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11 FRIDAY - AUGUST 1972
224TH DAY - 142 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. THE GAMESLETTER (#41). Mentions 4000 A.D. Mentions an
article in PARADE - "Peace Is the Name of the Game" which
covers DIPLOMACY and ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR II; the MONEYSWORTH
article; my 1970 BOOKWORLD article; a sword-and-
sorcery game LANKMHAR which mat still be available,
Mentions QUADS.
Rcd. a letter from Don Turnbull. mentions SLEUTH, EXECUTIVE DECISION,
CLUEDO, ALBION, THE NEXT PRESIDENT, Omar DeWitt,
FACTS IN FIVE, MONAD, VENTURE, SMOG, BAZAAR, FEUDAL,
ACQUIRE, PLOY, NEW TOWN, EXTINCTION, VECTOR,
CAVEAT EMPTOR, ADULTERY, SEDUCTION, AGOG.

Called Phil to ask whether there would be a "Hold Harmless"
clause in the contracts with Hoi Polloi. He reminded
me that Carl had said there wouldn't be such a clause
when he said he wants the contracts with us rather than
I.-Q.

Drew up a double diagram for the 3-D p & p GAME (later
called SPACE STATIONS).
Made a new board for ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS.

The sister of the inventor of TRIPPPLES called from Connecticut.
Asked if I had rcd. the game she sent. Yes, and i like it.
Told her that it would be in S & T and BOOKWORLD.
She has been visiting stores to try and place TRIPPLES.
She found a very complete game store : -
{Creative Playtime (Mr. Fuff)
{26 La Salle Road
{West Hartford, Conn.
I told her about Johnson's in Springfield.