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Title
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1968_Sackson_204_July 04.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1968
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 6, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1968
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
THURSDAY 4 JULY
Independence Day 1968 186th day - 180 days to come
BB, Dana and I played several games of VENTURE CAPITAL but still
were not satisfied with it.
Called Jim Dunnigan. Woke him up in the middle of the day. Nothing
doing of immediate consequence. He'll call me next week to keep me posted.
Arthur called about a new game with the HIGH DECK - (later
called MARRY). 16 cards are used, as shown, and are
set up on an imagionary 6 x 6 grid.
[diagram: six columns. Columns read:
Column 1: K (dark trapezoid), V (dark trapezoid), P (open circle), S (open circle)
Column 2: V (dark up arrow), K (dark up arrow), S (open circles in flower shape), P (open circles in flower shape)
Column 3: (empty)
Column 4: (empty)
Column 5: P (dark up arrow), S (dark up arrow), K (open circles in flower shape), V (open circles in flower shape)
Column 6: S (dark trapezoid), P (dark trapezoid), V (open circle), K (open circle)]
2 play. One player uses the majors,
the other the minors.
Moves are either a short jump (from
adjacent space on one side to adjacent
space on other side) orthogonally (I
believe) of a piece over the correspond-
ing piece in other hierarchy (such as
K over V or V over K. House has no
bearing) or a combining move along
an orthogonal or empty rectangle. Any
of a player's pieces can combine with
any of the others.
A short jump can also be combined
with a combining. In the situation
shown, [three rectangles labeled K, V, P] the K can jump over the
V to combine with the P. The P, however, could not jump over
the V.
Object is to either combine all your pieces in one pile or
reduce opponent to immobility.
To record a game all that is required is the piece
moving on top of the piece jumped over or the piece
landed on. [diagram: K (dark trapezoid), horizontal line, V (dark trapezoid); K (dark trapezoid, horizontal line, P (open circle)]
Spoke to Arthur about some questions on AFRICAN CHESS
(included in description on 6/28)
