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Ordered 20 prints of tyhe Clue sheets from Capitol Blueprint <br>
Ordered 20 prints of tyhe Clue sheets from Capitol Blueprint <br>
for <u>OPERATION SEARCH</u>.
for <u>OPERATION SEARCH</u>.
To Jules Cooper's house on Long Island, bringing him <u>OPERATION SEARCH</u>.
He told me of a mystery <u>GAME</u> they are working on. <br>
Players move around a board and can in some degree affect <br>
the commission of the crime. Time also enter <br>
into it. A suspect could not commit a murder at 4 if <br>
he was killed at 3. There is a point in the game  <br>
where players <s>ente</s> fill out a questionaire concerning <br>
what they have observed and are marked on this, tho <br>
this is not the end of the game. <br>
Their idea is to publish three deduction games; a <br>
highly intellectual type - theirs; an in-between type -  <br>
mine (if they take it); and a simple one. Ideal at <br>
present is second only to Milton Bradley in sale of games,  <br>
but they are not in the adult board game market because,  <br>
as Jules says, they don't have any really good board games. <br>
He is trying to rectify this and to convince top management <br>
that they will sell. <br>
They are also developing a completely skill football <u>GAME</u>,  <br>
played without dice, cards, or spinners, and in which at each <br>
turn a player moves all 11 pieces. <br>
Jules told me of a war <u>GAME</u> he has invented but which <br>
he has not been able to have his company put out. It is <br>
a ground and sea war between two countries which are <br>
too small to have airplanes involved. Each player sets <br>
up his forces as he wishes (there is a screen between <br>
the countries). There are two types of troops,  <br>
offensive & defensive. Each player writes out a  <br>
"plan of attack" which he must follow in his use of <br>
his offensive troops. The defensive troops can be <br>
used at will. When one player is ready to cross the  <br>
border the screen is removed. Object is to occupy and <br>
hold the opponent's capitol and two other cities. <br>
Promised to show it to me sometime. <br>
We discussed some of the old games - such as <br>
<u>STRATEGY</u>, <u>BLOCKADE</u> & <u>ROSE BOWL FOOTBALL</u>.