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Rcd. August ''<u>TOYS</u>''. Stevens has ad for <u>FUNNY BONES</u> (a "Pic-up Stix Game"). <br> | Rcd. [received] August ''<u>TOYS</u>''. Stevens has ad for <u>FUNNY BONES</u> (a | ||
Parker is advertising a <u>MONOPOLY</u> sweepstakes. First prize | "Pic-up Stix Game"). <br> | ||
Parker is advertising a <u>MONOPOLY</u> sweepstakes. First prize | |||
is a set with $15,000 of real money. <br> | is a set with $15,000 of real money. <br> | ||
Eldon (a Leisure Dynamics subsidiary) advertises a new | Eldon (a Leisure Dynamics subsidiary) advertises a new | ||
action game - <u>SKILL BALL</u>. <br> | action game - <u>SKILL BALL</u>. <br> | ||
Rcd. letter from Jim Faulkner with <u>NEXUS</u> price. He'd rather | Rcd. letter from Jim Faulkner with <u>NEXUS</u> price. He'd rather | ||
have a more leisurely review after X'Mas. <br> | have a more leisurely review after X'Mas [Christmas].<br> | ||
Rcd. a postcard from <u>Eric (T. Nielsen</u> - I am sure). He was in | Rcd. a postcard from <u>Eric (T. Nielsen</u> - I am sure). He was in | ||
New York for one day and didn't have time to contact me. | New York for one day and didn't have time to contact me. | ||
He has some new <u>GAME</u>s, including a race game played | He has some new <u>GAME</u>s, including a race game played | ||
on a board formed by <u>PENTOMINOS</u> as the game progresses. <br> | on a board formed by <u>PENTOMINOS</u> as the game progresses. | ||
He'll | He'll send me the rules soon. <br> | ||
Rcd. a personal letter from <u>Mike Alber</u> inviting me and my | |||
wife to the Parker Bros. 90th anniversary at the Four | |||
Seasons - 9/24. R.S.V.P. <br> | |||
From Publisher's Central Bureau rcd. the following three books: | |||
''<u>MATHEMATICS, MAGIC AND MYSTERY</u>'', ''<u>GEOMETRIC DISSECTIONS</u>'', | |||
''<u>101 PUZZLES IN THOUGHT AND LOGIC</u>''. Also a note that | |||
''<u>TEST YOUR LOGIC</u>'' is temporarily out of stock and will [be] | |||
sent in two months. | |||
To the <u>Richter</u>s in the evening. Asked Al about his progress | |||
on <u>DON'T BLOW A FUSE</u>. He has figured out a way of assuring | |||
a contact, and has started cutting out the plastic. <br> | |||
He told me about a game, <u>TURF</u>, that he had worked on | |||
some time ago. He looked for his model but couldn't find | |||
it. It is mainly luck with a little choice, and the | |||
object is to "grow" a perfect lawn, without crab grass, | |||
slugs, etc. <br> | |||
Played <u>INVESTIGATION</u> with him and he won. Then <u>COMBINATIONS</u> | |||
which I won. Finally <u>END OF THE LINE</u> which I won | |||
5 out of 6 (I believe). We discovered that there are | |||
2 spaces at each end of the 3 [3 is inside a small box] field that lead to an | |||
immediate win for the player picking them. (Later discovered | |||
that a third space at each end leads to an easily forced win.) | |||
I came up with the idea of coloring those spaces to forbid | |||
starting there. And it will also dress up the appearance. | |||
In the 5 [5 is inside a small box] field there are 6 spaces at each end that lead to | |||
an immediate win. In the 4 [4 is inside a small box] field there aren't any but I'll | |||
color some anyway for appearance. <br> | |||
As a variant I'll probably allow a line 1 long. Another | |||
possibility to be investigated - each player blacks out a space | |||
which can't be passed through or landed on. | |||
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(cont. from 8/17) [9/4] | |||
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to have Amy, who will be starting Columbia University, | |||
call me about setting up a date. <br> | |||
[Started 9/4] | |||