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'''16 THURSDAY - MARCH 1972'''
'''16 THURSDAY - MARCH 1972''' <br>
78TH DAY - 290 DAYS TO COME
76TH DAY - 290 DAYS TO COME
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To Ideal Toy in Jamaica Queens for meeting with <u>Jules Cooper</u>.  <br>
To Ideal Toy in Jamaica Queens for meeting with <u>Jules Cooper</u>.  <br>
<u>Charlie Light</u> (spelling?) who used to be with <u>E.S. Lowe</u>  <br>
<u>Charlie Light</u> (spelling?) who used to be with <u>E.S. Lowe</u>  <br>
was there. Charlie recognized me as the author of  <br>
was there. Charlie recognized me as the author of  <br>
a book (<u>AGOG</u>). Discussed the Ideal line. They were  <br>
a book (<u>A''GOG''</u>). Discussed the Ideal line. They were  <br>
both very enthused about <u>THE BOSS</u>. Altho it is a lot luck it  <br>
both very enthused about <u>THE BOSS</u>. Altho it is a lot luck it  <br>
is very emotionally involving. <u>DEAR ABBY</u> consists of 60  <br>
is very emotionally involving. <u>DEAR ABBY</u> consists of 60  <br>
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copy of <u>TRAP</u>.  <br>
copy of <u>TRAP</u>.  <br>
Discussed <u>GO</u> and I said that the white player was given an  <br>
Discussed <u>GO</u> and I said that the white player was given an  <br>
advantage
advantage with a 1/2 stone included so that a tie was impossible.  <br>
Jules said no. I said I'd look it up.  <br>
<u>Jules</u> said that his war <u>GAME</u> was the best ever and someday,  <br>
when the time is right, he'll come out with it. He told us  <br>
something about it. The battle is between two equal sides on  <br>
an island. They have no airplanes, artillery, etc., but do have  <br>
boats for transporting troops only. The game lasts a maximum  <br>
of 40 moves. Each player writes out a complete campaign of  <br>
what he intends to do with his offensive armies for each  <br>
move. There are also defensive armies which can be moved  <br>
to meet the contingencies of the situation. (Rough idea.)  <br>
We were talking about war games and the old Corey  <br>
game <u>STRATEGY</u> came up. Jules still has a copy of it. (Yesterday  <br>
my druggist mentioned it. He would love to get a  <br>
copy. He has a friend who he thinks has one. If not I  <br>
will give him a diagram of the board.)  <br>
<u>Jules</u> asked when I was going to submit games to them. I said  <br>
that I have tried, but haven't come up with any action games  <br>
like they do. He said that strategy (or rather tactical)  <br>
games are fine as long as they are dimensional. That's  <br>
what <u>TRAP</u> is.  <br>
In talking about <u>THE BOSS</u> Jules said that only the premise  <br>
had been presented. They had worked harder in developing this  <br>
than any other game.
 
Met <u>Rudy Lopez</u> at a factory where he was working on  <br>
some machinery. Gave him the difficult <u>LIVE WIRE</u> copy.  <br>
He is thinking of printing up several hundred and trying to  <br>
(cont. on 3/17)