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11/23 <br>
11/21 <br>
24 FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1972


329TH DAY - 37 DAYS TO COME
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With BB to Harrod's book store. Nothing. <br>
At Peter Jones Dept. Store saw <u>WANTED</u>. There are cards
with pictures of "wanted" men (or are there women too?).
One of these is shown for a set time and then turned over.
Using stencils for various parts of the face, each player tries
to reconstruct the face. Score for correct parts.
In an antique arcade on the King's Road saw a book for $7.00 which I
thought <u>Martin Gardner</u> might like. Took the name of the book-
<u>RATIONAL RECREATIONS</u> - Volume the Fourth (1794) and the address:-  <br>
{Antiquarius HI <br>
{135 King's Road, S.W.3. <br>
{01-352 8882 <br>
{Marilyn Hacker (books) <br>
[the below is written to the right of the address] <br>
Left my card and <br>
she will contact me <br>
if she finds something <br>
I might be able to use. <br>
At same arcade bought <u>DARTEX</u>, a set of 52 cards. No
rules were there. The owner said the play is based on
the "dart board" in which 3 darts are thrown each turn.
Each player has three cards and play is like <u>RUMMY</u>. (??)
Called <u>Colin Haycraft</u>. He asked about the present status of <u>''AGOG''</u>
in the States. Told him about the Castle Book reprint using
Random House's plates. He will check with Random House about getting
the plates for his use. I was afraid that this would mean split-
ting royalties with Random House but he, without my bringing up
the point, said that he has a good relationship with Random
House and that they help each other out. He'll try to get the
plates from Random House as a favor and then make the contract
with me alone. He'll let me know by mail in about 2 weeks.
At Selfridge's made repros [reproductions] of the rules for <u>BIG BOSS</u> [illegible word crossed out]
and <u>SPELLBOUND</u> (both filed in <u>G & P</u> folder).
Bought <u>CRACK</u> and <u>SUPERPUZZLE</u> (Peter Pan Playthings & Spear's).
Looked at other dept. stores but nothing new.
To <u>Graeme Levin</u>'s at 4:30 instead of 4. Returned <u>BIG BOSS</u> and
<s>SUPERPUZZLE</s><u>SPELLBOUND</u>.
Looked at <u>POLYOPTOMY</u>. The board is as shown. <br>
[drawing of 3 x 3 grid placed as a diamond, with an arrow pointing diagonally up from left to the letter "B" and an arrow pointing diagonally up from the the right to the letter "A"] <br>
There are 27 trans-
parent plastic cubes with a design on one face.
Two play and take turn placing cubes, either
in a space or on top of another cub - up to a ht. [height]
of 3. Object is to line up 3 clear faces in a row
in your direction (Player A or Player B) or in the
vertical direction which is neutral. (can the
winning line of 3 be on the bottom?)
Looked at <u>THE GAME</u>. The board is a very fancy plastic, but
basically it is a 10 x 10 grid with two opposite corners marked,
one with a square and one with a circle. 2 play and each has
5 pcs. [pieces] (plastic cubes marked on one face either with a square or
a circle). Play starts with all pcs. [pieces] off the board. Players in
turn start at their corner space- counting it as 1 - and then
continue orthogonally, with as many turns as they wish, until
(cont. on 11/23)