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SATURDAY 19 MAY 1970
Armed Forces Day
136th day - 229 days to come

Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim, and a very pleasant one
from Bob Engel saying he'd like to get together,
even if I don't have any craft ideas, knowing that
games are my forte.

Working on PROFIT equipment all day.

Never heard from Tom Atwater. (See 5/5.)

(cont. from 5/17) [5/17]

"Stelldar" - Fellow gave me the rules for HAGGLE.
He also told me of another game that is in the works,
called STRUNG OUT. This is played with stones similar
to those in MEM. Players in turn place a stone in a
straight line. Each color represents a letter but each
player has his own idea of which and this is not devulged
to the opponent until the end. When a player, in his
turn, feels that the opponent has put a stone that results
in an impossible pattern of letters he challenges.
Winner is determined by the result of the challenge. I
believe that stones can be added at the beginning, end, or
middle of the line, but the order cannot be changed.

"Diplomat" - Another game with nudes on the box called
ADULTERY. Box sealed. So I couldn't see anything of how
the game played.

"Mag-Nif" - PSYC-OUT a gadgetty version of MARIENBAD.

Skor-Mor - SPOT GAME - the old carnival gimmick of placing circles
to cover a larger circle. (See Martin Gardner's columns.)
MAN-KALAH - Another variation. (Didn't see the details.)
NITTY-GRITTY - Apparently a sliding block puzzle with 24
pcs. , in 3 colors, set up on a 5 x 5 board. (Didn't see the
details.)

"Gametime" - Bob Hallowell's new company and I met him
there. He says that as soon as he gets a moment he'll come
up to look at EXCALIBUR and anything else I have to show.
He was selling QUINTESSENCE, a family version of the
Greco-Latinj squares. (See Martin Gardner's columns.)
TRI TAC TOE - played on a 3 x 3 x 3 board.
MADMAZE - Getting a marble thru a 3 dimensional maze.
(Filed in 1970 Ad Clips.)

"Stancraft" - Saw the samples of ODD OR EVEN, TEMPO,
INTERPLAY, CASTILLE & DOZO. Quite attractive and the
salesmen said they were doing well.
Got a folder listing the 5 games. Also included were
(cont. on 5/15)