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21 SATURDAY - APRIL 1973
HOLY SATURDAY - 111TH DAY - 254 DAYS TO COME

Played 3D BOXES with BB in afternoon.
Played 3D BOXES with Phil Laurence.
Played 4-hand WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU? I made one se-
quence of 10.

(cont. from 4/22) [5/24]

the player tried to take the hat off with the hook the mag-
net's cause the figurine to rock on it's pivot.
- Stancraft spoke to Norton Cross for just a moment, since he was
busy. He told me he expects sales of my games-
TRANSFORMATION, etc. to pick up.
- The Strauss'. They had MOVIE MOGULS, HOLIDAY and PATTON
displayed. Bob Gellman told me to look there.
- Reiss Associates. Told Bill Knox that if he sent me a copy
of IDIOT STICK I'd give it to Martin Gardner and possibly
he'd mention it in his column. Bill asked how many he should
send me and I said just the one. Also promised to send me... illegible
Bob Reiss said that he wanted to have me and Phil Orbanes
in to discuss doing premium games for them, things that could
be made for under 25¢, but in very large quantities. I said
I'd be glad to, but that Phil had told me that he figured on
doing the premiums for "Gamut of Games" since once the games
are in production. I told him to check it out with Phil.
I also asked Bill Knox for a copy of TOURNABOUT. It won't be
ready for some time but he said he'll send it when it is.
- Four Generations. Said goodbye to Phil Shoptaugh. He has
To Felicia. Not in. a solitaire version
of TAU that he calls TAULITAIRE. It [drawing of board with red, yellow, and blue dots]
will be added to the rules. Only
the ends of three colors are used
and are started as shown to the
left. By jumping over one pc. or
a continuous row of pcs., diagonal
jumps being allowed, the object is to reach the position
to the right in the least amount of moves. (Red & blue can be
reversed, as long as yellow is in the middle.)
To Felicia's but not in. Left my packages with Herb Roth
while I ate. Still not in when Bob Johnson came. We went down
for coffee but Felicia still not there. Called answering ser-
vice but no info. Bob and I went to S&T office and used
a play-testing room.
Showed HONORABLE RELATIONS to Bob. He solved one of the easier ones with
a little help from me, Started another one and wished that he could take it
to work on the plane. I told him that I would send him a rough set, and would
work on a set of the correct size to send to Burt Huber. It's his
province now.
We went over each of the games that they have under contact. Didn't
(cont. on 4/18)