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To <u>Felicia</u>'s. Looked
To <u>Felicia</u>'s. Looked at some game rules that were sent to her:-
<u>THE COUNTER GAME</u> by <u>Ralph Atkins</u>. Can't remember anything about this.
Obviously it didn't impress me much.
<u>WISTOLI</u> by <u>White</u> (the inventor of <u>CUBITS</u>). Simply a trick-taking
game to win cards that match "money cards" on a layout.
The trump, or no-trump, is determined by chance.
<u>COLLEGE DIPLOMA</u> by <u>Bruce Pfaff</u>, 1971. A long "simulation" of reg-
istering in college, getting courses, picking a major, getting marks,
etc. (seems pretty dull.)
Felicia hasn't heard anything more about <u>FOCUS</u> from <u>Bob Johnson</u>.
I wondered if he is using the rules from <u>AGOG</u> rather than
those from the Whitman set. She'll mention it in a letter.
Ed-U-Cards is interested in new children's card <u>GAME</u>s. She has
already placed one on ecology. I said that I'd work up some of
the games from <u>THESE UNITED STATES</u>. I also asked for a cat-
alog of their games. She'll have one for me next time I go there.
The inventors of <u>FIRE ISLAND LINGO</u> have revised it completely. They'll
bring it in about 11:30 on 11/13, and they'd like to have me see
it. Told Felicia I'd be there unless I call her otherwise.
She said she'd buy me lunch and I said not to spend the money.
 
To "Gamut of Games." <u>Phil</u> was just finishing rules for a new
version of <u>REALM</u> and he gave me a set.
<u>Jed Gaines</u> was throwing away the cardboard boxes he had used
for sending the small sets of <u>BRIDGETTE</u> thru [through] the mails. I
filled up a shopping bag full of them which I left at Phil's
house to pick-up at a future time. (I asked Phil to get me
more of them but the next day he said they were gone. There
will probably be more available later.)
 
To <u>Phil</u>'s house, stopping for hamburger deluxe plates - his treat.
Played the following games:-
[illegible word crossed out] <u>COUNTERPOINT</u>-played quite a few times and the one who
went first always won. I found that making 8 - 35 was the
easiest way to force a win. I suggested a scoring system and
playing in sets of two. Phil didn't want complications and said
that players not as good as we are won't have the problem.
<br><u>PLOT</u> - Played O.K.
<br><u>NINE LIVES</u> - Played O.K.
<br><u>VEGAS 13</u> - Phil didn't have any dice so we didn't play.
<br><u>WORDS FOR THE WISE</u> - It played O.K. but I still felt that
there will be too strong an incentive to use specific words.
<br><u>CHINESE CHECK</u> - started a game with his original layout, but it
was a bore. I worked out one with less than half of the
(cont on 10/28)