SATURDAY 11 MARCH 1967
70th day - 295 days to come
The 1967 Playthings Directory came. Steve Spencer
had told me that there was another game called
STOCK MARKET in addition to Whitman's. It is listed
by a company called Futures, Inc. in Akron Ohio.
Working on TRINGO or SCOPE. Dana put the nails in four
books and I started cutting holes in cards.
BB, I, Claude, & Anne met in Flushing. Went to Toy Town where I saw
KRESKIN'S ESP. The board has the alphabet, numbers and
(I believe) a Yes-No section. There is a pendulum and some cards
with colored symbols. Does not look like a true game, tho I couldn't
see the rules, under cellophane. At store bought 6 pair of dice.
Told Claude & Anne about my ELLERY QUEEN CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN. Mentioned to Claude the fact that Bob
Abbott's SWITCH probably triggered his thinking about the
removable tiles in WATCH.
(cont. from 3/10) [3/10]
Bob Abbott told me that he signed a contract with McGraw-Hill to
write a book on POKER variations. But he isn't sure that he
wants to go thru with it. If he doesn't he will suggest me.
Bob & I both noticed that Claude's WATCH has a resemblance
to Bob's SWITCH. But certainly not enough to be a steal.
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