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12 SUNDAY - MAY 1974
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - MOTHER'S DAY - 132ND DAY - 233 DAYS TO COME

Worked out a setup for NO WAY. Using tracing paper found
a solution for each of the 15 combinations of two numbers.
I found it quite easy. BB tried 3 of them, and came up with
different solutions. By the third she found it fairly easy,
but said it was good that way.
Later I thought of the possibility of having the player
choose a third number and look for a solution with a
minimum of that number used.

Played ARP with BB. Played the simplest version. Each in
turn draws an entire line, which must touch or
cross the previously drawn line. Player completing lines
around a space colors it in and scores one point for it
at the end. In order not to have it preordained as
to who draws the last line, thought of the following: If
a line crosses the last line, it can be drawn to either
side or to both.

Played KLEE with BB. Using the entire field it was rather
a long game. Decided to suggest blocking off the outside
two rings for a short game, one ring for a medium game,
and no rings for a long game.
There was a duplication of configurations and I changed
mine. Later decided that if a player completed his op-
ponents configuration there was no score (as BB origin-
ally suggested). In this case there is no objection to dupli-
cation, since whoever makes the configuration scores it.
I had an ABAB configuration. Once I set it up it could be
continued indefinitely until stopped on both ends. Stopped
the game and added a rule that there has to be 3 or
4 colors in each configuration.

(cont. from 5/11) [5/13]

the two they took already.
She said to show all my strategy games to Aladdin - when they
set up a date. Looked at the SPECTRUM model returned
from Hallmark. Fixed it up a little and it will do. Felicia
gave me a big build up to Aladdin and said I had some
brand-new things to show them.

To S.P.I. Spoke to Jim Dunnigan for quite a while. In about
a year they will start doing abstract games to sell in stores.
If these move it will lead to a general games magazine. The
games will be done mainly in house. If a do one it will be for
about $3,000 flat fee - but Jim will give me a definite assign-
ment with guaranteed payment. If I work on salary on the
magazine, Jim doesn't mind what I do on the outside. We'll keep
discussing it as things develop.
Howie Barasch gave me publicity release from "Intellect Games."
From Sal took the following:- WAR IN THE EAST, LA GRANDE ARMEE,
(cont. on 5/10)