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Saturday 24 January

24th day - 341 days to come

Wrote letters to Don Miller, Garry Crum, Edwin K. Tucker, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Mark Segal, James Cochrane, William Mikulas, Joseph A. Weisbecker, Matte S_______ Games.

Long conversation with Claude. Nothing particularly about games.

(cont. from 1/25) [3/2]

TIC-TAC-TRIX - don't remember any of the details on this. He said that an organization for the blind was interested in FITTING AND PROPER and that they might put it out as a joint venture. He will have his assistant send me all the details.
He said that he hadn't seen my letter concerning the non- dice version of TOTALLY - and that his assistant had taken it upon himself to return the game. However he didn't ask to see it again.

Daystar - Took ad sheet for BIG BOARD. Didn't get the details.

Solo Ball Co. - A solitaire baseball game called SOLO BALL. They offered me a complete set, but I only took the cards, the rest of being primarily a book for keeping records.

Tracianne - APOLLO. A game of reaching the moon using dice and also a series of question cards. Didn't get the details. (Have ad sheet.)

Varigraph, Inc. - DOOP. Cards are provided [crossout] with 16 hands on each side, one card for each position. Each player also has a gadget for isolating the hand they are using and picks the right cards from his own deck. (Have ad sheet.)

Boneil Co. - WARRI. Took rules for this MANCALA game and three variations - ROUNDERS, DUCHESS, CONTEST.

ALTO Corp. - A series of games all played with special cubes. Didn't get many of the details. In the football game one player chooses an [crossout] offensive cube, the other a de- fensive. The result comes from the tops of the two, after be- ing thrown. The girl claimed that all the various pool games could be played with that gave. The various games:- ALLSTAR FOOTBALL, PAR 70, CUBE DARTS, REBOUND, CUBE SHOES, BATTER UP, TRIPLE CROWN, ONE ARM BANDIT, CUBE POOL. (Have ad sheets.)

Darr Corp.: - PITFALL - a children's race game with captures
(cont. on 1/23)