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look at them. I'll be there Friday morning. | look at them. I'll be there Friday morning. | ||
<u>Red Simensen</u> called to ask me whether | <u>Red Simensen</u> called to ask me whether the big game companies <br> | ||
had their own art departments. I told him that I thought <br> | |||
that 3M did, but that I wasn't sure. It had something to do <br> | |||
with an article but I didn't get the details. | |||
Did a little work on writing up <u>AIRPORT</u> for my column. | |||
Started work on <u>SCOTLAND YARD</u> and did most of the board. | |||
Call from <u>Martin Gardner</u>. Someone, an expert on graph theory, <br> | |||
wrote to him with a generalized solution to games of <br> | |||
which <u>SLITHER</u> is a specific instance, in which points are <br> | |||
connected in a continuous path. The points can be in any <br> | |||
arrangement, in any number of planes and dimensions. With <br> | |||
an even number of points, connect them so that each point <br> | |||
is connected to one another - any one. The first player then <br> | |||
plays on a connection line, etc. With an odd number, after <br> | |||
the first player plays the second player then makes the <br> | |||
connections using either point from the first play. <br> | |||
The reverse game where the first to close the line <br> | |||
wins so far has not been analysed. <br> | |||
Martin heard from <u>Tom Atwater</u> that Hallmark would <br> | |||
be coming out with a set of <u>POLYOMINOS</u>. I told Martin <br> | |||
about my games with Hallmark (<u>FITTING & PROPER</u>, etc.) <br> | |||
but asked him to keep it confidential. <br> | |||
Also Martin told me that <u>Edson</u> is suing <u>Piet Hein</u> over <br> | |||
some matter concerning the five puzzles with Gabriel : - <br> | |||
<u>NIMBI</u>, etc. (see 12/27/71). | |||
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(cont. from 6/22) [6/22] <br> | |||
Rcd. June ''<u>TOYS</u>''. Had a mention of the <u>INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW</u>. New <br> | |||
products listed <u>CHAOS</u>, <u>ELECTION</u>, <u>SPIN-GOLF</u>, and <u>CHALLENGE BRIDGE</u>. | |||