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25 SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 1972


330TH DAY - 36 DAYS TO COME
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Realized that I had bought Spear's <u>SUPERPUZZLE</u> instead of
<u>MULTIPUZZLE</u> which I really wanted. Looked for it in
Harrods and Hamleys - without success.
In Hamleys I did see a German import <u>ROTASCRIPT</u>. Looked
at it very quickly so only got a very rough idea. There
is a large supply of letter squares. Players, working in-
dependently and not waiting for turns, draw letters and
put them towards making a word. If can't use it must
return it before taking another. After one word is com-
pleted can start another. [illegible word crossed out] Round ends after a
timer elapses (I believe). Don't know the scoring, except
that there is some kind of penalty for having letters
that are not being used towards a word.
The set contains letters for languages other than
English (such as [illegible word crossed out]  ø and æ from Danish) and lists
which to remove for different languages.
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Rcd. [received] <u>MOVES</u> no. 5. Had an article on a possible war game
based on the Spanish Civil War - <u>LA GUERRA</u>.
Rcd. [received] Nov. [November] <u>TOYS</u>. New products has <u>AIRPORT</u>, <u>KLOMP-IT</>,
<u>THE GODFATHER GAME</u>, and <u>NEO-CHESS</u>. Avalon Hill had an ad for
a revised <u>FOOTBALL STRATEGY</u> and for <u>OUTDOOR SURVIVAL</u>.
Rcd. [received] a letter from <u>Leonard Willett</u> asking if I had heard from
New York State. Also asking for the amounts I rcd. [received] from
the Federal govt [government].
From <u>Martin Gardner</u> rcd. [received] a letter sent to him from Holland,
An Institution would like to publish my <u>PATTERNS II</u> as a
boardgame named <u>CREATOR</u>. They asked Martin to send it
on to me to get my permission and my ideas on sharing
the profits.
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At Harrods took a Spear's folder. Had <u>FLUTTER</u>, <u>WANTED</u>, <u>TOT-TEN</u>,
<u>MATCH AND MOVE</u>, <u>QUANDARY</u>, and others, but not <u>TREK</u>. (Filed in '72 Misc.)
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(cont. from 11/26) [11/26]
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got from <u>Martin Gardner</u>): <u>SECRET MAGIC SESAME WORD GAME</u>,
E.S. Lowe has (among others) <u>HEAD TO HEAD</u>, <u>HEADS UP</u>, <u>TRIPLE YAHTZEE</u>,
<u>SHOWDOWN POKER</u>, <u>BRAINSTORM</u>, and <u>CLIMAX</u>; Abercrombie & Fitch has
<u>CROSSWORD CUBES</u> and <u>SENTENCE CUBES</u> (by Itemation) and <u>REX</u> (attribu-ted to the Etruscans). (Filed in '72 Misc.)