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30 SUNDAY - JULY 1972
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 212TH DAY - 154 DAYS TO COME

Tried out my new ideas for ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS
with BB and Dana. Worked better! Later decided to allow
a take off of exactly four cards only. Also decided to
prohibit two cards of the same type orthogonally next
to each other.
Thought that the same idea could be used as a gambling game -
possible name - STARS IN YOUR EYES.

Finished the new board for THE FAIRY TALE GAME. Thinking of
ideas to speed it up - such as when a player gets a
character he got in a previous turn he takes a character
in that story with no markers on it. Also the game is
over when three tales have markers, regardless of color, on
all characters. Testing by myself and with BB.
Wrote the rules for THE FAIRY TALE GAME and started
JUNGLE RACE.

(cont. from 9/9) [9/24]

short. He agreed. They'll have another on it.
It appears, from our discussions, that Graeme raised the
money to finance G & P himself, as well as doing
everything around the office, including sweeping the floor.
We discussed his SPECULATE. I said that it was too difficult to
get the stock values to rise. He said it often came out that way,
but better players cause the stocks to rise. Didn't go
into it too deeply. {Started 9/24] [Arrow pointing up and down.] Phil and Dale brought me a clipping from MADEMOISELLE
advertising a game RATED X.

(cont from 9/28) [9/28]

He is aware of the material in Murray but thinks
SIJJEH is better, especially since his wife "improved" it.