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2/22 2/21 2/20 THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 1970 57th day - 308 days to come

Jerry D'Arcey called me at work in the morning. Arranged for BB and me to meet him at his hotel and he'll take us to supper. Thinking of 2 GAME ideas One is based on the pieces Claude gave me yesterday. Paint the top surfaces with different colors. Then stack and unstack them in some specified way. Discovering and then remembering which pc. has which color is the basis of the game. [diagram on right of five truncated rows with various circles in each row] The other is based on an idea in one of the patents I have. Marbles of different colors are drawn at random and player can choose which of several slots to place it in. Score for various relationships of the colors.

Felicia called. Letter from Arnold Shapiro. Will get together with us next Thursday. Meet at the office & Felicia will take us to lunch. He is again interested in looking at games for 6 or more players. She saw Dick Harris who is Mel Taft's new right hand man at M.B. He wants to meet me and we will go there together next Tuesday morning.

Tom Atwater called me and I'll go to his hotel tomorrow morn- ing. We, including Alex, will have breakfast together. We'll try to set up a date for the three of us to get together with Martin Gardner.

Another call from Felicia. Dick Harris mentioned that he saw a game TAKE FIVE on the West Coast. Must be the one Lou Wechsel mentioned. American Home Products (or is it someone else) might be interested in another GAME made from Connor's HALF AND HALF cards. If Connor is too busy to work on it would I be willing? O.K., for a piece of the action.

BB and I met at Jerry D'Arcey's hotel. He took us for supper at Paris-Brest restaurant. Before and after saw and discussed the following:- MARTELLE just didn't work out. GRAVITY GOLF:- The field is set up as shown. [shapes drawn (tubes), one part labeled "field"] Each player has a ball and a set of two tubes. The first gives a straight shot when the the ball is dropped thru. The second can be tilted to cause the ball to lift. Play is similar to CROQUET. Object is to go thru the 4 tubes and then lift it into the center gadget (which is (cont. on 2/22)