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11/11 FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER Martin Luther--Born 1483 1967 314th day - 51 days to come

Pete brought me a large box of wood cubes he cut from a pc. of "whitewood" I bought some time ago.

Decided to contact Jake Williams and see if he wants to make up a model of I'M ALL TIED UP, splitting the royalties.

N.Y.G.A. meeting with Claude & Arthur. Showed them THRUST. Arthur didn't like it at all, but Claude said it was an interesting mechanism but the objective had to be polished up. I had the following differences from yesterday's version. A switch consists of moving one card from one column to another. The column into which the card moves is said to "have the action". The next player cannot move a card into or out of the column with the action. Also a column in which a capture is made also "has the action." In making a switch it is per- missible to put the card behind the original 5 cards.

Played Claude's game CAPER according to the rules of 11/2; Arthur & Claude played. Then we played another version of CAPER. The 24 cards are placed around the center color card. The numbers do not have any meaning, but are used as pcs. similar to WATCH. Players in turn place a token wherever they wish. Then moves are made as in "Watch," removing the card moved from. When a player moves onto the color card he captures it and, upon moving away, takes the color card and places it in front of him. when a player lands upon another player that player is out of the game and if he had the color card it is captured by the landing player. Players who ends up with the color card is the winner. (Pretty good but not as good or colorful as "watch.)
Played BLACK LOTUS, including BB. 3 red, 3 white, and 3 green tooth- picks are thrown from a container onto a black background, 2 play. Each player chooses one toothpick as his chosen pc., without divulging its identity. Then players in turn remove a toothpick of their choice. If one lays across another, the top one must be removed before the lower one. If a [crossed out] player's chosen toothpick remains till the end, he is the winner. If neither's pc. remains or if both pick the same and it is last, it is a tie. (Claude and I weren't impressed
Arthur showed this game and several others to Julie Cooper @ Ideal. Julie said that if they did go in for a line of "adult" games, and it is possible, he would be interested in con- sidering BLACK LOTUS.

Played several games of THREE, including BB. We played using the latest rules, with 2 captures possible on a turn. The addition that Arthur gave was the extension of the game to require 3 games in a row won to win the set. If one or two are won and then the other player wins one, the previous wins are wiped. If the red player, who (cont. on 11/11)