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THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 1971

49th day - 316 days to come

Wrote up my column for #26 of S&T. Reviewed LAWSUIT, OPINION, and CONFRONTATION.

Rcd. a letter from Conrad Schwarz (an AGOG reader) in return to mine. He sent me an ad clip for his DECK-A-DOT GAMES. He would like to correspond with Felicia, but is not sure if he wants her as an agent, since he is publishing himself. [crossout] His game(s) seems to consist of a special deck of cards and is for very young children (3 to 7).

Rcd. NOST-ALGIA #130 (Feb. 1971). In an article on OWARE it mentions CUPS and A GAMUT OF GAMES. Also mentions BOARD AND TABLE GAMES OF MANY CIVILIZATIONS.

Rcd. a catalog from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (who wrote to one after the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article). All of the books are on science and are very expensive.

BB brought the package with HAAR HOOLIM PERCEPTION GAMES to P.O. to mail to Don Laycock.

Finished and mailed the letter to Lech Pijanowski. Asked him for material, including information about the unfamiliar games in his POLISH HOYLE.

(cont. from 2/19) [2/19]

FLYING FORTRESS, ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR I, TACTICAL GAME 3, PANZERBLITZ, TAC 14, [CROSSOUT], TAC 1, BLITZKRIEG, BARBAROSSA, ITALY, FLYING FORTRESS II, SARATOGA, ALEXANDER THE GREAT or TAC 18, THE DARK AGES or TAC 14, PAPUS, SICILY, ST. MIHIEL, NORTH AFRICA, BATTLE OF STALNIGRAD, THE FLYING CIRCUS, SPITFIRE, SEDAN, B-17, STUKA, MIG ALLEY, ZERO, MIRAGE, 1812, AUSTERLITZ, FRIEDLAND, NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO, SEALION: THE 1940 GERMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN, BUNKER HILL, SUDETENLAND, TAC 3, TAC 101, BATTLE OF LENINGRAD, TACTICAL GAME 3, WORLD WAR II, DEPLOYMENT, NORMANDY, LEIPZIG, TANNENBERG, 1914 REVISION, KOREA, FLYING TIGERS, BATTLE OF BRITAIN REVISION, STALINGRAD III, JUTLAND, AFRIKA KORPS.

Bob brought his GAME which he hadn't named. Claude called it MERCENARY. Claude, Bob and two of the staffers (Fred Schachter for one) played and liked it. Jim said it to too ab- stract for him; Fred said he'd like to cost it out with an idea of publishing it himself.
The board represents Europe roughly in the 1700's. Each player has three separate countries (separated from each other on the board). Austria-Spain-Holland (Hapsburg's); Turkey- Prussia-England; Poland-Italy-Denmark; Russia-France-Ireland.

(cont. on 2/17)