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-to <u>Felicia</u>'s. <u>Bill Dohrmann</u> there. Showed him <u>SKYSCRAPERS</u>.  <br>
+To <u>Felicia</u>'s. <u>Bill Dohrmann</u> there. Showed him <u>SKYSCRAPERS</u>.
 He thought that could be the followup to <u>INSTANT INSANITY</u>.  <br>
 <u>DIALEMMA</u> - I wasn't able to get the idea across to him.  <br>
 <u>WILD WOOD PILE</u> - he thought it O.K., but not exciting.  <br>
 <u>LOTTERY</u> - liked the theme and the chances for dealing.  <br>
-<u>SPELLBINDER</u> - Felicia thought of showing this. He didn't look  <br>
+<u>SPELLBINDER</u> - Felicia thought of showing this. He didn't look
-at it but said that they are definitely interested in adding a   <br>
+at it but said that they are definitely interested in adding a
 card word game to <u>PROBE</u> and <u>SPILL AND SPELL</u>.  <br>
-I'm to call him Monday to set up a date to bring him  <br>
+I'm to call him Monday to set up a date to bring him
-<u>SKYSCRAPERS</u>, <u>LOTTERY</u>, and <u>SPELLBINDER</u>. Also my changes in  <br>
+<u>SKYSCRAPERS</u>, <u>LOTTERY</u>, and <u>SPELLBINDER</u>. Also my changes in
 <u>MASTERPIECE</u>.  <br>
-In connection with <u>SPELLBINDER</u>, he mentioned that Parker had  <br>
+In connection with <u>SPELLBINDER</u>, he mentioned that Parker had
-tried
+tried to get permission to use the name <u>SPELLBOUND</u>, without success.
+I told him that I was familiar with the game, but thought that
+the two names were enough different.  <br>
+<u>Felicia</u> showed him <u>I SENTENCE U</u>. There is a gadget with
+openings behind each of which there is a strip with the
+letters. Black separators can be moved down to divide
+the 20 spaces into words. Players in turn throw a die and
+set up a word of that length. The sentence formed must
+make grammatical sense. When three or less spaces are left
+the die is not shaken again. The players score for the
+letters they use in their words; there are three levels
+according to the frequency 1 point (E, etc.), 3 points (B, etc.),
+points (Z, etc.). (Not sure about the point values.) [Fairly complete
+idea.] Dohrmann didn't care for it.  <br>
+<u>Felicia</u> showed <u>Claude</u>'s <u>ECLIPSE</u>. Dohrmann said that there was no
+skill involved, just trial and error. I said like <u>PHONY BALONEY</u>.  <br>
+<u>Felicia</u> showed him <u>AVARICE</u> and <u>TRIAD</u> very quickly. He'll come back
+to look at those and others, since he hadn't counted on seeing that
+so many things.  <br>
+<u>Felicia</u> showed me <u>Al Richter</u>'s new rules for <u>TRY-ANGLES</u> but I
+didn't get a chance to do more than just glance at them. <br>
+After Bill left Felicia bought me lunch but we both agreed that
+I shouldn't be paid for coming in. I offered to come in for her
+next meeting with Bill but she said she was at ease with him now.
+We agreed that I would write the rules for <u>DIALEMMA</u> tonight
+and bring it to her tomorrow so that she could show it. Possibly
+to Samsonite. I left <u>WILD WOOD PILE</u> with her.
+To Skunk Works. Got a letter to use for registering at Toy Fair.
+Spoke to <u>Red</u> & <u>Jim</u>. End of March is O.K. for my column. It
+can run over a page, but Red may cut out a game or two to
+use in next issue.  <br>
+Spoke to <u>Phil Orbanes</u>. He is trying to arrange a meeting
+with <u>Bill Knox</u> about <u>GROOVE</u>, <u>HOLEY TERROR</u>, <u>HABITAT</u>, etc.
+I asked him about Carl Eisenberg at Hoi Polloi. He is having
+a lot of trouble getting wood suppliers at a price that they
+can live with.
+(cont. on 2/21)