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11 Wednesday - July 1973
192nd day - 173 days to come

Rcd. [received] NOST-ALGIA #159. (Never got #158.) Phil Cohen's column mentions SPROUTS, G&P, and LINES OF ACTION. Also mentioned in the magazine are SECRET WORD, CHOMP (rules given), ULTIMA, and a few others. Also had Alister Macintyre's CROSS THEME PUZZLE #2.
Worked out a [illegible crossed out] table showing the number distribution using one, two, or three dice for each throw of three dice. Used this for filling in the LAPS numbers, but had to make some changes so that some dice throw wouldn't continue without a stop.

Called Felicia. Told her of Arthur's death.
Told her that Bob Johnson and Burt Huber had not seen LOTTERY. Also that no one but 3M had seen THE BRAIN GAME. She'll keep it in mind when Hallmark is looking again.
She has a PUZZLE and a GAME she'd like me to look at. I'll come there about 10 next Wednesday.

Called "Synthetic Plastics Novelties, Inc. Paul Eisland not in but I spoke to a Mr. Cohen. He suggested sending a check to Paul Eisland for the chips. (see 5/21).

At Arthur's funeral spoke to Wald. He is going to continue with the projects he started with his father. (Incidentally, Anne called to say that Claude, because of trouble sleeping earlier, was not able to go to the funeral.)
Met Henry and Patricia Pelham Burn (spelling?) again. They came with me to the burial and then here for supper.
Henry was impressed with my being written up in WORLD Magazine, altho he didn't particularly care for the way it was written.
Pat is a "solitaire" fan and I told her about COMBINATION. Then gave Henry a number of the sheets with the reprint of my column on it. Also gave him a copy of S&T #28, with my reviews of SLEUTH and EXECUTIVE DECISION.

Gary Sherbell here to show me his game OPTION CHESS. (He'd like a more catchy name.) A regular CHESS set is used in conjunction with a deck of special cards consisting of the following: 5 - "FREE"; 5 - "KING"; 5 - "QUEEN"; 7 - "ROOK"; 7 - "KNIGHT"; 7 "BISHOP"; 14 "PAWN"; 3 "PREVENT"; 3 "RELEASE." (This adds up to 56 and I suggested reducing it to 54 for commercial reasons. He figures that he can eliminate 1 "KING" and 1 "PAWN.")
The rules of CHESS are followed with the additions and exceptions as follows. Each player has a hand of 6 cards and must play one in order to move. A "FREE" card allows any piece, including a PAWN, to move. A "KING" card is used for castling. A player may throw off a card without moving if required or desired. After
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