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MARCH 1974 - SATURDAY 16
75TH DAY - 290 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a get-well card from Claude.
Rcd. a letter from William T. Silent who is under contract to
Stackpole Books to do a book on games available on the market. He
saw my column in S&T and got my address from Bob Gellman.

Call from Alan Newman - Felicia told him that I was sick.
He is still waiting for a contract from 3M for AMAZING and
TIC TAC OH NO. When he spoke to Keith Tuggle Keith told
him that they were offering a $500 advance and 3% royalties
or a flat fee. Alan asked what it was and Keith said $1000
and violently tried to talk him into it. Later Keith told Felicia
that Alan had accepted the $1000, which Alan never did.
HARDHAT bounced with Ed-U-Cards. Alan is now redoing it
something like HIGH RISE (see '73) with Kohner in mind -
using a construction toy Kohner makes to construct the buildings.
Al Stack of Skor-Mor is looking at NFL FRANCHISE OWNER.
Felicia told him about the copy of HIJACKED he promised to
give me. He'll bring it to Felicia next time he goes there.

(cont. from 3/22) [3/22]

Bob had a copy of THE NEW PRODUCT GAME by Continental
Can Co. - White Cap Division. It was a single path race game
with the spaces giving problems connected with developing
a new product. The White Cap Division apparently has a
service helping other companies with new product development.

To S.P.I. Picked up a letter addressed to me there
from W.H. Harless, Jr. He wanted info on CHE, SPACEVENTURE,
and !@#C&*!.
Took 3 copies of MOVES #13 (all that were in the pile).
Mentions of the following upcoming games: TANK,
ALPHA CENTAURI CAMPAIGN, OPERATION OLYMPIC, and FRIGATE.
Feature article on NATO.
Letters from readers discuss a suggested game MISSILE BOAT,
FOXBAT AND PHANTOM, THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN (Jedco);
LEE MOVES NORTH; DESERT WAR; and WAR IN THE EAST.
Appraisal of the 1973 games - by John Young, James Dunnigan,
and Redmund Simonsen.
Took copies of the following games: MUSKET & PIKE; 1918; KOREA;
AUSTERLITZ; GRENADIER; FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR; KURSK; TURNING POINT.
Also took 62 of the loose dice.

Rcd. 1099 form from Random House - 1973 AGOG earnings.
Rcd. (by U.P.S.) the book 101 BASIC COMPUTER GAMES. They are all
played on a computer and the complete program is given plus a
sample run from each. Didn't go thru everything but did discover
a 2-hand game of LIFE that doesn't need the computer.
(cont. on 3/15)

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