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SEPTEMBER 1974 - THURSDAY 12
DEFENDERS DAY (M.D.) - 255TH DAY - 110 DAYS TO COME
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In Penna. Bought 4 packages of lined 5x3 index cards
for 29¢ each.

Claude said that on Canal St. he saw some 5x3 index cards
with the lines inperfect - for 15¢ each. Asked him to get as many
of them as he can for me.
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Rcd. a letter from Martin Gardner. He enclosed a repro of a 
page from a MENSA Magazine with rules for LOGIQUAD. He asked
if I knew the inventor. (John Geiger.)

Rcd. a letter from Don Turnbull. Mentions ACQUIRE, ALBION, MYWORD!,
BRIDGETTE, INFINITY, REALM, TRANSFORMATION, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ,
RAILWAY RIVALS, HOTEL, CONFRONTATION, ELECTION X, CABBIE, 
HARE AND TORTOISE, KGB, NEW TOWN.

Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. Enclosed a newspaper article on
SHESH-BESH - a variation of BACKGAMMON for 2, 3, or 4. Mentions
STACK-UP, ON GUARD, LOGICON (a new Or-Da game), TURNOVER,
CAREERS, and SLEUTH.
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(cont. from 9/13) [10/31]

around the board by throw of 2 dice, the get opportunities
to buy shares, different numbers at different prices - 
choosing from any of the piles. Some spaces call for the
auctioning of one card from each pile, to the highest open
bidder. Some spaces allow a player to look at one or more
of the cards in either or both of the "sell decks" - at a price.
Other spaces allow "finageling" - looking at a card and changing 
its position. Other spaces allow for "high sells" or "low sells."
As cards are drawn they are placed in four spaces on the
board - the 4th one giving five times the price on the card.
After a player has been around the board once he can
buy a "V.I.P." card

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SEPTEMBER 1974 - THURSDAY 12 DEFENDERS DAY (M.D.) - 255TH DAY - 110 DAYS TO COME

In Penna. Bought 4 packages of lined 5x3 index cards for 29¢ each.

Claude said that on Canal St. he saw some 5x3 index cards with the lines inperfect - for 15¢ each. Asked him to get as many of them as he can for me.

Rcd. a letter from Martin Gardner. He enclosed a repro of a page from a MENSA Magazine with rules for LOGIQUAD. He asked if I knew the inventor. (John Geiger.)

Rcd. a letter from Don Turnbull. Mentions ACQUIRE, ALBION, MYWORD!, BRIDGETTE, INFINITY, REALM, TRANSFORMATION, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ, RAILWAY RIVALS, HOTEL, CONFRONTATION, ELECTION X, CABBIE, HARE AND TORTOISE, KGB, NEW TOWN.

Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. Enclosed a newspaper article on SHESH-BESH - a variation of BACKGAMMON for 2, 3, or 4. Mentions STACK-UP, ON GUARD, LOGICON (a new Or-Da game), TURNOVER, CAREERS, and SLEUTH.

(cont. from 9/13) [10/31]

around the board by throw of 2 dice, the get opportunities to buy shares, different numbers at different prices - choosing from any of the piles. Some spaces call for the auctioning of one card from each pile, to the highest open bidder. Some spaces allow a player to look at one or more of the cards in either or both of the "sell decks" - at a price. Other spaces allow "finageling" - looking at a card and changing its position. Other spaces allow for "high sells" or "low sells." As cards are drawn they are placed in four spaces on the board - the 4th one giving five times the price on the card. After a player has been around the board once he can buy a "V.I.P." card

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