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'''21 FRIDAY - JULY 1972''' <br> | '''21 FRIDAY - JULY 1972''' <br> | ||
203RD DAY - 163 DAYS TO COME | 203RD DAY - 163 DAYS TO COME | ||
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This was taken from the advance. <br> | This was taken from the advance. <br> | ||
I asked if he had a report on how many <s>hard</s> copies of <br> | I asked if he had a report on how many <s>hard</s> copies of <br> | ||
<u>AGOG</u> were sold by "Book Sales" but as of 3/31 they didn't <br> | ''<u>AGOG</u>'' were sold by "Book Sales" but as of 3/31 they didn't <br> | ||
give an amount. | give an amount. | ||
Rcd. an announcement of the 1st annual East Coast Convention <br> | Rcd. an announcement of the 1st annual East Coast Convention <br> | ||
of the IFW. Among other games mentions <u>KRUPP</u>, <u>NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>, and <u>ALESIA</u>. | of the IFW. Among other games mentions: <br> | ||
<u>KRUPP</u>, <u>NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>, and <u>ALESIA</u>. | |||
Rcd. a note | Rcd. a note from <u>Ken Hoffman</u> - (I guess) with two letters <br> | ||
about my ''<u>S & T</u>'' column. One asked for info on <u>LENSMAN</u>. The <br> | |||
other suggests that I review <u>EMPEROR OF CHINA</u>. | |||
Rcd. an envelope from <u>Alice McElhone</u> with material on her <br> | |||
brother, his game <u>TRIPPPLES</u> (pretty complete), and a copy of <br> | |||
a review by <u>Vernhulst</u> of ''<u>CHICAGO TRIBUNE</u>'' in which he <br> | |||
gives mentions of <u>TRIPPPLES</u>, <u>A GAME FOR LIFE</u> (which <br> | |||
includes excercising) [exercising?], and <u>SHOVE - IT</u>. | |||
Called <u>Earl</u> to thank him for the invite yesterday. Only Claude <br> | |||
came and didn't stay long. <br> | |||
<u>Claude</u> told me that he had told Earl that he, I, and the <br> | |||
<u>Amberstone</u>s were working on games for a company, and that <br> | |||
since it was the Amberstone's contract we couldn't insist that <br> | |||
Earl be included. I told him that I felt bad about it too. <br> | |||
He was understanding. <br> | |||
I'll drive over there some evening as soon as my work load eases. <br> | |||
<u>Omar DeWitt</u> and his wife Sue here for supper. He brought me a copy <br> | |||
of the <u>AHIKS</u> member's booklet. It contains a method of <br> | |||
dispensing with die rolls in international play. Also gives rules <br> | |||
clarifications for the following A.H. games : <u>AFRIKA KORPS</u>, <br> | |||
<u>ANZIO</u>, <u>THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE</u>, <u>BLITZKRIEG</u>, <u>D-DAY</u>, <u>LUFTWAFFE</u>, <br> | |||
<u>PANZERBLITZ</u>, <u>STALINGRAD</u>, & <u>WATERLOO</u>. Also a little on the <br> | |||
following S & T and SimPub games: <u>ANZIO BEACHHEAD</u>, <u>BARBAROSSA</u>, <br><u>BASTOGNE</u>, <u>THE BATTLE OF MOSCOW</u>, <u>THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD</u>, <br> | |||
<u>CENTURION (TAC 13)</u>, <u>COMBAT COMMAND</u>, <u>CRETE</u>, <u>DARK AGES</u>, <br><u>FLYING CIRCUS</u>, <u>FLYING FORTRESS</u>, <u>FLYING TIGERS</u>, <u>FRANCE 1940</u>, <br> | |||
<u>GRENADIER</u>, <u>GRUNT</u>, <u>ITALY</u>, <u>KOREA</u>, <u>KURSK</u>, <u>LEIPZIG</u>, <u>LOST BATTLES</u>, <br> | |||
<u>NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO</u>, <u>1918</u>, <u>NORMANDY</u>, <u>PHALANX</u>, <u>SCHWEINFURT</u>, <br> | |||
(Cranwell House), <u>SICILY</u> (Drumco), <u>STRATEGY I</u>, <u>TACTICAL GAME 3</u>, <br> | |||
<u>TACTICAL GAME 14</u>, <u>TANNENBERG</u>, <u>THE BATTLE OF BORODINO</u>. <br> | |||
Omar is the president of <u>AHIKS</u>. <br> | |||
He also brought a copy of <u>FRANCE 1940</u>, but I have one. <br> | |||
(cont. on 6/4) | |||