SUNDAY 22 JANUARY
Septuagesima 1967 22nd day - 343 days to come
In N.Y. Times Marboro had an add for the following book:-
GAMES, ANYONE? - A witty collection of ad
GAMES, ANYONE? - A WITTY COLLECTION OF ADULT GAMES. By
Robert Thomsen ' Illus. by Tomi Ungerer. Word games, brain-
teasers, action games, memory-testers, anagrams - a mixed bag
of fun games for both solitary and party entertainment.
Orig. $3.95. Only 1.99.
Looked at rules of SEAPOWER, the new revised rules. Called
Alice with my report. Well done simplification of Fletcher
FLETCHER PRATT'S NAVAL WAR GAME. But not too much chance
for strategy. Alice will not send the new rules in until
she gets some reaction from "X" on the original rules.
Also told Alice about my ideas for Conner Barrett's split-
letter GAME. Worked out the entire alphabet so that only
4 cards halfs can only be used in one letter. She'll contact
Conner to contact me.
Called Bob Abbott. He prefers that Arthur doesn't come next
Thursday. A group of mathematicians are going to hold
a weekend meeting in Suffolk, England devoted entirely
to playing and discussing his games. His book is still
selling and has almost earned the advance royalties.
Told him about selling a game to Ideal.
He doesn't think much will come of our Thursday
meeting with Fay Baker.
Filed SEAPOWER in "board games" folder.
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