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4/25
26 THURSDAY - APRIL 1973
116TH DAY - 249 DAYS TO COME

At Mike Baschkopt's office made a rough layout of the
3D BOXES playing field and tried a game allowing rods to
be placed anywhere. It was a bore. Rewrote the rules, in-
cluding everything except the 3-rod corner "force" as the
basic game, and the "force" as a variation for advanced players.
Mike ran off two copies of the illustrations for me and
I colored them red to represent the rods in place.
BB typed the new rules in the evening.
Made a sketch of an illustration for PATTON to get an idea of
how it should look.
On Chambers St. bought 10/72, 11/72, and 2/73 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN's
bringing me up to date thru 3/73.
To Simulations. Spoke to Jim D. End of next week id o.k. for
my column for S&T #38. Also it's o.k. if I hold on to
DECLINE & FALL for a few more weeks.
Beth gave me a card they rcd. about two educational games -
WEATHERWITS and WEATHERWITS U.S.A.. Also a complaint from a
reader on my review of BEAT DETROIT.
From Madge for two addresses for Bob Champer, but she is not
sure which is the later, and if he may have moved since:
{Bob Champer
{110 Wyona St. or {79-10 39 Ave.
{Brooklyn, N.Y. {N.Y. 11372

Returned the tape recorder to Vivianne Meyers' husband. (see 4/25)
Rcd. 1st quarter 3M report.
ACQUIRE----------- $1,572.79 --- $34.48
BAZAAR -----------------(6.32) ----62.53
MONAD ---------------127.06
VENTURE --------------297.45
EXECUTIVE DECISION-795.79
SLEUTH----------------587.43

$3,374.20 - $97.01 --> $3,471.21

$2,603.41 (to me)

$ 867.80 (to I.S.)

Rcd. a card from Don Miller. Mentioned MOVES, CONFLICT, G&P, THE GAMESMAN,
THE GAMESLETTER.
Rcd. NOST-ALGIA # 156, Phil Cohen, in his CHESS Variants column, mentions
the three booklets - CHALLENGE AND DELIGHT OF CHESSICAL AND DECIMAL,
CHESSICAL CUBISM OR CHESS IN SPACE, AND CHESSIRE CAT PLAYETH LOOKING GLASS CHEESSYS,
and some of the games in them. Bill Rawlings describes
VERTICAL CYLINDER CHESS.
While at Simulations met Malcolm Watson (I think that is the spelling) who
is here on vacation with his wife. He is well known in British war-gaming
circles. He has left his job selling advertising to devote his full time to sell-
ing S&T and the Simulations games.
(cont. on 4/25)