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7/13 7/15 FRIDAY 14 JULY 1967 195th day - 170 days to come

At lunch time walked to the 200 Fifth Ave Bldg. and visited Cadaco. Spoke to "Dan Monihan" who remembered me from Toy Fair. First I looked at MANEUVER and [crossed out] NIK-NAK NUMBERS and then he sold me copies @ $3 each (40% off). He also told me that they had no staff developing games and bought everything from outside and suggested I submit some- thing. Before sending a model description it should be sent to:- Mr. Robert J. Koch } Cadaco Cadaco Inc. 310 West Polk St. Chicago Illinois 60607

Thought of a pencil & paper game called CUTTING CORNERS which is an improvement of a game idea I had last year. Each player uses a different color & they start by each drawing two adjacent sides of a square in their own color.

[Two diagrams drawn with red and green lines. Left diagram has square with tangram-like shapes, crossed out with "VOID" written across. Right diagram is square with various red and green lines. Some lines are numbered. Some squares have Xs and others have dots. Key to right diagram reads "(green dot) - 7," "(red dot) - 8"]

The first player starts at any edge with a straight line, bends at right angles and ends at another edge. The 2nd player then makes a similar line which crosses one other line. The first player than makes one that crosses two lines, etc. until the 2nd player makes his third line which crosses 5 lines. 22 boxes result and each player receives 1 pt. for each line box that has more sides of his color. Those with an even number are won by neither. They game should be played in sets of two with each player having the chance to start. High total score for the set of two wins. Played with Claude and it worked O.K. Some possible variations:- Lines do not have to start at an edge but may start at another interior line and (cont. on 7/13)

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English 7/13
7/15
FRIDAY 14 JULY
1967 195th day - 170 days to come


At lunch time walked to the 200 Fifth Ave Bldg. and visited
Cadaco. Spoke to "Dan Monihan" who remembered me from Toy
Fair. First I looked at MANEUVER and [crossed out] NIK-NAK NUMBERS
and then he sold me copies @ $3 each (40% off).
He also told me that they had no staff developing games and
bought everything from outside and suggested I submit some-
thing. Before sending a model description it should be sent
to:-
Mr. Robert J. Koch } Cadaco
Cadaco Inc.
310 West Polk St.
Chicago Illinois 60607
Thought of a pencil & paper game called CUTTING CORNERS
which is an improvement of a game idea I had last year.
Each player uses a different color & they start by
each drawing two adjacent sides of a square in their own
color.
[Two diagrams drawn with red and green lines. Left diagram has square with tangram-like shapes, crossed out with "VOID" written across. Right diagram is square with various red and green lines. Some lines are numbered. Some squares have Xs and others have dots. Key to right diagram reads "(green dot) - 7," "(red dot) - 8"]
The first player starts at any edge with a straight line,
bends at right angles and ends at another edge. The 2nd player
then makes a similar line which crosses one other line. The
first player than makes one that crosses two lines, etc. until the
2nd player makes his third line which crosses 5 lines. 22 boxes
result and each player receives 1 pt. for each line box that has
more sides of his color. Those with an even number are won
by neither. They game should be played in sets of two with each
player having the chance to start. High total score for the set of
two wins.
Played with Claude and it worked O.K.
Some possible variations:- Lines do not have to start at an
edge but may start at another interior line and (cont. on 7/13)