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'''22 WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 1972''' <br> | '''22 WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 1972''' <br> | ||
327TH DAY - 39 DAYS TO COME | 327TH DAY - 39 DAYS TO COME | ||
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18 & 19 were missing from the latter.) (Filed in Michael Dummett <br> | 18 & 19 were missing from the latter.) (Filed in Michael Dummett <br> | ||
folder.) <br> | folder.) <br> | ||
We discussed his book. He has decided that covering everything he <br> | |||
originally intended covering would take too long and make too <br> | |||
big a book. Instead he'll include a history of cards in general <br> | |||
and a history of <u>TAROT</u>. If this sells well he'll follow up with the <br> | |||
rest of the card games in another volume. <br> | |||
We called <br> | |||
{<u>Colin Haycraft</u> @ <br> | |||
{Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 43 Glouchester Crescent, London NWI<br> | |||
{01-485-3484 <br> | |||
I spoke to him and he said he'd like very much to put out ''<u>AGOG</u>'' <br> | |||
but the start-up costs are too high for the projected sales. He <br> | |||
suggested my coming to visit him on Friday for a final answer <br> | |||
after he looks into it. He is out of the center of town and I'll <br> | |||
probably call him instead. <br> | |||
Michael will probably be coming to the U.S. to lecture at Rockerfeller <br> | |||
University in New York this spring. We'll get together <br> | |||
frequently when he does. He'll copy as many as possible of the <br> | |||
books I want in the Oxford Library and bring them with him. <br> | |||
He mentioned that someone was in London and I said <u>Don Laycock</u>. <br> | |||
I said that I probably wouldn't have the time to try and contact Don <br> | |||
especially since Michael said he very rarely was at the school. <br> | |||
Don told Michael about an interesting Viet Namese [Vietnamese] <u>GAME</u> played <br> | |||
with cards. Didn't get the details, or even the general idea. <br> | |||
Brought up Michael's ''Summary of Indian Games''. (Don't remember <br> | |||
whether he said he'd send me a copy.) I mentioned that my <br> | |||
reading gave me the idea that card games were brought to India from <br> | |||
Europe. He doubts this, altho he can't prove it. The Indian <br> | |||
card <u>GAME</u>s have a unique feature. Trick taking, the player leading <br> | |||
does not have a free choice, but only within limits. For instance, <br> | |||
in case of a sequence there is some necessary lead. <br> | |||
With Michael to Hamley's. Bought <u>MASTER MIND</u> (Vic-Toy), which I am pretty <br> | |||
sure is the same as <u>PLUS MALIN, LE</u> which I saw in Paris last <br> | |||
year. <br> | |||
Bought <u>SUPERSELL</u> (Condor) and <u>THE LONDON GAME</u> (Condor). <br> | |||
Saw <u>BIG BOSS</u> for £8. Too expensive. <br> | |||
Saw <u>LETABET</u>. There are pads of "crossword" forms. To make each <br> | |||
game different, up to 5 additional squares can be blackened <br> | |||
in at the start. Each player gets his own sheet. I don't <br> | |||
really remember, but play is probably like <u>WORD SQUARES</u> where players <br> | |||
take turns calling out letters which all must use. Didn't get <br> | |||
(cont. on 11/21) | |||