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MARCH 1974 - SATURDAY 2
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY - 61ST DAY - 304 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. [received] a package from Springbok with 1 copy each of PENTOMINOES, SWEEP, MOEBIES, RIGHT CONNECTIONS, FITTING & PROPER, and CUBITS.

Wrote to Tom Atwater. Mentioned TRANSFORMATION and HIT THE JACKPOT.

Played THE BRAIN GAMEwith the Laurence's. Before all personal were optioned a "free trade" came up and BB and I formed an alliance in effect (which was not too clever on my part). Annette and Phil then joined forces. BB won and then they all said that I had to get rid of "free trading." Later BB said to me that she enjoyed the game.
Played CABBIE but stopped because it was a bore.

(cont. [continued] from 3/1) [3/1]

NEXT. the board is shown. See 6/28/68 for the rules, played on a somewhat different board. [drawing of board oval shaped with 9 segments]
FOXY. This is basically solitaire with a "gimmick." [drawing of 3x3 grid board; columns "x" "y" "z"; rows "Red" "White" "Blue] There is a bag with 10 each of red, white, and blue chips. Another 10 of each color are kept in a box. The player chooses one of the "strategies" x, y, or z by placing a marker on the letter. Then he draws a chip at random from the bag. This tells him whether he or the machine have one points and how many. If the machine loses, the chip is placed in the box. If the machine wins, the chip is returned to the box bag together with another one of that color from the box. The player can change his strategy as often as he wishes. When the machine reaches 100 or more points the game is over. The player wins if he has more points.
Claude also showed Wexler 5-6-7. This is TIC-TAC-TOE using pcs. [pieces] with different numbers. One player chooses 5, 6, or 7 as a "target number."
Wexler liked the idea of a series of short "Coffee Break Games" but wants about a half dozen. Claude invited any of us to submit our own. Incidentally Wexler found FOXY amusing but didn't think he could do anything with it.
Wald only has one thing left with Ned Strongin - BALANCE OF POWER which is now called BALANCE BOARD. It was originally sold to Hasbro, with $7,500 advance, for publication in 1973. Strongin gave them a year extension but took it back when not published in '74. [1974]
Wald prefers to work with Wexler. He thinks that he is much more imaginative and his art staff does better work. What he did with AFRICAN CHESS was particularly attractive. At present he has the following things of Wald's:- AFRICAN CHESS, DRAGON, LOTUS, THREE, POUNCE (a multiple solitaire but played with tiles instead of cards) and he has 5 others under way for Wexler's con- [consideration]
(cont. [continued] on 3/31 [3/3])

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