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<u>Peer Clahsen</u>, of Zurich, Switzerland came over with a girl who <br> | <u>Peer Clahsen</u>, of Zurich, Switzerland came over with a girl who <br> | ||
drove him. He is a designer who has sold a number of clever <br> | drove him. He is a designer who has sold a number of clever <br> | ||
toy items to Creative Playthings. He did the game Martin has a set | toy items to Creative Playthings. He did the game <br> | ||
<u>THREE DIMENSIONAL MILL</u> (see 11/21/68) which didn't sell - Martin has a set <br> | |||
He also has a game called <u>SYMBOLON</u> in Europe. It consists <br> | |||
of a peg board with pogs representing trees, houses, stores, <br> | |||
etc. He claims it is a competative game. Gave him my card <br> | |||
and he will send me a folder on it. <br> | |||
Martin showed him <u>AGOG</u> and he said he just got a copy and <br> | |||
was fascinated by it. <br> | |||
His purpose for the visit was to have Martin write about him <br> | |||
in the column. About the only opening Martin could think <br> | |||
of was mentioning <u>THREE DIMENSIONAL MILL</u> in an upcoming <br> | |||
column on <u>MILL</u>. <br> | |||
He is working on a <u>GAME</u> played with cubes on a board. <br> | |||
He has written a book, published, with word doodles <br> | |||
such as the one shown. <br> | |||
[Diagram: <br> | |||
I <br> | |||
THINK <br> | |||
THIN <br> | |||
IN <br> | |||
INK <br>] | |||
They are mainly in German but <br> | |||
he has some in English and a few in Italian, the <br> | |||
only languages he knows. <br> | |||
After Peer left I showed Martin the material on <u>HALMA</u>, <br> | |||
<u>SALTA</u>, <u>JUMPIN'</u> etc. we discussed yesterday. Also told him <br> | |||
that my edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica listed <u>George H. Monks</u>, <br> | |||
of Boston Mass. as the inventor of <u>HALMA</u> in 1883. <br> | |||
Left the copy of <u>GENIUS BLOCKS</u> that <u>Claude</u> wanted me to <br> | |||
give to him. <br> | |||