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12 MONDAY - JUNE 1972
184TH DAY - 202 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. the game HEXA-GO (which Martin Gardner sent to me on
5/31) from the inventor, Peter Vein in England.

Called Publisher's Central Bureau about MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS
and ILLUSTRATED GAMES OF PATIENCE. (See 6/9) They will probably
be coming out in a week or so.

To Simulations. Spoke to Phil Orbanes. He hasn't called heard from
Bill Knox yet, and he'll start calling again next week.
Fred Feucht is stopping the art work on the p. and p. games (XANDO, etc.)
until it is decided whether Gametime will survive. At present
Hallowell says the stock is beginning to sell but it is still touch and go.
I said that if he does go under we could probably arrange to have
Hoi Polloi take it over, reimburse Bob for his expenses and thay split
royalties with Bob. Phil said that Bob didn't want Riis to have the games.
Ran off reproductions of the rules for SHAPE & SHATTER, TRIPLE CROSS,
RED LETTER, and DIGIT.

To Earl's. Claude there and , later, Earl's friend Peter. Played Claude's MANIPULATION. Peter caught on beautifully and played with
enthusiasm. Claude added a series of finishing rounds (which at
home I discovered were originally my idea). When a player's sale
would exhaust the bank he is payed the excess from an
unlimited supplementary fund.