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--- Revision as of 17:24:32, 11 August 2025 by Lboland
+++ Revision as of 16:27:06, 30 March 2026 by Lboland
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-/22
+/22<br>
-<br>23 Friday - November 1973
+'''23 FRIDAY * NOVEMBER 1973'''<br>
-<br>327 day - 38 days to come
+TH DAY - 38 DAYS TO COME
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 Wrote rules for <u>WILDCAT</u>. Trying to make a new layout
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 Phil and I found <u>WILDCAT</u> quite strategic. For <u>WINDFALL</u> I
 changed 4 capital spaces in each area to "5" and 4 to
-"20", giving a total of "160" instead of the orifinal "140."
+"20", giving a total of "160" instead of the original "140."
-[arrow pointing to the page on the left]
+[large red arrow pointing to the page on the left]
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 (cont. from 11/24) [12/5]
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 out and returned before end of the year. Mentions <u>MIDWAY</u>,
 <u>XENOGOGIC VI</u>, <u>PHI ETA OMEGA</u>, <u>TRI THETA EPSILON</u>, <u>PUZZLE</u>
 (a simulation game by "Interact"), <u>SEARCH</u>, <u>STRIKE</u>, <u>SUNSHINE</u>,
 <u>NEXUS</u> (I.D.S.), <u>COLD WAR GAME</u>, <u>SIMCOM</u>, <u>DOOMSDAY</u>, <u>SINEX</u>,
 <u>INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION</u>, <u>DIG</u>, <u>LIBERTE</u>, <u>DRANG NACH OSTEN!</u>,
 <u>UNENTSCHIEDEN!</u>, <u>TRIPLANETARY</u>, <u>ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ</u>, <u>ALBION</u>,
 <u>LENSMAN</u>, <u>SINK THE BISMARCK!</u>, <u>GROSSTAKTIK</u>, <u>ATLANTA</u>,
-<u>THE PENTAGON GAME</u>, <u>GO</u> Vs<u>CHESS</u>, <u>THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GAMES</u>
+<u>THE PENTAGON GAME</u>, <u>GO</u> Vs <u>CHESS</u>, ''<u>THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GAMES</u>''
-(Club), <u>SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES</u>.
+(Club), ''<u>SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES</u>''.
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 (cont. from 12/6) [12/6]
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-if he'll do anything about it.).
+if he'll do anything about it.).<br>
 <br>Martin suggested that I might try to market a set of
 <u>MINI-GAMES</u>, the smallest meaningful board for various
 standard games. He has found that 5x5 is the minimum
 for <u>CHECKERS</u>, also for <u>CHESS</u> so that all moves - including
-castling and en passant - and pcs. [pieces] are involved. 3 pcs. per
+castling and en passant - and pcs. are involved. 3 pcs. [pieces] per
 person is far from trivial for <u>CHINESE CHECKERS</u>. (I asked
-him why he didn't do it himself. It's just out of his line.)
+him why he didn't do it himself. It's just out of his line.)<br>
-<br>He suggested that, since the occult is getting more and
+He suggested that, since the occult is getting more and
 more followers - even among intellectuals, I might do well
 with an ESP <u>GAME</u>. Told him that a number have been
 done, without much success. (Mentioned that of the
-people who buy <u>TAROT</u> cards I doubt if 1 in a thousand okay
+people who buy <u>TAROT</u> cards I doubt if 1 in a thousand play
-actual games with them.)
+actual games with them.)<br>
 <br>He told me of an acquaintance of his who plays <u>CHOMP</u> using
-raisin set up in an array. The one to be avoided is a
+raisins set up in an array. The one to be avoided is a
 different color (the one in the corner opposite the starting
 corner). To remove the raisins an edge set with a
 right angle is used for pushing them away. He said I
-was welcome to make any use I wish of this idea.
+was welcome to make any use I wish of this idea. <br>
-<br>(cont. on 11/22)
+(cont. on 11/22)