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25 SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 1972

330TH DAY - 36 DAYS TO COME

Realized that I had bought Spear's SUPERPUZZLE instead of MULTIPUZZLE which I really wanted. Looked for it in Harrods and Hamleys - without success. In Hamleys I did see a German import ROTASCRIPT. 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.

Rcd. [received] MOVES no. 5. Had an article on a possible war game based on the Spanish Civil War - LA GUERRA.
Rcd. [received] Nov. [November] TOYS. New products has AIRPORT, KLOMP-IT, THE GODFATHER GAME, and NEO-CHESS. Avalon Hill had an ad for a revised FOOTBALL STRATEGY and for OUTDOOR SURVIVAL.
Rcd. [received] a letter from Leonard Willett asking if I had heard from New York State. Also asking for the amounts I rcd. [received] from the Federal govt [government].
From Martin Gardner rcd. [received] a letter sent to him from Holland, An Institution would like to publish my PATTERNS II as a boardgame named CREATOR. They asked Martin to send it on to me to get my permission and my ideas on sharing the profits.

At Harrods took a Spear's folder. Had FLUTTER, WANTED, TOT-TEN, MATCH AND MOVE, QUANDARY, and others, but not TREK. (Filed in '72 Misc.)

(cont. from 11/26) [11/26]

got from Martin Gardner): SECRET MAGIC SESAME WORD GAME, E.S. Lowe has (among others) HEAD TO HEAD, HEADS UP, TRIPLE YAHTZEE, SHOWDOWN POKER, BRAINSTORM, and CLIMAX; Abercrombie & Fitch has CROSSWORD CUBES and SENTENCE CUBES (by Itemation) and REX (attribu-ted to the Etruscans). (Filed in '72 Misc.)