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JULY 1974 - SATURDAY 20 U.S.A. LANDS FIRST MAN ON THE MOON 1969 - 201ST DAY - 164 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. SUPERNOVA #24. Mentions me twice. Mentions PANZERFAUST and [illegible strikeout] BATTLE FLAG magazines. Knocks STRATEGY & TACTICS and S.P.I. games. Mentions EMPIRE, STARLORD, NEBULA 19, XENO II, MOON BASE, NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION, DRAGONS AND DUNGEONS [Dungeons and Dragons?] - a set of three booklets with rules for fantasy miniatures. Complete rules of CITIES IN FLIGHT DIPLOMACY, SOLAR WAR I, WAYLAND MADNESS. Outlines of game ideas for TRANSHIP, ALIEN CULTURES, SORCERER. Scenarios and additional ships for EMPIRE. Discussion of STELLAR WARFARE. Mentions of MOON BASE; EMPIRE I; STELLAR WARFARE; TRIPLANETARY; GALACTIC WARFARE; EMPIRE II.

BB wrote to Earl Perel. Told him that I was working at engineering and having very little to do with the Hasbro deal. (Didn't keep the rough draft.)

Wrote to Graeme Levin. Mentioned VENTURE, FACTS IN FIVE, KGB, CARTEL, REALM, INFINITY, PATTON, HOLIDAY, AGOG, not getting G&P #25, O&X, MOVIE MAKER, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ, CONFRONTATION, STRATEGY, KINGMAKER.

Played REALM with Al Richter quite a few times and with my new rule it is possible for either player to win. Devised a method for keeping track of when a player was permitted to make a double move. Gave Al a set.

Played 4-hand THE GOOD EARTH. When I told them that it was a game for 5 to 8 year olds they were reluctant - but they liked it.

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out what the phrase is. A timer with a colored spot in a liquid is set with the spot on top. Players score for where the spot is when they get the phrase. (Felicia said that Dick Harris looked at this and turned it down since he had turned down something similar, but not as good.) [drawing of Pitfall board game] PITFALL! Board with 12 pits as shown, and 15 pebbles of each of 4 colors. The stating setups are as shown. [illegible strikeout] When 2 play one player has blue & green and the other has red & yellow. A player can sow [?] from any pit with at least one of his color in it. Sowing is counter-clockwise. When a player ends in a pit with 3 or 4 pebbles he takes all of the opponents pebbles from the pit. If there is only one of his color remaining he can move it to any pit, but cannot capture with this move. A player wins by

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