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Called Publisher's Central Bureau about ''<u>MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS</u>'' <br> | Called Publisher's Central Bureau about ''<u>MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS</u>'' <br> | ||
and ''<u>ILLUSTRATED GAMES OF PATIENCE</u>. (See 6/9) They will probably <br> | and ''<u>ILLUSTRATED GAMES OF PATIENCE</u>''. (See 6/9) They will probably <br> | ||
be coming out in a week or so. | be coming out in a week or so. | ||
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<u>Hallowell</u> says the stock is beginning to sell but it is still touch and go. <br> | <u>Hallowell</u> says the stock is beginning to sell but it is still touch and go. <br> | ||
I said that if he does go under we could probably arrange to have <br> | I said that if he does go under we could probably arrange to have <br> | ||
Hoi Polloi take it over, reimburse Bob for his expenses and | Hoi Polloi take it over, reimburse Bob for his expenses and they split <br> | ||
royalties with Bob. Phil said that Bob didn' | royalties with Bob. Phil said that Bob didn't want Riis to have the games. <br> | ||
Ran off reproductions of the rules for <u>SHAPE & SHATTER</u>, <u>TRIPLE CROSS</u>, <br> | Ran off reproductions of the rules for <u>SHAPE & SHATTER</u>, <u>TRIPLE CROSS</u>, <br> | ||
<u>RED LETTER</u>, and <u>DIGIT</u>. | <u>RED LETTER</u>, and <u>DIGIT</u>. | ||
To <u>Earl</u>'s. <u>Claude</u> there and , later, Earl's friend Peter. Played <u>Claude</u>'s <u>MANIPULATION</u>. Peter caught on beautifully and played with <br> | To <u>Earl</u>'s. <u>Claude</u> there and , later, Earl's friend Peter. Played <br> | ||
enthusiasm. | <u>Claude</u>'s <u>MANIPULATION</u>. Peter caught on beautifully and played with <br> | ||
enthusiasm. Claude added a series of finishing rounds (which at <br> | |||
home I discovered were originally my idea). When a player's sale <br> | |||
would exhaust the bank he is payed [paid] the excess from an <br> | |||
unlimited supplementary fund. He also draws a card marked <br> | |||
"Phase II" and which states that for the remainder of the game <br> | |||
compulsary [compulsory] Minipulation [Manipulation] is not req'd. On his next turn he draws <br> | |||
a "Phase III" card which doesn't tell any new directions. Next turn a <br> | |||
"Phase IV" card announces that movement can be with 1 or 2 dice for <br> | |||
the remainder of the game. "Phase V", on the next turn announces that <br> | |||
no buying is allowed and that it is last chance to sell. (Since selling <br> | |||
is before moving a marker, the movement is either sold or used <br> | |||
to hurt following players.) (I enjoyed the game and used the <br> | |||
"manipulating" extensively for the first time. Earl still didn't <br> | |||
care for it much.) <br> | |||
(At home discovered that I didn't have the latest situation <br> | |||
chart, layout of board, and amount of money.) Incidentally, <br> | |||
the rule for buying was that a player could always buy as many of a <br> | |||
stock as he already held, but could always buy at least one. <br> | |||
After Claude left for work, we looked at <u>EMPEROR OF CHINA</u> a <br> | |||
little. | |||
On 4th Ave. bought 5 jiffy bags for mailing <u>''AGOG''</u>. | |||
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(cont. from 6/10) [7/20] | |||
In our talk <u>Phil</u> said that <u>Reiss</u> definitely prefers a game based <br> | |||
on a definite activity - such as <u>WILDCAT</u> - rather than an <br> | |||
abstract game - such as <u>XANDO</u>. | |||
[Started 7/20] | |||