Compare revisions: 1974_Sackson_050_January 30.jpg
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
<u>Alan Newman</u> and his wife Ali here with <u>Felicia</u>. <br> | <u>Alan Newman</u> and his wife Ali here with <u>Felicia</u>. <br> | ||
Felicia brought along a game by a new client that she calls <br> | Felicia brought along a game by a new client that she calls <br> | ||
<u>NAME DROPPERS</u>. | <u>NAME DROPPERS</u>. On a sheet of paper the alphabet is listed in rows one beneath the other. The foirst 26 letters are taken from any written material and added either before or after - <br> | ||
at the players' collective choice - the printed letters. Player try <br> | |||
to fill in known names using the initials. Can also fill in a <br> | |||
name using the initials in reverse, and score more for this. Score <br> | |||
less if two or more players have used same initials and even less <br> | |||
if the same name. We both agree it is too much like games in books. <br> | |||
Alan brought along his new version of <u>FERRET</u> (see 1/14). The board is now 9 x 9 with 4 spaces to be left blank at the <br> | |||
start - as shown in sketch. | |||
[Small diagram of a 3 x 3 grid with the bottom right square starred.] | |||
There are 77 white letter tiles including (I believe) 2 "wild". There are also 4 sets of differently colored tiles - 44 each - allowing from <br> | |||
2 to 4 to play. | |||