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25 Tuesday - December 1973
Christmas Day - 359th day - 6 days to come

Sent X'Mas card to Ray & Cindy Makepeace. Mentioned PATTON, HOLIDAY, FITTING & PROPER, and THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS. Differed to send a copy of AGOG.

Gave a duplicate copy of TRIPPPLES to Marylin's Elliott.

(cont. from 12/26) [12/26]

listing the configurations of each color on the 9 pieces. He then sketched in a circuit and picked out the color, if any, that had the configurations that matched that circuit. Later I realized that this method would not solve a random set-up of pcs. - unless I didn't get what he told me completely straight.

Gary Sherbell called. He went to Bob Gellman with OPTION CHESS. Bob didn't look at it. Instead he had Gary she show it to Frank (I'm not sure that is the right first name) Brady, who -Gary was told- wrote a book on Bobby Fisher (spelling?). Brady told Gary that he liked the other game (NOVINKA) better because it was simpler.
I told Gary that my understanding was that the fellow who did the Fisher book was the one who made up the game - so he certainly wouldn't be impartial. I'll confront Bob and let Gary know what I find out. Gary said that he had rather lost interest in the matter. He did appreciate my trying to help him.
Gary said that Brady had mentioned a book "A History of CHESS Variations" or something like that.

BB finally typed the letter to Ken Harrison on EXECUTIVE DECISION - that I wrote on 12/17.

(cont. from 12/27) [12/27]

When Reiss was looking for a supplier of plastics to put out a line to replace the "Mag-Nif" line he got very high quotes. Phil had his supplier - for "Gamut of Games" - contact Reiss. The supplier got such a good order that as a "finder's fee" he gave Phil and Anna a one week tour to London. Phil will be back on 1/21/74. He will see Graeme Levin in London.
Phil would like the following S.P.I. games and wants the new packaging (in order of preference): AUSTERLITZ (which is not included on the new list of S.P.I. games), WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, LEE MOVES NORTH, AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1812, LA GRANDE ARMEE.

(cont. on 12/24)

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