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Title
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1969_Sackson_087_March 08.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1969
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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 7, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1969
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
SATURDAY 8 MARCH
1969 67th day - 298 days to come
Rcd. a short thank you letter from Jerry D'Arcey.
Rcd. letter from Good Games and Games Research.
Long talk with Claude. He will be getting $500 advance
from Oggi very shortly.
Rest of day drawing diagrams for book.
(cont. from 3/7) [3/5]
balls. Each player in turn uses the wheel and obtains
5 letters. These are written on a sheet of paper drawn
up like a SCRABBLE board. One is used for each game. (Didn't
get details of scoring, etc.)
NILE, SNAG, TRAFFIC, WILD LIFE, and COUNT DOWN are still in the
line although they are disappointed with the sale of the first.
Gary & Reidel. Asked about the new games Daystar wrote
me about. The only one out was BIG BOARD, a stock market
[diagram drawn on left. Tower reading top to bottom:
Section 1: "BEAR, $6,800"
Section 2: "BULL, $9,200"
Section 3: "DIVIDEND, $200"
Section 4: "$8,000 per 100 shares"
Section 5: "STANDARD OIL OF N.J."
Annotations read:
"Selling price depending on market condition" with curly bracket and arrows pointing to "BEAR" and "BULL" sections.
"Collect from others for landing" with curly bracket and arrow pointing to "DIVIDEND" section.
"Buying price" with arrow pointing to "$8,000 per 100 shares" section.]
game. There is a circular path with 30 stock
spaces similar to the one shown. Players move
around buying stocks when they land
on a space, if they wish. Put marker
on to show ownership. May Game player
may buy a second 100 shares. Players
try to buy at lower market and
sell at higher. Some spaces change
the market. Also some chance cars
also do. Some spaces force a player to
liquidate their holdings. (Rough idea - but game has
nothing new.)
Was looking at the exhibit of Spear's games when a man
from Marlon Creations told me he would give me a copy of HEXES
at the International Toy Show, next week.
Continental Promotions Inc. After waiting a while, told
Arnie Margolis that the other company was holding
FITTING & PROPER but that I would work out some other
ideas for them and that he should contact me next time
he comes to N.Y. Said he would.
Crisloid. PYRAMID. 15 letter dice. Players in turn shake
them and then with a three minute timer try to arrange them
in words, either cross word style or singly. There is a 10 x 5
grid with numbers from 0 to 9 in a random pattern. The words are
built on this grid trying to cover the highest numbers
possible. When time runs out score is the sum of the numbers
covered by valid words.
(cont. on 3/9)
