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SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 1971 16th day - 349 days to come

Rcd. a letter from D.E. Products, maker of ROULETTE DICE. Sent me a listing of gambling casinos around the world and also a refund of $1. The game cost me $2 and it has been reduced to $1.

Rcd. issue #129 of NOST-ALGIA. Nothing of particular inter- est.

Working on THE GAMESMAN article. Finished BAZAAR and started MONAD.

(cont. from 1/17) [3/2]

Classic Games:- CHESS sets. Crestline:- Nothing news. Four Score:- FOUR SCORE. Got a sample - they were giving them to everyone. DMR Co.:- LET'S PLAY GOLF, LET'S BOWL A GAME, LET'S PLAY BASKETBALL, LET'S PLAY FOOTBALL. All completely luck - turning up cards and following the play as listed. SEEK AND FIND - finding words in a grid of letters. (See '71 Ad Clips.) Frederick Primus*:- THUMP-ALONG FOOTBALL, FIELD GOAL - action games. HUDDLE-UP - a bluffic game with a football motif. Each player has 6 pcs. under which a ball can be hidden. The offensive player places the ball under one of his pcs., mixes them up, and then places them onto spaces on the field. The defensive player places his in spaces next to the offensive player's pcs. How many pcs. he has next to the ball carrier determines the gain or loss on the play. (Rough idea.) Primus said he would send me a copy of the rules for HUDDLE-UP. (See '71 ad clips.) Soular Systems:- AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY-MYSTERY GAME - a quiz race game (see '71 ad clips). They also had a game SOUL but I didn't get to look at it. Quarterback games Co.:- They weren't exhibiting but I picked up an ad sheet for their QUARTERBACK (see '71 Ad Clips). To 200 Fifth Ave. Met Charlie Parker in the hall. He is packaging his RING game together with their new GRUMBLE, one on each side of the board and with copy for each on the two sides of the box. He thinks that games can be done like records, with an unknown game put on the "flip side" of an established game until it catches o n. He wants me to sign a copy of AGOG for him. Will buy one tonight and I'll go to rm. 406 tomorrow morning and sign it for him. Parker Bros:- Spoke to Randy Barton. Asked if I could go there to use the archives. Sure. Told him about leaving out a thank you to Parker in AGOG because of Hank Simmons. Randy said that Hank (cont. on 1/15)

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English SATURDAY 16 JANUARY
1971 16th day - 349 days to come


Rcd. a letter from D.E. Products, maker of ROULETTE DICE.
Sent me a listing of gambling casinos around the world
and also a refund of $1. The game cost me $2 and
it has been reduced to $1.
Rcd. issue #129 of NOST-ALGIA. Nothing of particular inter-
est.
Working on THE GAMESMAN article. Finished BAZAAR and started
MONAD.


(cont. from 1/17) [3/2]
Classic Games:- CHESS sets.
Crestline:- Nothing news.
Four Score:- FOUR SCORE. Got a sample - they were giving them to
everyone.
DMR Co.:- LET'S PLAY GOLF, LET'S BOWL A GAME, LET'S PLAY BASKETBALL,
LET'S PLAY FOOTBALL. All completely luck - turning up cards
and following the play as listed. SEEK AND FIND - finding words
in a grid of letters. (See '71 Ad Clips.)
Frederick Primus*:- THUMP-ALONG FOOTBALL, FIELD GOAL - action
games. HUDDLE-UP - a bluffic game with a football motif.
Each player has 6 pcs. under which a ball can be hidden.
The offensive player places the ball under one of his pcs.,
mixes them up, and then places them onto spaces on
the field. The defensive player places his in spaces next
to the offensive player's pcs. How many pcs. he has next to
the ball carrier determines the gain or loss on the play.
(Rough idea.) Primus said he would send me a copy of the rules
for HUDDLE-UP. (See '71 ad clips.)
Soular Systems:- AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY-MYSTERY GAME - a quiz race
game (see '71 ad clips). They also had a game SOUL but I didn't
get to look at it.
Quarterback games Co.:- They weren't exhibiting but I picked
up an ad sheet for their QUARTERBACK (see '71 Ad Clips).
To 200 Fifth Ave.
Met Charlie Parker in the hall. He is packaging his RING game
together with their new GRUMBLE, one on each side of the
board and with copy for each on the two sides of the box.
He thinks that games can be done like records, with an
unknown game put on the "flip side" of an established game
until it catches o n.
He wants me to sign a copy of AGOG for him. Will buy
one tonight and I'll go to rm. 406 tomorrow morning
and sign it for him.
Parker Bros:- Spoke to Randy Barton. Asked if I could go there
to use the archives. Sure. Told him about leaving out a thank you
to Parker in AGOG because of Hank Simmons. Randy said that Hank
(cont. on 1/15)
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