1972_Sackson_376_December 21.jpg: Page #1
Original title: 1972_Sackson_376_December 21.jpg

Transcription
21 THURSDAY DECEMBER 1972
PILGRIMS LANDED 1620 - FIRST DAY OF WINTER - 356TH DAY - 10 DAYS TO COME
Rcd. note from Paul Greenough and a clipping from THE CLARENCE BEE (Dec. 13) on DEALER'S CHOICE and LANDSLIDE.
Rcd. card and note from Ray & Cindy Makepeace - the FOCUS fans. He mentions lending his copy of AGOG to friends.
Rcd. cards from Felicia and Ken Morgan. Ken included a clipping on a simulation game METROPOLIS, with a mention of METRO-APEX from TIMES.
Sent cards to George Bredehorn - with Leonard Willett's address.
Stan Chess.
Jim Scully - with $10 check for their son Christopher.
Mike Alber.
Eugene Primoff - BEAT THE COMPUTER - with a short note.
Herb Siegel with short note.
---
(cont. from 12/22) [12/22]
that it is definitely not dead but it will have to wait until the finances have stabilized and the potential market has been researches.
Jim gave me a repro of a page from a history book with a Hitler game - JUDEN RAUS! (OUT WITH THE JEWS!)
From Phil and Sal got the following boxed games that I didn't get before : - DARK AGES, BATTLE OF STALINGRAD, SOLDIERS, MOSCOW CAMPAIGN, GRENADIER, KURSK, 1918
To fill out a box Phil was packing took duplicates of DARK AGES and STRATEGY I and 2 of NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO. Also about a dozen back numbers of S&T and MOVES, including "Books I, II, and III."
I asked and Jim gave me $7 in expense money, and also some stationery.
Ran off 20 copies of my column in S&T #35.
Rcd. 2 more copies of my BOOK WORLD column.
Rcd. NOST-ALGIA #152. Phil Cohen describes BEROLINA CHESS. Bill Rawlings describes UNCRASH (from CRASH) and two variants - CRASH PARITY and ALPHABETICAL UNCRASH.
Rcd. letter from Prom Prof. Harley Flanders in Isreal (see 11/29) asking for information on LASCA or LASKERS.
Called Claude who had called before I got in. Wald had spoken to him and we talked a little about the Strongin deal. Claude was feeling better and we decided that BB and I would visit them.
To Claude's bringing him 6 of the "Bekins Boxes." Wouldn't take money for them.
Played THE BRAIN GAME with BB, Anne, Raymond, and Ritchie (Claude not feeling up to it). Used I "Upper Level Substitute," 3 "Middle" and 3 "Lower." Also used the rule that doubles on the white die allowed a trade with any player. A red "1" allows a 1 for trade of different kinds. (Probably better to allow this when red die matches white double.)
(cont. on 12/20)