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TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1967
Election Day
311th day - 54 days to come

At F.A.O. Schwartz saw : -
FOOTBALL CHESS : - Pcs. are molded in the
form of football players and are set up as
follows shown. The pcs. have chess moves
as follows : - QB (Quarterback) same as King
FB (Fullback) " " Queen
HB (Halfback) " " Rook
C (Center) " " Knight
E (End) " " Bishop
L (Linesman) " " Pawn

Play the same as CHESS except for the
less pcs. and the different set up.

[Diagram of a n 8 x 8 board marked with the letters QB, FB, HB, C, E, and L. It is the set-up for FOOTBALL CHESS.]

KON - TIKI (Spears). Had the game without rules. There is a board
with paths on the ocean. At "Y" (Where paths branch) there are
movable circles which, I presume shunt boats in directions depending
on the setting of the circles. There are various sets of cards which are
collected. They build up in value as follows : - 1-1, 2-3, 3-6, 4-10, 5-15,
6-21, 7-28. The salesgirl said they would be getting additional games
with the rules.

At Alexander's saw I SPY (A card game & board game by Ideal).
There are 45 cards in 4 suits and 1 joker. Each suit consists of
five unnumbered "weapon" cards and 6 numbered cards - "Ahead 4",
"Ahead 3", "Ahead 2", "Ahead 1", "Back 1" & "Back 2". There is a single-track
path with some of the spaces marked with colors matching
the suits. Each player is dealt 4 cards. Play is in tricks and suit
must be followed. Highest number of suit led wins trick (Back 1
ranks above Ahead 2 and Ahead 1 in rank - I think). The player winning
the trick moves the sum of all the numbered cards of the suit
led. The winner of a trick leads to the next. The joker can be played
at anytime and wins the trick, giving the player 1 move ahead.
When a player lands on a colored space he cannot leave it until
he either wins a trick with a "weapon" card in it of the color
he is on, or he plays a "weapon" card to a trick (how many moves?)
Object to reach end of track. (Fairly complete.)