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8/13 8/12 MONDAY 14 AUGUST 1967 226th day - 139 days to come


At F.A.O. Schwartz saw:-

TRIPLE JUNCTION :- This is NINE MEN MORRIS with variations for 2, 3, and 4 players. The board with the diagonals is used. When 2 When 2 play each has 9 men. The rules are the same as the regular game except that a record is kept of a player's completed lines and he may not use the same line more than once. When 3 play each has 7 men. [crossed out] When a line is completed a piece of each of the opponents is re- moved. Lines can only be used once by a player. When 4 play each has 5 men. Rules are same as for 3 except that an additional variation is included which allows any three adjacent pieces to be consid- ered as a line even if not in a straight line. [drawing of two 2-segment shapes] etc. Another variation, for any number of players, is to prohibit the same line to be used again by any player. Another variation, for any number of players, is to count the point value of a completed line (each position is printed with an identifying number) and play to some winning score.

PA-KA THE NUMBERS GAME (N & S, 1966) :- On a board in each corner there is a 10 x 10 layout with digits 0 thru 9 each repeated 10 times randomly in each layout. In the center of the board are 6 spinners divided into equal spaces as follows:- 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. There are 100 tiles, 10 each of 0 thru 9. 2 to 4 make may play. Each player chooses a layout on the board and takes 8 tiles. In a turn a player chooses one of the spinners and spins it. He must place as many tiles on the board in a straight line, not including diagonally, as the number spun. The tiles must match the spaces on the board and must be next to each other. Score the total of the tiles played. After a player has tiles on his layout he can add to the length of a row on the board. E.g. - he spins 6 and has two in a row on the board. He can add 4 tiles to this row. He only scores for the 4 tiles played. After playing, a player draws tiles to return his hand to 8. No more than 8 tiles can be played in a row. When a player spins a 1 he may not play this next to tile already played (diagonally is O.K.). With more than 1 they can be played next to other rows as long as [crossed out] the direc row in the direction of the played tiles ful- fills the length requirements. On a turn a player may choose the spinner he wishes to use, except that all must be used before using one over. A score pad is provided for entering the score so as to keep track of "rounds." If a player is not able to form a row of the required length he enters a minus ammount equal to the top number (cont. on 8/13)

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