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1 FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 1974
32ND DAY - 333 DAYS TO COME

Finished letter to Graeme Levin and BB typed it. Mainly about AGOG but mentioned STOCKBROKER, CABBIE, and a few other things.
Wrote to Oblinsk Enterprises about ZODIAC STAR CHESS.

Rcd. [received] 3M 4th quarter report. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U.S.- - -Foreign
ACQUIRE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2,763.81
BAZAAR_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (.58)
MONAD_ _ _ _ _ _ _183.11 _ _ _ _ _ 510.07 (Thru 7/31)
VENTURE_ _ _ _ _ _ _623.67 _ _ _ _ _560.42 (Thru 7/31)
EXECUTIVE DECISION_ 1.165.89 <--- 43.72 to Claude
SLEUTH _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 1.009.61 _ _ _ 811.72 (Thru 10/31)
[Totals --->] 5,745.51 - - - - 1,882.21 = 7,627.72
((Deposited in Dollar.)) --> (To S.S.)...5,720.79
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(To I.S.)...1,906.93

Rcd. [received] a master thesis from
{Edward Purcell [address]
It is based on PATTERNS (II)
and he mentions AGOG and my name.
Rcd. [received] letter from Warren Buell that he rcd. [received] HOLIDAY.

Call from Terry Seymour (spelling?), Mickey Mackay's assistant. She was writing a publicity piece on a new CHECKERS packaging. She asked if I could recommend a book with some history and "romance" connected with a game. Looked at a number of books but the only one with much of value was H.J.R. Murray's A HISTORY OF BOARD-GAMES OTHER THAN CHESS. She'll try to get it out of the library. If she can't she'll call me Monday and I'll bring it there Tuesday. She said that she would like to see my collection and we'll set up a date after Toy Fair.
Mary Curtis has completed her paper and Mickey told her that she could come to M.B. [Milton Bradley] to make repros [reproductions] for Mickey and for me.

Sent a copy of AGOG to Robert E. Horn.

To Claude's. He gave me 30 very small boxes as a birthday present and the three children gave me 12 colored tile folders and 13 black sheets with plastic overs. I brought PATTON as a present for Raymond, who is favorably acquainted with the R.G.I. line.
Claude gave me a handwritten copy of rules for a Bavarian Card GAME, which seems to be a minor SKAT variant. (Filed in Soucie folder)
Played Claude's new attempt at TEN LITTLE INDIANS (see 9/6/72). Didn't take the layout of the board. When a player cannot play, the player who went before can ask him for a card - same as on a question mark (?). The scoring system Claude had was 1 point for "killing a suspect", - 15 points for getting the murdered, and - 20 points for a wrong guess. Played 6 hand, including Jackie & Richie. It was slow moving and BB (I believe) suggested a question each
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