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27 TUESDAY * NOVEMBER 1973
331ST DAY * 34 DAYS TO COME

To "Gamut of Games". Gave Phil the rules for WILDCAT, INVESTIGATION, EMPIRE, SPECULATE (Phil reminded me of Graeme's SPECULATE but he liked the name to present it to Manny). The games he gave to Manny are THE GREAT RACES, TRIVIA, MISSING LINK, LAND BARON, and HEXOWORD (which he didn't tell me of before). We won't be getting any reactions from him for some time, Manny that is. I'll bring the next batch of rules next week.
Took a repro [reproduction] of Phil's rules for THE GREAT RACES.
Looked at G & P #20, which Phil had there. Had rules for REVERSI. Had a listing of best buys for X'Mas [Christmas]. Included SLEUTH but not ACQUIRE. Also had my SLEUTH games view. There was a loose folder from Intellect Games. Made repros [reproductions] of the info on STOCKBROKER, SPANISH CHATTER, FRENCH CHATTER, and CABBIE.
Also saw a letter from Graeme saying that Spears didn't want to publish CARTEL, REALM, INFINITY, and MONTAGE. He will try a smaller company - the one who put out THE SIGMA FILE.
Phil said that 75,000 each of original 5 p & p games were run off, and all will be sold.

At one of those X'Mas [Christmas] stores on 23rd St. bought POKA-TILE (an 1961 Ideal game which I had seen but not bought). Among other very old items they had Parker's FLAG GAME.

To S.P.I. spoke to Jim Dunnigan and told him about Felicia's suggestion that Dorothy Shapiro get a subscription to S & T. He'll send her one. Took copies of S & T #37, 38, 39, and 40.
Checked with Redmund and two weeks from now is O.K. for my next column.
Ran off copies of three Dutch game rules to give my father some work: - SIROCCO, ZIG-ZAG, and WIEKSLAG (later discovered that there were French rules for this one - but I'll give it to dad anyway so that he can check his translation).

To Random House. Fabio gave me two copies of a book - ALTAIR DESIGN. This has sold over 100,000 at $1.95. If I can come up with something entirely different that has the same type of appeal they'd be very interested in it. He also mentioned the possibility of their doing a paper back of AGOG - but very vaguely. I mentioned that I have getting been getting requests for a sequel to AGOG. He said to prepare a listing of what I would want to include and maybe it can be published simultaneously in hard and soft cover. Another possibility he threw out was a book including game connected with U.S. history, in connection with the bicentennial - for children. He also thought that the sequel to AGOG should be aimed more towards children. (A lot of this conversation at the Cornell Club where he took me for an expensive lunch.)
Gave Fay Hartog the copies I made of the two last two royalty reports and she got repros and returned them to me. She'll try to get me an answer within a week.
Fabio thought that over $2,000 was a lot to get from the reprint edition, especially since Random House was getting half.
(cont. on 11/25)

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English 27 TUESDAY * NOVEMBER 1973
331ST DAY * 34 DAYS TO COME


To "Gamut of Games". Gave Phil the rules for WILDCAT,
INVESTIGATION, EMPIRE, SPECULATE (Phil reminded me of
Graeme's SPECULATE but he liked the name to present it to Manny).
The games he gave to Manny are THE GREAT RACES, TRIVIA,
MISSING LINK, LAND BARON, and HEXOWORD (which he didn't tell me
of before). We won't be getting any reactions from him for some
time, Manny that is. I'll bring the next batch of rules next week.
Took a repro [reproduction] of Phil's rules for THE GREAT RACES.
Looked at G & P #20, which Phil had there. Had rules for REVERSI.
Had a listing of best buys for X'Mas [Christmas]. Included SLEUTH but not
ACQUIRE. Also had my SLEUTH games view. There was a loose folder
from Intellect Games. Made repros [reproductions] of the info on STOCKBROKER,
SPANISH CHATTER, FRENCH CHATTER, and CABBIE.
Also saw a letter from Graeme saying that Spears didn't want
to publish CARTEL, REALM, INFINITY, and MONTAGE. He will try a
smaller company - the one who put out THE SIGMA FILE.
Phil said that 75,000 each of original 5 p & p games were run off, and all will be sold.


At one of those X'Mas [Christmas] stores on 23rd St. bought POKA-TILE (an
1961 Ideal game which I had seen but not bought). Among
other very old items they had Parker's FLAG GAME.
To S.P.I. spoke to Jim Dunnigan and told him about Felicia's suggestion
that Dorothy Shapiro get a subscription to S & T. He'll
send her one. Took copies of S & T #37, 38, 39, and 40.
Checked with Redmund and two weeks from now is O.K. for my
next column.
Ran off copies of three Dutch game rules to give my father
some work: - SIROCCO, ZIG-ZAG, and WIEKSLAG (later discovered
that there were French rules for this one - but I'll give it to
dad anyway so that he can check his translation).
To Random House. Fabio gave me two copies of a book -
ALTAIR DESIGN. This has sold over 100,000 at $1.95. If I can
come up with something entirely different that has the
same type of appeal they'd be very interested in it. He also
mentioned the possibility of their doing a paper back of
AGOG - but very vaguely. I mentioned that I have getting been getting
requests for a sequel to AGOG. He said to prepare a listing of
what I would want to include and maybe it can be published
simultaneously in hard and soft cover. Another possibility he
threw out was a book including game connected with U.S.
history, in connection with the bicentennial - for children.
He also thought that the sequel to AGOG should be aimed
more towards children. (A lot of this conversation at the
Cornell Club where he took me for an expensive lunch.)
Gave Fay Hartog the copies I made of the two last two royalty
reports and she got repros and returned them to me. She'll try
to get me an answer within a week.
Fabio thought that over $2,000 was a lot to get from the
reprint edition, especially since Random House was getting half.
(cont. on 11/25)