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10/28 10/26

FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER 1967 300th day - 65 days to come

Called Alice and told her about BAZAAR copies and about Bob Abel's call. She is sending EXECUTIVE DECISION and Jake's FACTOR to 3M this afternoon.

To Claude's mother for a N.Y.G.A. meeting. Arthur and Wald there also. Played Claude's new version of TEN LITTLE INDIANS. Six cards are choosen by matching markings along the edges of the cards (on the back side). These six cards then are faced and by using their clues the player determines that 9 characters are dead and then the tenth is the murderer. A card mentions from 2 to 5 characters and their means of dying dieing. Any combination of cards can be used as long as a character is not shown dying in two or more different ways. Not all the cards have to be used. Wald suggested a scoring system as follows:- Each player writes down his solution as he determines it. The players, if correct, score according to who was first, second, etc. First scores no. of players in game, 2nd 1 less, down to 1 point for last. However a player who does not get a correct solution does not score and each player with a correct solution adds 1 point for each wrong solution. Claude based the game on the game on the following setup.

[diagram with circles and rectangles and dots]

The 5 rectangles represent key cards, two of which figure in a solution. The 20 circles represent fill in cards. Two key cards and the two cards between them solve the problem. The two additional cards are just red herrings. Claude had errors in his setup which allowed more than one solution.

Played part of my TEN LITTLE INDIANS but they didn't care for it. I still like it. Arthur and Wald felt that both versions lacked any suspense and they're probably right.

Showed 2 hand ANOTHER. Wald thought it was great.

Wald showed CASANOVA. The high deck is layed face down in an 8 x 4 layout, except for a face-up Lover of flowers in corner and a Maid of flowers in the other. One player's object is to move the Lover onto the Maid. The other tries to avoid this. Players in turn face any card they wish. If (cont. on 10/28)