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JANUARY 1974 - WEDNESDAY 23
23RD DAY - 342 DAYS TO COME

Finished the outline of the MACARTHUR map and put in a few of the roads.

Called Carter Hall and made a date to pick up a copy of THREE PLAYER CHESS tomorrow. He'll aslo show me the prototype of CASINO CHESS.
Called Itemation to ask for a copy of ENERGY CRISIS GAME. Secretary said I should talk to Douglas Bolumbaum. Then told me that he was just going out of town. He'll call me next week.

Call from {Clyde Peters
Stackpole Books (717)-234-5091
P.O. Box 1831
Harrisburg, Pa. 17105

He got my number from Jim Dunnigan. Stackpole has taken over distribution of John Scarne's games. Peters is interested in getting some marketing information. He offered me a consultant fee but I told him that I really wasn't the one to give him the info. Said that I'd check to see if I can find someone (Phil Orbanes). I'll call him - collect - next monday
I mentioned OUTDOOR SURVIVAL. They sell it thru book stores and sell at least as many as A.H. [Avalon Hill]. However with the Scarne games they want to handle both directions themselves.
I told Peters about my contact with Scarne and that he never sent me review copies. Peters said he'll send me copies- by UPS - of SKARNEY (the card game), SCARNEY (board game), FOLLOW THE ARROW, TEEKO, SCRANEY DICE, SCARNEY 3000. I mentioned that the last one was in SCARNEY DICE. He said it probably was but that it is put out as an individual game.
I mentioned that I am looking forward to submitting new games to him sometime in the future. He said he is looking forward to seeing them.

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Gave Phil a copy of MOVES #11, S&T #41, and AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Looked at a copy of SIMULATION/GAMING/NEWS (Nov. '73 [November 1973]) and made copies of the two pages by Gini Scott. (Incidentally, the copy was sent to Phil by Gini.) She mentions that Skor-Mor and Mag-Nif have merged (Phil said it fell thru) and that Dynamic Design is being taken over. She discusses the INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW and gives me credit for the info. She mentions COMPUT-A-TUTOR, DR. NIM, THINK-A-DOT, and gives an extensive review of ODYSSEY, In another section she reviews WHODUNIT (mentioning SLEUTH), CARTEL (mentioning ACQUIRE), BILLIONAIRE (mentioning MASTERPIECE, LANDSLIDE, and DEALER'S CHOICE), TAU, CLUSTER, IMPASSE, MONTAGE, POUNCE, MR. WHO, and MATOCA. On the same page is an announcement for a contest on improving MONOPOLY, and also an ad for a game called
(cont. [continued] on 1/22)