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10/4
5 THURSDAY - OCTOBER 1972
279TH DAY - 87 DAYS TO COME

Felicia called early to catch me before I went out. Chuck Dougherty is in town today and tomorrow and perhaps we can get together to brainstorm a TV GAME. Told her that I could today but not tomorrow. Later she called that Chuck was too busy today. He'll set something up next time he is in New York.

Called Marvin Channing. Out for the day. Called Eve Auchincloss. She is in Europe and will be back next week. First call about ONE AT A TIME BY THE MILLIONS. Second about BOOK WORLD; I still haven't been paid for the last column.

Drew up layout for NO WAY and SOLITAIRE DICE on the same sheets. Got 18 repros [reproductions] on Boston Road. Also repros of the two refund checks from I.R.S. before depositing them in Knickerbocker. Got $350 check for Leonard Willett and got repro of it.

Rcd. [received] the game REQUISITE from Stanley Chess. (See 10/3) Rcd. NOST-ALGIA (No. 150). Philip Cohen mentions G & P and the following CHESS variants:- ALICE, BALANCED EQUIDISTANT, BALANCED MARSEILLAIS, BEROLINA, BEROLINA GRID, BEST DECIMAL BUTTER, BICOLOR, BICAPTURE, BILLIARDS, BIPLACE, CHECKERS CHESS, COMPROMISE, CO-REGAL, CYCLINDRICAL, DYNAMO, GRID, KINGLET, LEO, NIGHTRIDER, REINCARNATION, REPLACEMENT, U-CHESS, ULTIMA, ZOMBIE.

Bill Rawlings had short descriptions of ALICE CHESS, SCOTTISH CHESS, and BEROLINA CHESS. In his ratings noticed COLLISION and FELIX AND ROVER, which are un- familiar to me.

In a section "Nost in the News" they reprinted an article from ? on "Sid Sackson."

Phil and Dale brought me an ad for the THE HOWARD HUGHES GAME in Bloomingdales (discarded).

Also brought me a letter from Allister Macintyre who is involved in a project called OPERATION CONTACT, which is an attempt to list all intellectual game and also a listing of game players around the country. He asked for my advice on this project, also on selling his [illegible word crossed out] game REVOLT! He sent me an "Intellectual Game List" with a great many games listed, most with the company. Without researching the following appear unfamiliar to me:- ALAM HALFA & EL ALAMEIN, AIRBORNE TACTICS, ASIA '40, ASSUALT 1949, AZTEC, GUERRILLA, HASTINGS 1066, HULL DOWN, CAMPAIGN III, DEMONSTRATOR, DICTATOR, DIPLO-RISK, DIEKPLOUS, DONG KHE, EUROPE 39, EUROPE 40, FEUDAL VARIANTS, GUERRILLA WAR, GAMBIT, HAMBURG 43, LEGION, MADRID II, REMEMBER THE MAINE, MARKET GARDEN, 1944, REPERCUSSIONS, REVOLT!, SACRIFICE, SEA LION, SEAPOWER II, SINAI '56, STARSHIP ENTERPRISE, SURFACE WARSHIP, TEXAS REVOLUTION, VEGAS, WAR OF EMPIRES, WAR COLLEGE, (cont. on 10/4)