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'''5 TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972'''
<br>249TH DAY - 117 DAYS TO COME
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<u>Arthur</u> called. He wasn't able to get down town because  <br>
of a slight concussion due to his fall and <u>Wald</u> has a  <br>
bad sunburn. Possibly the meeting with Wexler will be in  <br>
Arthur's house tomorrow.  <br>
2nd call from Arthur. Wald will make it down tomorrow so the  <br>
meeting will be at B & B. Arthur asked me to call <u>Claude</u>  <br>
and let him know. Did.


<u>Felicia</u> called to ask for <u>Mike Alber</u>'s address. She spoke to him
on the phone and he is sending games for Rappaport's an-  <br>
niversary. She wants to confirm their talk.  <br>
<u>SKYSCRAPERS</u> is back from 3M. I suggested sending it to  <br>
House of Games. We started talking about House of Games,  <br>
U.S. Game Systems, and Waddingtons and didn't come to  <br>
any conclusions.
Call from <u>Phil Orbanes</u>. <u>Herb Hochstetter</u> wants to make <s>next</s> this
Friday at 9 a.m. to discuss games for Post. O.K.  <br>
Spoke to <u>Red</u> [illegible word crossed out] They rcd. [received] picture for <u>TRIPPPLES</u>. I didn't get answer from Pacific.
Called <u>Bill Eckhart</u>. Told him about <u>VIMGO</u>. Will go there  <br>
Friday at 11 to show it to him. He may have some slides  <br>
for <u>JUNGLE RACE</u> ready to show me then.
<u>Martin Gardner</u> called. He'll come here Thursday about  <br>
2:30 to pick up the <u>IMPUZZABLES</u> and to look at <u>ARROW LIFE</u>.
<u>Gary Sherbell</u> called. Wanted to talk about his revisions in  <br>
<u>TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS</u> but I told him I was just  <br>
too busy to talk now. He'll call me next weekend.
Wrote the rules for <u>UP THE ORGANIZATION</u> and <u>WAR AND PEACE</u>.
BB typed them til about 2:00 A.M. while I finished  <br>
up miscellaneous equipment and put the equipment in boxes.
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(cont. from 9/6)[9/6]
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sure if the board and distribution of the cards is exactly  <br>
the same.) There is a special "starting" square for each  <br>
of the 10 characters. On each players first turn he  <br>
places a character in one of these spaces. After this  <br>
he plays next to card already down. If not able to,  <br>
he simply loses his turn. Certain spaces have a ? on them.  <br> 
When a player places a card on one of these he is permitted  <br>
to ask any other player for a specific card. The other  <br>
player passes him one face down. Even if he doesn't have  <br>
one of the requested type, he passes any other he wishes.  <br>
The asking player looks at it and returns it. Object is  <br>
to determine the card put aside at the beginning. A scoring  <br>
system with 1 point for "killing" a character - playing the  <br>
(cont. on 9/4)