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 HAPPY NEW YEAR - 1ST DAY - 364 DAYS TO COME
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-Sent card - letter to <u>Alister Wm. MacIntyre</u>. Asked him <br>
+Sent card - letter to <u>Alister Wm. MacIntyre</u>. Asked him
-about <u>GAMBIT</u>, <u>CHIRP</u>, <u>GROW</u>, <u>EVOLUTION</u>. Mentioned <br>
+about <u>GAMBIT</u>, <u>CHIRP</u>, <u>GROW</u>, <u>EVOLUTION</u>. Mentioned
-''<u>NOST-ALGIA</u>'' #153 and Alister's announcement including <br>
+''<u>NOST-ALGIA</u>'' #153 and Alister's announcement including
-<u>RAUMKRIEG</u>, <u>GUERILLA!</u> and <u>NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>. Realized <br>
+<u>RAUMKRIEG</u>, <u>GUERILLA!</u> and <u>NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>. Realized
-that Alister didn't say that he had invented these games. <br>
+that Alister didn't say that he had invented these games.
-Probably the latter is the one that Richard Loomis did. <br>
+Probably the latter is the one that Richard Loomis did.
 Also asked about <u>DICTATOR</u> and <u>VEGAS</u>. <br>
-Card-letter to <u>Lou Zocchi</u>. Mentioned <u>ALIEN SPACE</u> and  <br>
+Card-letter to <u>Lou Zocchi</u>. Mentioned <u>ALIEN SPACE</u> and <u>Charles
-<u>Charles Hartman</u>'s <u>ALIVE IN WONDERLAND</u>. <br>
+Hartman</u>'s <u>ALIVE IN WONDERLAND</u>. <br>
 Card-letter to <u>Charles Hartman</u>. Mentioned <u>ALIVE IN WONDERLAND</u>. <br>
 Card-letter to <u>Eric Nielsen</u>. Mentioned <u>ARROW LIFE</u> and <u>2ND CHESS</u>.
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+(cont. from 1/4) [2/13]
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-a set strategy) as to price entered in the table shown <br>
+a set strategy) as to price entered in the table shown
-and come up with a number from 1 to 81. Other decisions <br>
+and come up with a number from 1 to 81. Other decisions
-concerning Marketing (2 choices) and Researh and Engineering <br>
+concerning Marketing (2 choices) and Research and Engineering
-(2 choices) come up with a letter from A to D for each company. <br>
+(2 choices) come up with a letter from A to D for each company.
-These are entered in 4 x 4 matrixes and the results put into a 16 x 16, <br>
+These are entered in 4 x 4 matrixes and the results put into a 16 x 16,
-giving a number from 1 to 256 on each page telling <br>
+giving a number from 1 to 256. Each player has an 81
-him his potential sales. (There is more about building factories, <br>
+page book with entries from 1 to 256 on each page telling
-loans, etc. but the heart are these grids and the 81 page books. <br>
+him his potential sales. (There is more about building factories,
+loans, etc. but the heart are these grids and the 81 page books.
 Completely unrealistic as a commercial game. <br>
-<u>EXPLORATION</u> uses grids with the same layout for playing <br>
+<u>EXPLORATION</u> uses grids with the same layout for playing
 a game of exploring for minerals. <br>
-<u>CONQUEST</u> uses a different but similar set of grids <br>
+<u>CONQUEST</u> uses a different but similar set of grids
 to play a game of conquering colonies. <br>
-(Note: In the samples of the results tables for all of these <br>
+(Note: In the samples of the results tables for all of these
-games the illustrated entries seem rather random, but they <br>
+games the illustrated entries seem rather random, but they
 may not be.) <br>
-<u>WILDCAT</u> by Charles M. Tinder, [address omitted for privacy], Moscow, Idaho 83843. <br>
+<u>WILDCAT</u> by Charles M. Tinder, [address], Moscow, Idaho 83843.
-A square field has 81 holes in a 9 x 9 matrix. Each hole at the  <br>
+A square field has 81 holes in a 9 x 9 matrix. Each hole at the
-start is filled with a rubber plug. Two cardboard sheets which <br>
+start is filled with a rubber plug. Two cardboard sheets which
-can be placed in 8 orientations each indicate the producing <br>
+can be placed in 8 orientations each indicate the producing
-oil wells. No well is isolated by itself. An outside track is <br>
+oil wells. No well is isolated by itself. An outside track is
-moved around by dice throw. This causes various gains and <br>
+moved around by dice throw. This causes various gains and
-losses and allows for drilling. On each turn a player may <br>
+losses and allows for drilling. On each turn a player may
-buy a piece of property - with from 1 to 6 well sites - for <br>
+buy a piece of property - with from 1 to 6 well sites - for
-$100,000 a well (start with $1,000,000). Collect on each <br>
+$100,000 a well (start with $1,000,000). Collect on each
-producing well, by throwing two dice and reading a table, each time the <br>
+producing well, by throwing two dice and reading a table, each time the
-player brings in a new well and when reach a space on the path. Most <br>
+player brings in a new well and when reach a space on the path. Most
-money is when 25 (or for a longer game - 30) wells have been hit, is <br>
+money is when 25 (or for a longer game - 30) wells have been hit, is
 the winner. <br>
-<u>BREAK THE HOUSE</u>. Board game where each of from 1 to 4 players <br>
+<u>BREAK THE HOUSE</u>. Board game where each of from 1 to 4 players
-owns his own casino (part of the board). When land on another's <br>
+owns his own casino (part of the board). When land on another's
-casino play simplified <u>CRAPS</u>, <u>BLACKJACK</u>, or <u>ROULETTE</u>. Player landing <br>
+casino play simplified <u>CRAPS</u>, <u>BLACKJACK</u>, or <u>ROULETTE</u>. Player landing
-on own casino plays <u>KENO</u> with all the others. When own player's casino <br>
+on own casino plays <u>KENO</u> with all the others. When own player's casino
 is busted, most money wins.
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