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Created page with "9 Saturday - June 1973 <br>160th Day - 205 Days to Come ---- Rcd. [received] a letter from <u>Tom Atwater</u>. He's eagerly awaiting <u>HIT THE JACKPOT</u>. Sent me rules for <u>KALEIDOSQUARES</u> (by Peter Olatka & William Eberle) and a description of <u>Alex Randolph</u>'s <u>GAME</u>, [illegible words crossed out] "a well-disguised alternative approach to <u>DOZO</u>." He asked me for an "quicky originality appraisal." Also mentioned <u>SWEEP</u>. <br>Wrote t..."
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<u>HIT THE JACKPOT</u>. Sent me rules for <u>KALEIDOSQUARES</u> (by Peter
<u>HIT THE JACKPOT</u>. Sent me rules for <u>KALEIDOSQUARES</u> (by Peter
Olatka & William Eberle) and a description of <u>Alex Randolph</u>'s
Olatka & William Eberle) and a description of <u>Alex Randolph</u>'s
<u>GAME</u>, [illegible words crossed out] "a well-disguised alternative approach to <u>DOZO</u>."
<u>GAME</u>, <s>a [illegible] take</s> "a well-disguised alternative approach to <u>DOZO</u>."
He asked me for an "quicky originality appraisal." Also mentioned
He asked me for an "quicky originality appraisal." Also mentioned
<u>SWEEP</u>.
<u>SWEEP</u>.
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At Marboro bought a book - <u>THE RIVERSIDE PUZZLES</u>.
At Marboro bought a book - <u>THE RIVERSIDE PUZZLES</u>.
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(cont. from 6/10) [6/14]
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<u>ANCIENT HEBREW KINGDOM DIPLOMACY</u>, <u>DESTRUCTION OF ARMY GROUP CENTER</u>,
and a few more. Also <u>NEWTOWN</u> rule interpretations.
Playing around with <u>3D BOXES</u> by myself. Thought of the
following variations to insure that cubes are won quickly. 1) 4
horizontal rods are placed at random on the bottom level,
then 3 verticals. Then the game proper begins. 2) A vertical
cannot be placed on top of another vertical if there is no
horizontal at that point.
<br>Played two games with BB, but we were both too tired to
really concentrate.
Before I got home BB got a call from <u>Bob Abbott</u>. He'd like to get
together. Left his number, but when I called he was out.
<br><u>Bob Abbot</u> [telephone number]
[line pointing to paragraph above and paragraph below] [started 6/14]
At Scribners Book Store looked at <s>Scarne's
<u>ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES</u></s> <u>SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES</u>
(not <u>SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA ON GAMES</u> as stated last year
in <u>TOY & HOBBY WORLD</u>). Everything seems standard except
for his own <u>TEEKO</u>, <u>SCARNE DICE</u>, <u>FOLLOW THE ARROW</u>, and
possibly one or two more.