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1 FRIDAY - MARCH 1974
60TH DAY - 305 DAYS TO COME

In bed thinking about a GAME idea I had quite a while ago. Players have cubes as pcs. [pieces] These are turned one face in the direction of movement. My new idea - possible name ROLLOVER is a race game around an impassable portion in the center portion of the board. Each player has a set of cubes, each in a set being different. Some faces are marked as a "Stop." Other faces have arrows which force a move in a set direction, or perhaps a choice of two directions. (To be worked out.)

While answering Graeme Levin's letter on AGOG I discovered that the release I had from Random House for "Foreign Rights" was only signed by me. Called Fay Hertog. She'll send me a xerox of a signed one. I asked her about not receiving a statement this January for AGOG. She said that I owed well over $1000 due to the computer's goof last year. Fabio Coen has been holding them off in asking for it - if I come up with another book the advance could be used against the debit. Asked her to have Fabio call me.
Call from Fabio. He thinks it would be better if I clear up the debit, and he'll see that I get the release on AGOG. Told him of my idea for a book with some six games, repeated as in ALTAIR DESIGN, which become artistic as they are colored in during play. He was definitely interested.
Wrote an answer to Graeme Levin mainly on AGOG. Also mentioned CARTEL, REALM, and INFINITY; POUNCE, SPECTRA, 3 UP; CONFRONTATION, THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ CASTLE (Invicta and Parker); G&P.

Rcd. [received] a card from Don Miller. Mentioned MOVES.
Rcd. [received] NOST-ALGIA #166. Phil Cohen has more GO variants, including CYLINDRICAL GO. Also an annotated GIVEAWAY CHESS game. W.H. Rawlings gives rules for KNIGHT RELAY CHESS.

Met Claude on Chambers St. We chipped in $1. each to buy a children's "learning computer," I'll hold it until one of us have an idea to use it.
Earl and Bob Abbott joined us for supper in a restaurant and then we went to Earl's where Wald joined us.
Played ELEUSIS using Bob's new ideas. The "prophet" added some excitement, but it made the mechanics rather clumsy.
Claude brought up the matter of Hasbro and his meeting with Paul Sullivan. Wald and Earl were interested in pursuing it. Bob wasn't.
Claude showed the following three games which he showed to Howard Wexler last night under the blanket title of "Coffee Break Games."
DEVIL the board is as shown. 14 chips and 1 "devil" pc. [piece] are placed in the circles. [drawing of board] The devil is placed in different circles, starting with 1, in succeeding games. 2 play and in turn take 1, or more chips adjacent to each other along a line. Object is to force opponent to take the devil
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