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Publishers Central Bureau ad had <u>THE WAR GAME</u>. Ed by P. Young.
Publishers Central Bureau ad had <u>THE WAR GAME</u>. Ed by P. Young.
275 illus. [illustrations] & maps, 75 in Full Color. Over 20,000 miniature model
soldiers, guns, tanks etc., were assembled to create these pictorial
descriptions of 10 historic battles, incl. [including] Thermopylae, Agincourt,
Waterloo, Gettysburg, and El Alamein. 8 1/4 x 12. Publ. [published] at $10.00, only $4.95.
Finished the <u>PATTON</u> rules. BB typed them while I inked the
<s>dr</s> illustrations. Dana read the rules and had a few suggestions.
<u>Bob Champer</u> called and he'll be here early tomorrow.
Called <u>Bob Gellman</u> [illegible word crossed out] and <u>Arthur</u> and set up dates for
tomorrow.
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continues until both players pass. Each puts out his aces and trumps and
then plays in 2-card tricks. Played well.
<br>Then we played with 3. With a 6-trick "book" it was too hard to
make any kind of a bid. Wald suggested simply bidding the number
of tricks, but that would necessitate changing the scoring. I suggested
a 4-trick "book" which was good. Then I suggested a 3-trick
"book" and that gave more leeway in the bidding.
<br>They showed me another "ESP" game called <u>THE POOL</u> and Anne joined us.
7 cards are put face down. A player chooses one of these and turns
it face-up. This is "the suit." he then turns up the next card. If the
same "suit," it goes on top. If another suit a new pile is started. When a
card of "the suit" is faced it goes on top of the latest pile. If the
last card is of "the suit" the player scores <s>the number</s> 7 minus the
number of piles, or rather his team does. If the last card is a
different suit, the other team scores the number of cards in
the last (uncovered) pile. Play until a set number of points.