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'''3 SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972'''
<br>FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 247TH DAY - 119 DAYS TO COME


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Worked out a new arrangement for <u>WAR AND PEACE</u>
board with more spaces for drawing cards. Also
eliminated specific countries in making and breaking
of alliances. Covered old board with overlays, rubber
cemented into place. Made new (but rough) set of W. & P. cards.
Played with <u>Phil Laurence</u> and Eliott. Keeping armaments
in each controlled country was rather laborious and didn't
really add anything to the game. Later decided to
eliminate control all together. Unowned countries only count
when gaining or losing armaments or diplomats. Also
when two play each has two countries. Probably also with
three players.
Called <u>Phil Orbanes</u>. He'll contact <u>Herb Hochstetter</u> and
set up a date to discuss games for Post Cereals. I sug-
gested Wendesday at 5.
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(cont. from 9/4)[9/6]
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Rcd. [received] the expense check for $107.40 from <u>''WOMAN'S DAY''</u>.
Rcd. a vacation post card from <u>Pierre Berloquin</u>. Said he'd
send a long letter from Paris.
Rcd. <u>''NOSTALGIA''</u> #147, with <u>DYNAMO CHESS</u> explained by
<u>Phil Cohen</u>. And #148 - more on <u>DYNAMO CHESS</u>.
<u>Phil Orbanes</u> called while I was away. Called his home but he
was not feeling well and had gone to bed.
[arrow pointing to row above and row below][Started 9/6]
<u>Claude</u> didn't have <u>SPLIT PERSONALITY</u> ready yet and Wexler is expecting
it next week.
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(cont. from 9/7)[9/7]
[drawing of 4 jigsaw puzzle pieces arranged in a square]  <br>
on each edge, except at the outside of the overall <br>
layout. There is a pattern - bodies and long arms <br>
leading to hands, etc. - that can only be put to- <br>
gether in one way. They both said that this was <br>
based on the MacMahon squares.
The squares and also the MacMahon cubes, the 30 cubes that
Martin wrote up for <u>Frank Armbruster</u> as <u>THE TOWER GAME</u> last
year, are in the book <u>''MATHEMATICAL PASTIMES''</u> by <u>P.A. MacMahon</u>. It
contains the most complete study of putting together different
shapes so that colors match at the edges. It is out of print
but Martin says it is available. He is trying to get Dover to
put it out.
<u>MacMahon</u> had only one thing put out commercially - a
(cont. on 9/2)