Haber</u>'s <u>TRIMINO</u>, <u>VERHEXT</u> (German name for <br> | ||
<u>HEXOMINO</u>), and <u>PENTOMINOS</u>. | |||
Sent me the missing <u>HINDENBURG</u> scoring. <br> | |||
Sent me a little info about the folowing games in his <u>POLISH HOYLE</u>: - <br> | |||
<u>WALCZACE WEZE</u>, <u>HAWAR</u>, <u>GRODY</u>, <u>JEZDZCY</u> (<u>HORSEMEN</u>), <br> | |||
<u>MOSTY</u> (<u>BRIDGES</u>), <u>PAJAKI</u>, <u>LINEA DZIESIEC</u>, <u>WIELOBOJ</u>, <br> | |||
<u>MAU-MAU</u>, <u>GARIBALDKA</u>, <u>TRZYDZIESCI JEDEN</u>, <u>SZEWC</u>, (</u>BOXES</u>). The book will be ready for X'Mas and he will send me a copy. <br> | |||
He suggested getting <u>PRESIDENTS DIRECTEURS GENERAUX, LES</u> in Paris. <br> | |||
He thinks that <u>THE WORM TURNS</u>. He sent me some ideas he had for <br> | |||
3D <u>PUZZLE</u>S. | |||
He mentioned the following games from <u>POLKADICE HER</u>: -<u>REVERSI</u>, | |||
<u>SHIMANTHA PRADESH</u>, <u>TAU</u>, <u>LISOLO</u>, <u>MATEMATICO</u>, <u>TOTOLOSPI</u>, <br> | |||
<u>WHO IS THE MURDERER</u> is a very simple children's game. <br> | |||
He will photograph the Russian <u>GAME</u> with moving gates, and send it. <br> | |||
He will send me the rules of <u>MAGELLAN</u> in his next letter. <br> | |||
He sent me a list of "QUESTIONS and Needs." <br> | |||
He sent me a German 3M ad listing : <u.ACQUIRE</u>, <u>BAZAAR</u>, <u>BREAKTHRU</u>, and <u>TWIXT</u>. | |||
Rcd. a letter from from <u>Bob Lauzon</u>, with my membership <br> | |||
card in <u>NOST</u>. <br> | |||
Rcd. <u>''THE GAMESLETTER''</u> #27. | |||
Worked out a new price structure for <u>LOTTERY</u> and made a <br> | |||
new payment chart. Also changed a lot of the "Travel <br> | |||
Cards. Played with <u>Al & Adela Richter</u>. They liked it. <br> | |||
Gave Al an old set (not the very earliest) of <u>ACQUIRE</u>. BB <br> | |||
will type up the rules for the two hand version for him. <br> | |||
We played a completelt new version of his <u>GAME</u> of 4/17 on <br> | |||
the <u>GO</u> board. We tried different sizes <br> | |||
and finally came down to a 10 x 10 area <br> | |||
similar to shown, | |||
[Diagram of a 8 x 8 grid with 2 black circles and 2 white circles - one near each corner.] | |||
except that an additional <br> | |||
line all around is provided. I believe that <br> | |||
a checkerboard as shown would serve equally well. <br> | |||
We tried different starting positions <br> | |||
and finally I came up with the one shown <br> | |||
which seems to be the best. <br> | |||
We played partnership but it is just the <br> | |||
same as a 2-hand with partners taking turns. <br> | |||
(What follows is written as played 2-hand.) | |||
(cont. on 8/27) | |||