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TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 1971

26th day - 339 days to come

Wrote rules for LIVE WIRE including a good number of illustrations. (Worked at Mike Baschkopf's office where I was filling a desk.)
Played a game of LIVE WIRE with BB and I finally forced a win when we each had 3 wires left.

Bought three copies of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, including Martin's column on Conway's LIFE solitaire.

Recieved a letter from Violet I. Gunther. She rcd. my check and is sending out TOURING.

Rcd. a letter from Julian Clark Martin, an AGOG reader. He is working on an adult GAME and would like some info on marketing, including the possibility of putting it out himself. He also mentions a game STATUS. He also likes ACQUIRE.

Rcd. a "crisis" and "confrontation" chart for the game CONFRONTATION (new version) from Phil Orbanes.

(cont. from 1/27) [1/27]
I mentioned that I had a word game (RED LETTER) with Hallmark and he said that he didn't want to submit things that would complete with mine. I told him that the fairest thing for all concerned was for me not to tell him anything about the things I have with Hallmark. He is undoubtedly thinking of submitting Alex' TOO BAD (see 10/30/67).
Alex will be coming in for Toy Fair.
I told Tom about FREE FORM and how I hadn't shown it while Alex' UNIVERSE was being sold. Also how Alex wanted me to do something with it, just to spite Golomb. Golomb, Tom told me, is also his client. What he objected to was the use of the name "pentominos" (and my opinion is the closeness to his original game, altho I didn't say so). He doesn't think there will be any problem with my game, especially if I don't call the pieces quadrominos.
Golomb, incidentally, has pentomino set, with games and puzzles, selling all over Europe, but Tom can't find an American publisher.

Claude called. He wants to bring DUEL to Felicia in the next few days. I told him to call her since she should be in with her accountant tomorrow and Friday, she told me.
Claude has the beginnings of a game he calls 15-TAC-TOE. A 3x3 field is used and pieces with

(cont. on 1/25)

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English TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 1971
26th day - 339 days to come


Wrote rules for LIVE WIRE including a good number of
illustrations. (Worked at Mike Baschkopf's office where
I was filling a desk.)
Played a game of LIVE WIRE with BB and I finally forced
a win when we each had 3 wires left.
Bought three copies of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, including
Martin's column on Conway's LIFE solitaire.
Recieved a letter from Violet I. Gunther. She rcd. my
check and is sending out TOURING.
Rcd. a letter from Julian Clark Martin, an AGOG reader.
He is working on an adult GAME and would like some
info on marketing, including the possibility of putting it
out himself. He also mentions a game STATUS. He also
likes ACQUIRE.
Rcd. a "crisis" and "confrontation" chart for the game
CONFRONTATION (new version) from Phil Orbanes.


(cont. from 1/27) [1/27]
I mentioned that I had a word game (RED LETTER) with Hallmark
and he said that he didn't want to submit things that
would complete with mine. I told him that the fairest
thing for all concerned was for me not to tell him
anything about the things I have with Hallmark. He is
undoubtedly thinking of submitting Alex' TOO BAD (see 10/30/67).
Alex will be coming in for Toy Fair.
I told Tom about FREE FORM and how I hadn't shown it
while Alex' UNIVERSE was being sold. Also how Alex wanted
me to do something with it, just to spite Golomb. Golomb,
Tom told me, is also his client. What he objected to was the
use of the name "pentominos" (and my opinion is the closeness
to his original game, altho I didn't say so). He doesn't
think there will be any problem with my game, especially
if I don't call the pieces quadrominos.
Golomb, incidentally, has pentomino set, with games and
puzzles, selling all over Europe, but Tom can't find an
American publisher.
Claude called. He wants to bring DUEL to Felicia in the
next few days. I told him to call her since she should
be in with her accountant tomorrow and Friday, she
told me.
Claude has the beginnings of a game he calls
15-TAC-TOE. A 3x3 field is used and pieces with
(cont. on 1/25)