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10 SATURDAY - JUNE 1972
162ND DAY - 204 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. the SQUARE OFF and DEALER'S CHOICE "glossies" and a letter
from Ken Irsay.

Rcd. a letter fro Jerry D'Arcey. Dick Harris of M.B. kept
FRANCHISE and EARTHQUAKE.

Rcd. a letter from Stephen. R. Langlas of Midwest Research.
Samples are being sent of their 3 games: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME
NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION GAME, and
UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB RACING GAME. Also sent ad material
on the 3 games.

Looked up the rules for RED LETTER, TRIPLE CROSS, DIGIT, and
SHAPE AND SHATTER, preparatory to sending them to Bob Johnson.
Found copoies I could use for the first 2, but have to retype
DIGIT using the yellow preliminary set. Also have to
retype SHAPE AND SHATTER from the old set in the CARRE box.

(cont. frm 6/11) [7/20]

Hoi Polloi has taken over Bob's TRI-TAC-TOE and will pay
him royalties (after the debt is made up I suppose).
NINE OF SWORDS is just about dead. The royalty check
Phil just rcd. is for less than $8.00.
Phil is afraid that S & T overextended by advertising too
much. He thinks that eventually the ads will pay off but
in the meantime the company is pinched for cash. Phil is not
particularly happy grinding out war games.
While with