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27 MONDAY - MARCH 1972
MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK - 87TH DAY - 279 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a letter from Ennio Racinelli of Dynamic Design saying
that he was sending samples of their games. Enclosed clipping
from THE WALL STREET JOURNAL on political games. Also their
catalog and single sheets for their new games: EMPEROR OF CHINA,
I-CHING, LIE, CHEAT & STEAL, DRUG ATTACK, AIRPORT.
Rcd. a letter from Norton Cross saying that I will be getting
a full accounting on TRANSFORMATION in a week or so.
Rcd. invoice, dated 3/20, from House of Games saying that 1 ea.
of 4000 A.D., CHESSWORD, and SPECULATE were being sent to me.
Enclosed two flyers on TAROT cards.
Rcd. an invoice from S. & R. covering the games I already
rcd. - PARCHEESI, RSVP, BALI, SCRABBLE (Russian).

Rcd. a package from Strato-Various with 2 copies of
STRATO TAC-TICS, and a complete STRATO CHECKERS. (I had asked
for only the pcs.)

Called Bob Hallowell's office and told Jean where I stood on
the rules for the p & p games.
Later finished the XANDO rules and played around with FENCES.
Came up with a new rule that a player's unconnected symbol,
last played, had to be played in a backwards direction.

Wrote to Alfons Rubbens. Asked him for the list price for and
a glossy of 4000 A.D.. Told him that I had played and that I
found something unclear in the rules.

David Eisendrath here with the copy of