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SATURDAY 20 MAY Ember Day Armed Forces Day 1967 140th day - 225 days to come


Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. A third version of 7-UP.

Bill Bentzin sent me a clipping from a small newspaper in the midwest.

Looking at the combinations in PAYOFF and determined the number of cards to use for different numbers of players. Finished wring writing most of the rules.

At Wanamaker's looked at BATTA HAI (Cadaco) again, (see the Cadaco catalog in 1967 Ad Clips). Each player has a set of 28 dominos and 1 "doubler". One playe Each player has Each player takes a card. (For more variaty the cards are printed on both sides.) One player acts as a caller but he also plays in the game. He first draws one domino which is then turned over and placed in the center, as

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shown. Each domino has four numbers on the back which set the numbers necessary in the four adjacent squares. Each plaer sets the same domino in the center of his board. The caller pulls dominos one at a time and each player uses the same dom- inos. The dominos can be arranged, and rearranged, at will as long as they cover corresponding numbers. The "doubler" can be used to repeat any previously called domino, including the center domino. First to completely cover his card, calls "Batta Hai" and wins. This game, they saw, was originally a gambling game in Las Vegas and has been revised for home use.

In Wanamaker's saw a book, FUN FOR ALL. Just party games and word puzzles. It might be a good name to replace my FREE FOR ALL which BB, Claude, & Anne say sounds too much like a juvenile action game.

At cross country bought 14 sheets of the thin colored cardboard, also 9 speedball pens.

At toy store in Cross County saw CHOP SUEY. There is a bowl which rotates. There are different shaped and colored pieces put in the bowl. Also from one to four sticks can be placed at the top of the bowl to make it mour

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difficult. Players fish out pcs. using chop sticks as long as the bowl turns. Count score when bowl stops. A booklet called "Menu" gives the scores of the different pcs. & combinations. (see 7/10)