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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 will almost certainly be doing Pierre Berloquin's
3 puzzle books. Martin doesn't want me to be bothered editing it
Instead he'll get $500.00 for an introduction and for reading the
manuscript after it is publ edited. Pierre will get $700.00
for doing the translation and whatever royalty arrangement he has
with the French publisher.
Martin asked if I had heard from Cirker. Told him of his call.

Went over the sample game in the CRESCENDO CHESS rules.

Rcd. a call from Bob Champer and set date for next Wednesday to try an finalize MACARTHUR.

(cont. from 2/26) [2/26]

Earl mentioned to Claude that he'd like to meet Felicia.
Claude would also like to introduce Earl to Howard Wexler
sometime later. Claude will be showing Wexler things this
Thurs. Claude thinks that Wexler is hungry for games.

Call from Jerry D'Arcey. Classic Games was interested in MONOLITH.
Stan Harfenist said not to show the new SWEEP to anyone. It is their
game for '75. Not interested in anything else. No one was interested in
FILLERUP. He may do it himself. He sent a box of the leftovers to Bill Dohrmann.
Told him my pending - including Kohner.

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