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7/23
7/21
26 Thursday - July 1973
St. Anne - 207th day - 158 days to come

Rcd. [received] G&P #15 (July). "Editorial" started with mention of me, there is an ad for an article on DEALER'S CHOICE. Article on TANGRAMS. Gyles Brandreth mentions GAME OF GOOSE and gives rules for JOTTO. "Gamesview" covers THE SIGMA FILE, GOLFWINKS, DON'T GO OVERBOARD, and YOUR MOVE. Article on PENTOMINOES. Complete info on QUANDARY.
Rcd. a booklet from "Publishers Central Bureau." Had a considerable offering of Dover Books. I was interested in the following: TEST YOUR LOGIC, 101 PUZZLES IN THOUGHT AND LOGIC, GEOMETRIC DISSECTIONS, and MATHEMATICS, MAGIC AND MYSTERY. Checked my files and found I didn't have any of them. Found that I did have two others: MAZES AND LABYRINTHS and MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES (for beginners and enthusiasts).

Called Sally Wiliams of Harper and Row. Told her I was planning my column. She said that SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES was sold out and a new printing was scheduled. She'll send me one, first class, as soon as the new printing is out.

Went over all the games I have to review:- STARLORD; HYPERCHESS, HYPERCHECKERS; MONEY CARD, OPTILE; KGB; WINIT, FINESSE, POLISH DOMINOES; ARCHIEBALL; DEADLOCK, DE-TOUR, LINK-UP, POUNCE, NIX, UPON-MY-WORD, CONTROLLING INTEREST; WHODUNIT, COOKS TOURS; MANHUNT; PINK PEBBLES, GENERATION RAP, THE GARBAGE GAME; IMPASSE, TAU, CLUSTER; NETRESULTS, SNOWCRYSTALS, GREATSHAPES; ZILCH; OUTLAW TRAIL; OUTDOOR SURVIVAL; MASTER MIND; DEAR ABBY, AUCTIONEER; QUADTRIPLE; THE DOT GAME, EL GAME; BILLIONAIRE, GRAPPLE, BOGGLE, FLUSTER; HOLIDAY, PATTON.
Decided that I would do column with the bulk of these games in short reviews, then expand on a few of them in future.