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WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 1968 | ||
185th day - 181 days to come | |||
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185th day - 181 days to come Called Claude. Nothing on games | Called Claude. Nothing on games. | ||
Jo Ann McCormick | That girl who Marylin met at an antique show came to visit us bringing <br> | ||
a friend : - <br> | |||
Phila., | Jo Ann McCormick <br> | ||
games. She didn't seem in search of any particular information. | 4105 Spruce St. <br> | ||
games that can be worked on a computer. George is fooling around with an idea he calls DRAGO. Ta ten digits in combinations of three-012, 013, 014,...... 789 Conly I oft a digit is used there are 120 combinations ( he said, I haven't checked him). Taking a 3x3 bound there are 8 ways of having a line of 3. There for 15 bounds would have 120 rows of 3. He is trying to set up 15 boards that would include the 120 rows So far he hasn't been successful. He is thinking about a Bingo type game played using 3-20 sided dice with two sets of the digits on each. (FUTURE has a 20 sided die. George said there are some Japanese wholesale places that handle them.) George Knows a Caltech professor who claims to have invented a | Apt. C5 <br> | ||
game very much like LASCA | Phila., Penna, 19104 <br> | ||
His name is Dr. Donalt Knuth. We played a game of BAZAAR | |||
backgrounds were rather hard on the eyes. - George and so Ann started a game of | George A MIller <br> | ||
4606 Springfield Ave. <br> | |||
Phila., Penna, 19143 <br> | |||
She is getting advance degrees in folklore, which includes a study of <br> | |||
games. She didn't seem in search of any particular information. <br> | |||
She thought it would be nice for me to meet some of her professors, <br> | |||
and possibly to lecture a group on games said I'd try to arrange <br> | |||
it sometime next fall. <br> | |||
He is working on computers and is interested in coming up with <br> | |||
games that can be worked on a computer. <br> | |||
George is fooling around with an idea he calls DRAGO. Ta ten digits in combinations of three-012, 013, 014,...... 789 Conly I oft a digit is used there are 120 combinations ( he said, I haven't checked him). Taking a 3x3 bound there are 8 ways of having a line of 3. There for 15 bounds would have 120 rows of 3. He is trying to set up 15 boards that would include the 120 rows So far he hasn't been successful. He is thinking about a Bingo type game played using 3-20 sided dice with two sets of the digits on each. (<u>FUTURE</u> has a 20 sided die. George said there are some Japanese wholesale places that handle them.) George Knows a Caltech professor who claims to have invented a | |||
game very much like <u>LASCA</u>. George wanted a reference to show him. I showed him <u>MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS</u> by Krait chek. George thought I hat might be interested in contacting the professon because he makes up games just for the challenge... and then forgets about theme | |||
His name is Dr. Donalt Knuth. We played a game of <u>BAZAAR</u> and found that the black | |||
backgrounds were rather hard on the eyes. - George and so Ann started a game of <u>FOCUS</u> and when Jo Ann haf. - just about lost I took over and pulled it out. They liked it and | |||
I gave them book lets. | I gave them book lets. |