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5 TUESDAY - MARCH 1974
64TH DAY - 301 DAYS TO COME

Wrote to Harley Sachs about his POLICE STATE and CAPITALIST-FASCIST. mentioned Roger Verhulst.
Wrote to Carol Peterson and to Joseph Sturgis about EXECUTIVE DECISION.
Wrote to Keith Tuggle about SLEUTH (see letter to Kathy Brooks 7/15/71) and BAZAAR (see letter to Jim Kraus 7/5/71). Mentioned FOREIGN INTRIGUE.

Looked at the rules for PE-LING. Decided that they could be written in "stages" - 1) The types of melds and just playing to be the first to go out. 2) Scoring the melds. 3) One meld a Doubles for completing. 4) One meld doubles. 5) Two meld doubles. 6) Three meld doubles. 7) Content of hand doubles. 8) Playing to a definite score. (Rough - to be refined.)

Call from Wald. He wanted Bob Abbott's telephone number. He is doing a "line" of 6 games for Howard Wexler. Three are finished and three to go. He wants to share testing with Bob.

(cont. [continued] from 3/6) [3/6]

strategy) games. He suggested my bringing along some of the ones I worked on for Hasbro - WAR AND PEACE, etc. - but I preferred to discuss them first.

Drew up playing fields for SUPERGHOSTS and FOUR (formerly (SUPER-TAC-TOE) using the same for as the 3M paper games. Wrote the rules and BB typed them.

Played INTERSECTION with BB and she liked it. Decided that in case of a tie score, the player who takes the first disc loses.
Also tried a variation that if a player could not take off a disc on his turn the opponent can move his arrow to take off again. This made for a much looser game.

(cont. [continued] from 3/8) [3/8]

Wrote to Lewis Pulsipher about SUPERNOVA.
Ordered a copy of 101 BASIC COMPUTER GAMES (see 3/7). Sent check
for $5.50 but used S.P.I. stationary and signed myself
Associate Editor.

In my talk with Barbara Heine she said that they - ESQUIRE - were also in-
terested in an article on games that didn't require special
equipment. She was also interested in Bob EU ELEUSIS and was
going to call Bob Abbott.
She also mentioned that she had tried to get a copy of AGOG
without success and now it was too late (for what?).