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10/20 10/19 10/18 MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 1968 295th day - 71 days to come

At Bloomingdale's saw the inventor of STRATO-MATIC FOOTBALL demonstrating the game. There are two levels. The simpler game consists of the offensive player secretly placing one chip on a chart representing the player (actual teams are represented) and the other the type of play. (In the player the position is called for but an actual player is filling the position.) The defensive player can place a chip on either run or pass. Dice Three dice, one colored and two white. The colored die determines by a 1, 2, 3, or 4, 5, 6 separation which of two sets of charts to use. The relationship of the placed chips and the sum of the two white dice then determines the result. The advanced game has a board (or boards) where the players can arrange the position of their players football players. (Didn't get the details. It is really for football fans only.) The inventor's name is Hal Richman Box 541 Great Neck, N.Y. He has been publishing STRATO-MATIC BASEBALL for some years now and selling it by mail order. The football game he is going to try to sell thru the stores. I said I'd contact him when I get to finalizing the reviews in my book.

At Riis Brothers saw AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Ideal). The rules are as stated 3/22. The board is similar to that for MR. REE. Players move by throw of a die, one room or area per pop. When get into a room with an opponent, ask him a question. When more than one, choose the one to be questioned.

At F.A.O. Schwartz saw SNAG (Lowe).

[diagrams of three "circles" made up of grid squares. Left circle is crossed out, right circle is crossed out. Center circle reads: Row 1: 3, 4, 5, 6 Row 2: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Row 3: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Row 4: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 Row 5: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 Row 6: 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 Row 7: 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 Row 8: 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 Row 9: 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 Row 10: 93, 94, 95, 96]

The board is as shown and there are 76 discs with numbers matching. Each player (2 to 4 can play, I think) draws 4 discs (I think). One is played in turn and then replaces until all are used. When a player completes one, or more, lines of 4 they take off those discs. Score for number of discs captured.