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2/4
2/3
2/2
6 TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 1973 37TH DAY - 328 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a surprise check from Random House for $2,154.35.
Returns - - - - - - - $32.67
Book Club - - - - - $407.52
Reprint - - - - - - - $1,667.00
Permissions - - - $112.50
For AGOG for period ending Sept. 30, 1972.

Rcd. the 4 corrected "maps" for STARLORD that Phil sent
me yesterday, together with a note from Lee Elmendorf.

To Simulations. Gave Al Nofi the "Manhole Cover" Jigsaw Puzzle. Spoke
to Jim Dunnigan in general. To Redmund and the end of the
month will be o.k. for my column but he'd prefer it sooner.
Spoke to his assistant, Mannie, who loves ACQUIRE.
Beth had a letter concerning a book and one chapter and
a sample simulation. She gave me the manuscript
and a copy of the letter. The name of the book is
HANDBOOK OF WRITTEN SIMULATIONS - THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS.
The sample given is called THE TRAVELER PROBLEM.
Al Nofi said he would help me find the battle field maps I
need for PATTON when I get around to it.

To Felicia. She was fairly happy with the 3M results. IMAGE did
well, selling more than ACQUIRE, but the royalty rate is 3%.
I asked her if she had heard from Odette Willis. No. She tried
calling but no answer. I took her new number
{Odette Willis
{[Phone number omitted for privacy.]
and I'll call her and set a new date.
She had a number of things by
{Bailey Research and Development Co.
{812 St. Marks Ave
{Westfield, N.J. 07090
{(201) 232-0338
(See 5/2/72)

GAME IN HAND [Diagram of a small square pyramid that has 4 holes in the bottom. Holes labeled 1, 3, 5, and 10.]
A manipulative game. The plastic pyramid has a ball inside
and at the bottom four holes (with another
bottom under to keep the ball from coming out). The
holes vary in size with the values. Didn't get details of the play.
MOVEAICS (which unfortunately is similar in mechanism to
PUSH OVER). The board is as shown. One player moves in the horizontal direction and the other in the vertical, as shown by the arrows.

[Diagram of of an 11 x 11 square grid board. An arrow points right above the top row and another arrow points up along the rightmost column. 36 of the spaces are labeled with an X. 5 are labeled W, 5 are labeled R, 13 are labeled G, and 13 are labeled B.]

Thus each player has 5 avenues in which he can move. The tiles are set up as shown. Players in turn move one of the avenues. The tile nearest to them in the chosen avenue is moved one space and any tiles next to it are also moved. Play until all tiles have been pushed off the opposite ends.
Captured tiles score as follows : -
Blue or green - - - - - - -1 point.
Red or white - - - - - - - - 3 points.
(cont. on 2/4)

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