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To Brentano's looking for the two books <u>Claude</u> had told me
about but couldn't find them. Later called Claude to
ask in which section he had seen them. It was in the "Game
Book" section where I had looked. They must [have] sold out. I
asked him more info concerning the books. <u>''YOUR MOVE''</u> appeared
to be puzzles based on <u>CHESS</u>, <u>CHECKERS</u>, <u>GO</u>, and other
board games. (Claude had been interested since he was
thinking of doing a similar type of book.) <u>''A STUDY OF GAMES''</u>
was a series of essays on various aspects of games, rather
than rules of games themselves. // At Brentano's bought <u>''SERIOUS GAMES''</u>.
In 42nd St. library looked at copies of <u>''DER SPIEGEL''</u>:- all
of March '71 and the first 2 weeks in April. Couldn't find
the article on "Games for Adults."
In the March 15th issue there was an article on
<u>PUNKT IST PUNKT. FUSSBALL-SPIELE</u> which seems to be a
"soccer" game altho I couldn't understand much. In the same issue
there was an ad for a game put out by Shell called
<u>DAS GROSSE SHELL RENNSPIEL</u> (The Big Shell Racegame).
//At Marboro bought 4 copies of <u>''AGOG''</u>.
To { <u>Bob Reiss</u>, 230 5th Ave. Rm. 800
to meet <u>Phil Orbanes</u>. BB and I said hello to Bob Reiss. He
had just rcd. word that <u>NINE OF SWORDS</u> was doing well on a
test by "The Book of the Month Club." It was twice as
popular as <u>PITFALLS</u> and almost as popular as <u>ENIGMA</u>, which
lists for $6 - not $10 that <u>NINE OF SWORDS</u> lists for. Phil
said this was a test mailing and that now it probably will be
included in the fall mailing.
Phil and I went over what he wanted for <u>34 SKIDOO</u>. I gave
Phil one arrangement which I got from Kraitchik and he already
did 4. That left 7 for me and I have till the end of May.
Phil gave me catalog sheets for the Reiss line.
Classic Games:- Fancy <u>CHESS</u> sets, including a 3-D.
Mag-Nif:- (All puzzles - except as noted):- <u>THE MAGIC BOX</u>,
<u>PHAROAH'S DILEMMA</u>, <u>PSYCHE GENERATOR</u> (gadget), <u>SWITCH</u>, <u>PSYC-OUT</u>
(game), <u>CURIOUS CROSS</u>, <u>ASTRO LOGIC</u>, <u>PLATO'S PLIGHT</u>, <u>EVEN STEVEN</u>,
<u>LUCK-OUT</u> (game), <u>LEVITATION</u>, <u>HAPPY CUBES</u>.
St. Croix (formerly Mont-Saint-Johns):- <u>THE 9TH DIMENSION TAROT</u>,
<u>THE WELFARE GAME</u>, <u>THE CIPHER FILE</u> (problems & hints on decoding).
Bridgette Games:- <u>BRIDGETTE</u> (Got a set from Phil.).
Hoi Polloi:- (Reiss' own co. doing the Skor-Mor line with different
names. Phil said that Reiss had a lot of trouble with Skor-Mor):-
<u>FIFTEEN 15</u>, <u>34 SKIDOO</u>, <u>TOTEMANIA</u>, <u>CUBISSIMO</u>, <u>WITS END</u>, <u>GROOVE MOVE</u>,
<u>TOWER OF TROUBLE</u>, <u>DAFFY DOTS</u>, <u>HE-SHE-HIM-HER</u>.
Everyone Products:- <u>AQUARIUS 2000</u>.
American Iguana:- <u>CLASS</u> (Got a set from Phil).
Gametime:- <u>PITFALLS</u>, <u>THE NINE OF SWORDS</u>, <u>ENIGMA</u>, <u>TRI TAC TOE</u>,
<u>MADMAZE</u>, <u>SWITCHED-ON ESP</u>, <u>QUINTESSENCE</u>.
(cont. on 4/26)