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13 WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972
257TH DAY - 109 DAYS TO COME

Looked for the business cards for G.A.F. and Herb Hochstetter I had taken with me on 9/8. Couldn't find them.

Made a board and pieces for GRASS ROOTS.

Wrote a short letter to Lech Pijanowski asking him if he rcd. [received] my letter of 7/26.

Playing around with FUN CITY by myself.

Called Bill Eckhart to see if would be O.K. to bring the rules for VIEWLINE (my new name for VIMGO) there next Tuesday. He said it probably wouldn't matter. I thought it ove and called again and arranged to bring it early Friday morning, so that I can go to B & B about 10. Called Felicia, but not in. Called Arthur. He hasn't heard from Wexler, so probably there won't be a meeting this Friday.

They have decided not to submit their CASINO ROYALE. They like the gambling mechanism, but don't think it is what Wexler wants. I said maybe I'd go back to my idea.

(cont. from 9/16)[9/24]

Graeme wants me to write a monthly column - about 1000 words, with diagrams (see the GO column). I can be free to write whatever I want, but he wants 3 completed articles and a synopsis of some 10 more so that he can schedule the magazine to avoid issues being unbalanced. He likes the idea of my doing original games and forgotten games. He would particu- larly like pencil and paper games and checkerboard games. I mentioned REVERSI and he liked that. Original card games (such as OPEN BRIDGE) are O.K., but Michael Dummett will be doing a series on card games.

Altho his usual contract is that all material published belongs to him, he is willing to give me permission to republish my col- lected columns in book form.

Aside from a column he would like me o do a 2 page spread (about 1800 words) on ACQUIRE which is being introduced in U.K. It sells for about $19.00, which he thinks will severely limit sales.

Some book publishers have approached him for books on games and he thinks he can definitely interest them in AGOG. I brought up the question of agent's fees and he said that one of the publishers - the one with the best prospects - was talking about 7 1/2% royalties. He thinks he can do better, but as incentive he suggested 10% agent's fee up to 7 1/2% and 33 1/3% over for anything over 7 1/2% O.K.

He has also been approached by some game manufacturers. If I give him some of mine to try and sell he will act as (cont. on 9/10)