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THURSDAY 20 JUNE 1968 172nd day - 194 days to come

Called Mel Meyer twice to find out about TOTALLY-- . Couldn't get to speak to him.

BB and I played a variation of THESE UNITED STATES where each is dealt a hand of 6 cards and in each hand turn there is a draw of 1 card. In each turn a player plays one card to the table in front of the player. If the card played is ad- jacent to a card he already has down he plays it on top. Otherwise he starts a new pile. When a player, either before or after playing his card, sees a condition where the lower card of an opponent's pile (which could be 1 high) is adjacent to a card on the top of of one of his own piles (which could be 1 high) he can place the opponent's pile on top of his own. The capturing pile must be as large or larger than the captured pile. A player may also combine piles of his own provided the bottom pile is as large or larger than the one placed on top. Players are never compelled to place cards on a pile and may start a new one if they wish instead. They also do not have to capture or combine if they don't wish to. After all cards are played the player with the most cards wins. This is really an adult game and could be done separately and be called EMPIRES. This game could probably be worked out as a "solitaire" type.