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27 FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 1974 270TH DAY - 95 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. Sept. PLAYTHINGS. Had an article "Game can really be your pie in the sky." Had pictures and mentioned of, among others, BACKGAMMON, NOUGHTS & TOSSES, BLOCKHEAD, THE INVENTORS GAME, JUMBLE, FACES, NETRESULTS, SIDE TRACK, CHUTZPAH, SENTENCE CUBE GAME, DODECA BASEBALL, PATTON, 1776 [AH] [Avalon Hill], CONQUEST, DIPLOMACY, KING OIL. Showcase/Toys shows 4 of the 3M p&p games:- SNARE, HEDRON, HEX, PLASM. Ad for FACES [Art Fair, Inc.]

Rcd. EUROPA #2, from Walter Luc Haas. Mentions S&T, MOVES, ALBION. Review of G&P (#28 which I haven't rcd. yet). Short discussion of SHOGI (with books and sources) - which is called SAMURAI in Germany. Discussion of MANCALA: A Swiss version is called SERATA; a German version is called CLEVERBANK. Also mentions OH-WAH-REE. Mention of GAMES ANCIENT AND ORIENTAL in paperback. Review of RAILWAY RIVALS, with a mention of PENINSULAR WAR; also ideas for variations in RAILWAY RIVALS. Michel Liesnard has some non-commercial games available: LIESNARD BELLIQUEUX, STRATEGO AVEC ARBITRE, 5 CHESS variants, PEAUX ROUGE & LONGS COUTEAUX. Mention of A GUIDE TO FAIRY CHESS, and ABBOTT'S NEW CARD GAMES, with ULTIMA. Review of MASTER MIND - German name SUPERHIRN - and a German variant with letters, COMBINATO. His personal game favorites:- 4 or more players - ACQUIRE, SLEUTH, WIN, PLACE & SHOW, BAZAAR, NIL, SPEED CIRCUIT: For 2 players - PAGODE, MASTER MIND, SERATA, REALM. Listing of DIPLOMACY mags with different variants and where they can be obtained - at least some of them. Short reviews of some books including HISTORY OF WARGAMING by Andrew Wilson and A SURVEY OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN WAS GAMES by John P. Young. Long review of 1776 (A.H.) [Avalon Hill] Plug for THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GAMES. Addresses of companies and some of the games they make, including: PATTON, CONQUEST, TOBRUK, BATAAN, SEVEN DAYS BATTLE, DESERT FOX, KASSERINE PASS, OVERLORD, VERDUN, BAR-LEV, BROTHERHOOD, TRIPLANETARY, DRANG NACH OSTEN. UNENTSCHIEDEN, CHACO, EAGLES, NARVICK, CORAL-SEA, TORGUA, BATTLE OF BRITAIN, NAPOLEON [Gamma Two], QUEBEC 1759, WAR OF 1812, HANNIBAL, EAGLE DAY, POLAND 1939, AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, ROMMEL, ALLEN ALIEN SPACE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, EIGHT IN THE SKIES, DUNKIRK, SARATOGA 1777, LEE VS MEADE, SEASTRIKE, DECLINE & FALL, ALESIA, HADRIAN'S WALL, CROMWELL, NORAD, DIEN BIEN PHU, HUE, KHALKIN-GOL, RIFLE AND MUSKET, ALAMO, DUNKERQUE, WESTFRONT PANZERBLITZ, SURABACHI, OMAHA BEACH. Discussion of NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO map corrections. Under "news" a listing of "Third-Millennia" games - GRAF SPEE, OPERATION MARKET GARDEN, SHILOH, SALERNO, PBI, FLYING TIGERS, EMPIRE I: "Philmar Ltd." has KINGMAKER, WAR OF THE ROSES, STRATEGY, CONFRONTATION: "Tactical Studies Rules" [TSR] has CAVALIERS & ROUNDHEADS, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, WARRIORS OF MARS, STAR PROBE: "Decalset" has TRIREME: other games mentioned - ALAMO, MIDDLE EAST, PRINCETON: 1777, CAMBRAI, WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN, FRIEDLAND 1807, FRIGATE, STARFORCE.

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