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9/20 9/19 9/11 Wednesday 22 September 1971 265th day - 100 days to come

Rcd. 12 answers to the SLEUTH problem. One is a frustrated (by his wife) game collector. Another pointed out a similarity to CLUE.
Rcd. Sept. PLAYTHINGS. Had an ad for Kontrell's NINETYSEVEN, HAVOC AND RICOCHET.
Had an ad for Gameophiles Unlimited. Listed PENTAGON, EMOTE, and VERBUM EST and some jigsaw puzzles, No mention of NEW TOWN.
Rcd. INTERNATIONAL WARGAMER (Sept. 1971, Vol. 4 - No. 9). Nothing of interest to me. Notice on the envelope that my "membership expires with this issue." (Dont' think I'll resubscribe.)
Rcd. 1972 Childcraft catalog. Listed TUF, ON SETS, KLIK, HANG-UP, TIC TAC OOPS, SENTENCE CUBE GAME, 3-D CHECKLINE, MAGNETIC GLOBE GAME, TRAUMA TOWER, HI SPOT, VERTIGO, DOUBLE DECKER, PERFECTION, QUINTESSENCE, NUMBLE, SPACEWALK, TAKE, PHILOSPOFHER'S KNOT, THE NINE OF SWORDS, PITFALLS, SHREWD MOVE, THE MAGNATE, PERCEPTION, ORION, TENNIS ANYONE?, GREAT DOWNHILL SKILL GAME, MARIENBAD.
Rcd. NOST-ALGIA (Sept 1971-#137) Nothing on new games.
Rcd. a letter from Violet I. Gunther offering copies of PIT & SNAP.

At Pierre's house he gave me catalogs of the following: -
Whitman - contained only one adult level game - IF. Pierre told me that the play was the same as Claude's WATCH, although the form is different.
Tecknico Jouets - TÉLÉ COMBAT.
Edmond Dujardin - L'AUTOROUTE, RAFLE!, ELDORADO, AUTEUIL, LES CANONNIERS, REPORTAGES, VIVE LES VACANCES!, TILT, ACADEMIC, MILLE BORNES.
Volumetrix - AUtO-ECOLE, LA CITADELLE, NAVALTIC, ALLO! ALLO! S.O.S. INTERPOL, LE MOT CARRÉ
Miro - MONOPOLY, CLUEDO? LA CLÉ, PROBE, LEXICON, LONG COURS, FORMULE I, LE JEU DU CINEMA, CHICAGO, OH PARDON! (SORRY), LES PIONNIERS DU RAIL (RAILROADER), ASCOT, RADIO-GUIDAGE, LES PRÉSIDENTS DIRECTEURS GÉNÉREAUX, SITUATION 4, SECRET SERVICE, ROME ET CARTHAGE, COUP D'EYAY, SAUTEZ DANS LE BATEAU (DON'T MISS THE BOAT), INSTANT INSANITY.
Looked at the following but Pierre did not have extras: -
Les Jeux Robert Laffont - BLOCUS, LE TRIOKER, LINGUARAMI, LE GRAND TOURNOI, 18 JEUX DU TEMPS PASSES, JEUX JACONDE (Jigsaw puzzle of the Mona Lisa).
LE TOP HOLE. A top is spun starting as shown and object is to maneuver it into the hole in the last compartment. (See illustration.)
[diagram of square with divider to make a maze across 4X4 grid, with numbers in some of the boxes. Top is shown in upper right and hole shown within the maze.]
TIC-TAC-TO - showed a field of holes in a 5X5 array. Pierre said it was like TEEKO, but there were no lines connecting the holes.

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