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7 THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 1974
38TH DAY - 327 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. CHICAGO TRIBUNE columns from Roger Verhulst, bringing me up to date. The games covered are : (11/9/73) BACKGAMMON, (11/16/73) REALM, (11/23/73) TACTICS II, (11/30/73) IMAGE, (12/7/73) MONOPOLY, RICHTHOFEN'S WAR, BILLIONAIRE, HUEMANIA TIC-TAC-TOE, BACKGAMMON, TACTICS II, THINKING MAN'S FOOTBALL, PRO FOOTBALL, BASEBALL STRATEGY, BOGGLE, GRAPPLE, FLUSTER, MYWORD!, THE STOCK MARKET GAME (A.H.), STOCKS & BONDS, WOMAN & MAN, NEW TOWN, SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES; (12/14/73) NETRESULTS, YESTERYEAR; THE PETER PRINCIPLE GAME (12/21/73); (12/28/73) WATERWORKS, LIE, CHEAT, & STEAL, WHO CAN BEAT NIXON?, THE JESUS DECK, INFINITY, BEAT DETROIT, GALAXY GAZER; (1/4/74) BUSINESS STRATEGY; (?) THE DICTIONARY GAME; (1/25/74) SUB SEARCH, (2/1/74) PRIME TIME. Accompaning letter - no syndication in sight.

Wrote to Tom Atwater. Mentioned TRANSFORMATION and 20% agent fee.
Wrote to Allan Calhamer about NAVAL GAME.
Wrote to Charlie Hartman about I DECLARE. Mentioned KEYSTONES,
DOMAIN, FLATION, and ANTI-MONOPOLY.
Returned the Ideal reservation card to Zeke Rose, saying I'd be there 2/19 in the morning.

Call from Martin Gardner. He rcd. a box, without a letter, with a
French game called COGITO (put out by Bass et Bass). It is a
DOMINOES type game and Martin just did a column on something that
may be similar. He'll send me a repro of the rules, also a
repro of the Feb '74 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. After I translate I'll
call with the info. He'll save the game for me.
Scribner's