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Red | 21 FRIDAY - DECEMBER 1973 <br> | ||
PILGRIMS LANDED 1620 - ST. THOMAS, APOSTLE - 355TH DAY - 10 DAYS TO COME | |||
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Red. a card from <u>Stan Chess</u> and returned one to him. | |||
BB had previously sent one to George and Dorothy <u>Bredehorn</u> | BB had previously sent one to George and Dorothy <u>Bredehorn</u> | ||
including Stan. | including Stan. | ||
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did this yesterday and the following today.) Went | did this yesterday and the following today.) Went | ||
over the books on the east shelves in the game room - fairly thoroughly - and moved those that haven't been cataloged upstairs. | over the books on the east shelves in the game room - fairly thoroughly - and moved those that haven't been cataloged upstairs. | ||
Dana picked up an 1974 for me at Trooties. | |||
Dana picked up an 1974 for me at Trooties. <br> | |||
(Gave it to me as a present.) | (Gave it to me as a present.) | ||
Ordered the bins from Sears (See 12/20). | |||
Wrote card to <u>Jim Scully</u> | Ordered the bins from Sears (See 12/20). <br> | ||
Wrote card to <u>Jim Scully</u>. Mentioned <u>PATTON</u>, <u>HOLIDAY</u>, <br> | |||
<u>THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS</u>, <u>FITTING & PROPER</u>, and <u>ACQUIRE</u>. <br> | |||
Wrote card to Paul <u>Greenough</u>. mentioned the same five as <br> | |||
above and also <u>REALM</u>. | |||
Call from <u>Phil Kaplan</u> who was here last year with a <br> | |||
puzzle he called <u>TACTICS</u> (see 8/25/72), which was later <br> | |||
called <u>KING SOLOMON'S DIVERSION</u>. He has a new puzzle he'd <br> | |||
like to show me. Made date for 12/26 at 8:30. (His telephone <br> | |||
number 787-3849.) (Later learned name - <u>JIGSAW MOSAIC</u>.) | |||
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(cont. from 12/22) [12/22] | |||
Also there was the problem of who would do the blocking, <br> | |||
at the expense of his own game. <br> | |||
Bob mentioned that he had enjoyed <u>KGB</u> when we played it at <br> | |||
S.P.I. He had thought that all mystery games had to be variations <br> | |||
of the <u>CLUE</u> mechanism. <br> | |||
He'd like to get together again at S.P.I. but I pointed out that <br> | |||
with all the people around he hadn't wanted to show his <br> | |||
<u>EPAMINONDAS</u>. He said we could meet at his house -- <br> | |||
{<u>Bob Abbott</u> <br> | |||
{305 W. 13th St. <br> | |||
{989-2321 <br> | |||
I mentioned seeing the article from <u>DIVERSION</u> with the mention <br> | |||
of <u>WHAT'S THAT ON MY HEAD?</u>. So far he has rcd. two orders <br> | |||
because of it. Actually he had the info included before checking with <br> | |||
Games Research. They are out of the game - Bob has about 10 <br> | |||
of his own left. <br> | |||
The German version was put out by "Spielclub". They would <br> | |||
like to transfer the game (<u>EGGHEAD</u>) to "A.S. Publishers" which is supposed <br> | |||
to be a large company. Bob's German agent would rather that <br> | |||
(cont. on 12/20/73) | |||