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8/3
4 FRIDAY - AUGUST 1972
217TH DAY - 149 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. ALBION #39. Has rules for a DIPLOMACY variant
called COLD WAR - by Rod Blackshaw.
Had mention of the following additional DIPLOMACY variations : -
ABSTRACTION, ATLANTICA, GAME OF THE CLANS, THE FOUNDATION GAME,
INDIANOMACY, MORDOR VERSUS THE WORLD IV, MYTHOMACY,
SCOTICE SCRIPTI. Also THE GAME OF ANONYMITY, THE LEBLING VARIANT
MICRODIPLOMACY, TWIN-EARTHS DIPLOMACY, THE GAME OF CHAOS,
PARA-TIME DIPLOMACY, THE GAME OF ANARCHY, HYPERSPACE.
Extensive review of DUNKIRK.
Has a mention of WARLORD.
Had offer of rules for NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION (free) and for
BATTLE PLAN (50 [cents]) - both from same source in U.S.

Called A.A.A. and made reservation in Sheraton Inn in Baltimore
for 8/14. Called Marvin Channing first to check on the date.

Arthur called. He & Wald are working on THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT
and CASINO ROYALE, both of which I am also working on.
Since they are just about finished with the former,
we agreed that they'll work on that, while I work on
the latter. (No argument.)

Alex Cockburn, who it turns out, is a freelance writer for
the LONDON TIMES here for lunch and a long interview.
After I saw it was running long I started making money
to add to the set of FIGHT CITY HALL to give to Wexler.
Gave Alex a copy of SLEUTH, a copy of AGOG (which he said
he'd get the paper to pay for - the full $6.95), one of
the three sets of rules