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6/24 6/23 6/22 THURSDAY 26 JUNE 1969 177th day - 188 days to come

Took home the games Claude got me yesterday: GREAT FIGHTS, TRI-OMINOS, MOTAMO, WOORDENSPEL, & SYNTAX (which I had a copy of already - but Claude wasn't particularly anxious to have it). Also an old set of regular cards.

Jerry D'Arcey called. He has to was in N.Y. only till tomorrow morning and has to see a relative tonight. He came to the office at lunch time. Showed me: New version of KU-FU. There are 27 pcs., 5 each of 5 colors, 1 gold- "Ku" and 1 silver "Fu." It is now played competatively by two or more players. When the pcs. are thrown out the players in turn take any two of the same color that are in a line without ob- structions. When no further pairs can be taken the next played can take the "Ku". Then additional single pcs. are taken unless another pair shows up. When only the "Fu" is left the player whose turn it is must take it, ending the game. Each piece taken counts +1 point except the "Ku" which counts +5 and the "Fu" which counts -5. Getting all 5 of 1 color gives an extra bon- us of 10 points. Samsonite liked KU-FU but wanted to hold it for their 1971 line without giving an advance. JUGALUG. Played with a jug-shaped containing with a cork (made of plastic) on top. Inside are placed letter discs spelling "jugalug" (from 4 to 6 sets). A special die is used with a jug on two faces, a cork on one face and the other 3 blank. Players in turn throw the die. When one throws a jug face he grabs the jug, removes the cork, and starts shaking out letter discs. The other players keep throwing the die until the cork face shows up at which time the player with the jug stops and re- places the cork. The game then continues in the same way until a player can spell "jugalug." There is a marble in the jug and when this comes out the player must return it and all discs taken out on this turn before another player notices it. If notice before returning the player must return all the discs he took in this turn and previously, Wham-O liked it but wouldn't give an advance. UP-TIGHT. 2 to 4 can play. Each has a set of six pieces of (roughly) the shapes shown. There is a screen about 6" high.

[3-D shapes drawn to left of paragraph: round disc, cylinder, S-shaped piece, C-shaped piece, lightning-shaped piece, plus-sign piece, dotted line, shape like a handle]

Each player has two gadgets as shown below. The first player holds the two gadgets and takes one of his pieces between them and passes it over the screen to the next player on his left. That player adds a piece of his own and pressing the two together passes them to the next player. Etc. The piece to be added can be placed by hand but the passing must be done with the gadgets. When a group of pieces falls the player keeps them and the (cont. on 6/24)