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12 SATURDAY - AUGUST 1972
225TH DAY - 141 DAYS TO COME

To Boston Post Road for repros of SPACE STATIONS.
Looking at my files for ideas for p & p games.

Tried to catch up a little on the game diary.

To Phil Orbanes in the evening. Went over the following p & p games
WORLD TRADE (Phil) - Played it, stopping a few times to
improve the balance. I changed it considerably to make
incentives for different lines of action.
<u<GREAT WALL OF CHINA (Phil) - Played it and discussed some
changing in the scoring, but not in the play.
SPACE STATIONS (S.S.) - We played twice and he liked it.
CONTOURS (S.S.) - Phil suggested that one objective might be to
get one continuous line connecting all squares. He also
thought that Hoi Polloi would like the name
ALONE TOGETHER.
GAME of 4/2. Phil suggested the name RENDEZVOUS. (S.S.) It can probably
be made into a multi-player game by having players, in turn,
reaching the next letter, trying if possible to block the next player.
DOUBLE THINK (Phil) - I suggested a few changes, but it played well.
ROAD BUILDERS (S.S.) Phil thought Hoi Polloi would like it, but with
another name.
Phil thinks that Hoi Polloi would like something like YAHTZEE. Later
I thought of using SOLITAIRE DICE.
Phil had an election game GAME which we didn't