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MARTIN GARDNER CALLED. HE IS GOING TO GIVE TWO-HANDED <u>FOCUS</u> IN OCT. SCI-AM.
[https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-people#gardner-martin MARTIN GARDNER] CALLED. HE IS GOING TO GIVE TWO-HANDED [https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-games#focus <u>FOCUS</u>] IN OCT. [https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-other#scientific-american ''SCI-AM''].
HE IS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE <u>TABLUT</u> (MURRAY - PG. 63).
I TOLD HIM OF <u>FREEDOM'S CONTEST, OR THE BATTLE OF THE UNION </u>PUBLISHED IN 1863  WHICH IS ALMOST THE SAME GAME (PARKER ARCHIVES).
 
HE IS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THE TILE TYPE <u>GAME</u> (2/5), AND IF HE HAS ROOM< THE HUNT TYPE <u>GAME</u> (4/12)
 
HE MENTIONED SEEING A <u>TILE TYPE GAME</u> PLAYED WITH MAGNETIC PIECES ON A BOARD AND ASK IF I HAD SEEN IT. I HADN'T.
 
HE MENTIONED A GAME CALLED NUMBER FOOTBALL DEVELOPED BY SOME MONKS & SAID HE'D SEND IT TO ME.
 
[https://sacksonportal.museumofplay.org/s/sackson-portal/page/glossary-people#abbott-robert BOB] & RUTH ABBOTT OVER.
PLAYED <u>SWITCH</u> (7/28)
PLAYED <u>POTENTIAL</u> WITH CHAIN REACTIONS, BUT TOO TIRED TO REALLY CONCENTRATE.
 
BOB GAVE ME A MENSA BULLETIN WITH RULES FOR <u>GRAND CHESS</u> (FILED IN BOARD GAMES FOLDER).