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evening. While talking I drew up a board for <u>FIGHT CITY HALL</u>  <br>
evening. While talking I drew up a board for <u>FIGHT CITY HALL</u>  <br>
(<u>THE GENTLE ART OF POLITICS</u>).  <br>
(<u>THE GENTLE ART OF POLITICS</u>).  <br>
He raised money
He raised money for the trip by giving 15% interest in  <br>
<u>EARTHQUAKE</u>, which was improved since I saw it. MB likes  <br>
it a lot, but wants some further changes, which Jerry will  <br>
do and send it back to them.  <br>
He is working on a game <u>COLD FEET</u> where players have to reach  <br>
under a large plastic "foot" which eventually falls.  <br>
He showed another game <u>TWIST 'N MAZE</u> to M.B. & to Parker. They  <br>
enjoyed playing but wouldn't take it, saying it could be dangerous.  <br>
It consists of two identical mazes rigidly connected.  <br>
 
[Small diagram of two rectangles connected by a bridge at the center.]
 
We tried it and I saw what they meant. It becomes  <br>
a matter of strength rather than skill. He was thinking a  <br>
flexible connection instead of the rigid. That might make  <br>
it a lot better.  <br>
I told him about <u>Martin Gardner</u> and the <u>IMPUZZABLES</u>. He told  <br>
me that he gets a steady quarterly royalty of from $300 to $600.  <br>
He, with some help from <u>Hans Goldschmit</u>, is working on a  <br>
TV <u>GAME</u> for George Fennernan [George Fenneman] (Groucho Marx' announcer). It  <br>
is shaping up as a cross between <u>PROBE</u> and <u>YAHTZEE</u>.