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

Rcd. [received] 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. [each]
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 LE TRIOKER and
a lot of other info on it and other similar GAMEs and
PUZZLEs. I told him that Tom Atwater was definitely
the one to contact. He wanted me to keep the material for
a month or so to look at to see if I come up with any
other ideas. O.K.
Showed him AGOG and he said he wanted to buy a
copy to send to Odier. I told him I'd swap a copy
for a copy of LE TRIOKER. He'll contact Odier about it.

(cont. from 3/29) [3/30]

the player.) Also suggested "chips" with the values on them,
black on white for one player, white on black for the other.
Also suggested a special marker for indicating the last placed
chip. Also suggested that with a smaller game, the same
position could be played twice, reversing first play. Also that
both versions could be included in the rules. Also that a
board into which the cards could be placed would be much
better to play with. Also that the animal motif
might look too childish.
Earl loaned his copy of AGOG to a friend and it doesn't look
(cont. on 3/26)