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TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 1971
9/20
St. Matthew, Evangelist
264th day - 101 days to come

Rcd. 12 answers to the SLEUTH problem. One from D. Kucera
was a fan letter for MONAD, ACQUIRE, BAZAAR, and AGOG.

Met Pierre at our hotel. Drove to the department stores and
we went looking together.
At Samaritaine and Au Louvre saw : -
LE JEUX DU CRACK - a SCRABBLE variation with tiles in different colora
and the spaces on the board also colored in the same colors. Score
extra for placing a tile on a space of the same color. (Didn't get
the details.)
LES GRANDS AMIRAUX - A naval variant of STRATEGO. (Didn't get details.)
LES JEUX DU 420 - A word game with elaborate fancy equipment, mainly
chips for payment from opponent when a word is made. There
is a quadrille board on which words are formed. Words do
not have to cross. I believe that alternate words must be
made horizontally, vertically, etc. When a word is formed
that crosses one or more words already on the board (using a letter
in them) the remainder(s) of the existing word(s) is (are) removed.
The player forming a word gains collects 5 francs per letter for a
word of 5 or less letters. He collects 10 francs per letter for a
word of 6 or more letters. (Didn't get the rest of the details.)
LE PLUS MALIN - Each player places three pawns behind a
barrier.