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3 Friday - August 1973
215th day - 150 days to come

Rcd. [received] THE GAMESLETTER #60. Among other things, mentions a sale of DIPLOMACY magazines; G&P #7; TRIPPPLES; NAVAL WARGAMES, WAR GAMES; INSTITUTE FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES, XENOGOGIC VI:3 (Mag.), THE COLD WAR GAME, DOOMSDAY, INTER-NATIONAL SIMULATION, POLARIS III, TOP SECRET, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION SIMULATION; CONFLICT (Mag.), KHALKHIM-GOL, FRANCE, 1940, MINUTEMAN, LUFTWAFFE; STARLORD, ALIEN SPACE, EUROPE 1721, YOUNGSTOWN VARIANT; TRAFALGAR, CIVIL WAR, AIR EMPIRE, VIET NAM, IWO JIMA, STAR TREK (Ideal), MANAGEMENT, ANZIO, LENSMAN.

Rcd. a call from {Bill Nachman
Times Herald (THE TIMES HERALD)
Newport News, Va. 23607
He is writing a piece (on adult games) He got a backgrounder from 3M and then spoke to Jack Davis who suggested he call me. Discussed, among other things, ACQUIRE, EXECUTIVE DECISION, SLEUTH, and GO.
Called Jack Davis to tell him of the call. He'll get me a copy of the clipping when he gets it. (I asked Nachman but he didn't seem sure that he'd send it to me.)
I asked Jack about copies of MR. WHO? and STAC-TAC-TOE. He still hasn't rcd. any.

Rcd. the report from Random House for AGOG. Only $6.51. But there is no mention of the reprint edition, or of the money I owe for the "Permission."

Put in the numbers on the RALLY layout. Drew up a layout for the new SPACE STATIONS, with a 4x3x3 field. Drew up a layout for my END OF THE LINE and for INVESTIGATION
To Boston Post for repros. [reproductions]

Made a set for the PUZZLE of 7/31, and thought of the name EVEN WORSE. Dave Horn tried it and got within 1 pc. [piece] of solving it in quite a few different ways. He couldn't solve it, however, but didn't want to quit trying.

(cont. from 8/4) [8/6]

In a store saw IT'S KNOT EASY, a Marvin Glass puzzle put out by M.B. There is a 4x4 layout of plastic pcs. with raised sections of a "rope." It is set up to make a closed loop. They say that there are many solutions.
Claude bought a game called TEN-Q at a thrift shop for 50¢. I didn't think I had it so I took it and payed him in the settling up we did. Told him I'd give it to him if I discover that I have it. (Later discovered that I did.)
Bought, at Strand Book Store, a book FORMS OF PAPER. And at Sylvan bought June '73 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Had article on computer CHESS.
[started 8/6]

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