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Worked out new arrangement of letters in<u> PAYOFF</u>. | Worked out new arrangement of letters in<u> PAYOFF</u>. | ||
In evening played a few games of <u>FOCUS</u> with myself, <br> | |||
having the 2nd player mimic the 1st and looking for an <br> | |||
opportunity to gain an advantage. The 2nd player can <br> | |||
<s>w</s> win if the first is careless. However I think that if <br> | |||
the first player is careful to completely disengage he <br> | |||
can keep the 2nd from gaining any advantage. | |||
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(cont. from 5/3) [5/4] | |||
game; regular <u>KEYNOTE</u>, the purpose of which is to build all the <br> | |||
octaves on the playing mats in correct sequence starting with <br> | |||
the "C" cards; <u>KEYNOTE RUMMY</u>, played as ordinary rummy with note <br> | |||
sequences; <u>KEYNOTE SOLITAIRE</u>; and <u>BLINKO KEYNOTE</u>, designed for <br> | |||
a party group to hilariously teach one the notes - - and with great fun. <br> | |||
BB got a call from Fay, in answer to mine during the day. The <br> | |||
letter I sent her was fine. | |||
The check for <u>ACQUIRE</u> came. <br> | |||
[Started 5/4] | |||
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(cont from 5/5) [5/5] | |||
<u>HOODWINK</u> (Lowe) - Another version of <u>LIAR'S DICE</u>. <br> | |||
<u>TIDDLE POKER</u> - a layout with about 25 cards. Four raised <br> | |||
felt pads at one end for shooting winks onto the <br> | |||
layout. | |||
At Gimbel's saw <u>RACK-O</u>. The scoring has been jazzed <br> | |||
up somewhat. Added the changes to my set. | |||
Further info. on <u>WHEEL & DEAL</u>. There is a series of airline <br> | |||
spaces and another of TV Channel spaces. A player owning <br> | |||
1 collects the face value. If he owns more than 1 of a series <br> | |||
he collects the total face value of all of them each time <br> | |||
any one of them is landed upon. | |||
Sent a check to Alice for her cut on <u>ACQUIRE</u>. |