Russian, yes. It is miracle, that these USA books were translated in USSR, IMHO. All these brain-teasers, and, yes, of course, Game of Life! I didn't have any

Russian, yes. It is miracle, that these USA books were translated in USSR, IMHO. All these brain-teasers, and, yes, of course, Game of Life! I didn't have any beads, but I had about 1m of 100 pairs telco cable, so I've used small pieces of wire in colored insulation as beads :-)