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22 FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1974
326TH DAY - 39 DAYS TO COME

Prepared an inventory of my duplicate copies of S&T, MOVES, and my missing columns - with an idea of picking up what I am missing this afternoon.

To Sylvan bookstore and bought Oct. '74 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

Looked at Shackman's store on 5th Ave. Saw TRAIN which has the same rules as TROLLEY which I bought in '70. The other card games were mostly played like AUTHORS and those that weren't were of no particular interest also.

They had THE AMAZING CATALOG OF THE ESTEEMED FIRM OF GEORGE HIERONIMUS BESTELMEIER for about $2.25, which I ordered for $5.00 in 1971 (rcd. 8/21/71).

To R.G.I. Bob Gellman too busy to talk about WEEKEND IN VEGAS. I'll come another time giving him advance notice.

He showed me a letter from a young PATTON fan, as he opened it, since I hadn't rcd. the Brentano's catalog he sent me, he gave me another. Among others, listed the following: BALI, RSVP, PARCHEESI, SCRABBLE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING, FRUSTRABLES, SYNTACTICS, CORNERED-BUT-UNDAUNTED, SYNTACTICS, POLICE STATE, COLORATION, FRONT PAGE, THE CONNECTION, EMOTE, THE GREAT CITY GAME, PENTAGON, FLIP AND FLOP, BACKGAMMON, MOVIE MOGULS, NEWTOWN, BIGWIG, WEEKEND IN VEGAS, SKIP-BO, JUMBLE, MAH JONGG, CHESS, THREE PLAYER CHESS, THE BRAIN, SCRABL SCRAMBLED EGG, WOODN'T DIE, MAGNA TEASE PUZZLE, BACK IN THE BOX, WHICH SWITCH, NET RESULTS, OOPS, DIPLOMACY, CONQUEST, THE GAME OF NATIONS, MACARTHUR, PATTON, EQUILIBRIUM, YUCATAN, KONANE, TA KAH, TABLUT, COBWEB, LABYRINTH, COMPATABILITY, I.Q., LIE, CHEAT & STEAL, THINK TWICE, BLITZ, TRI TAC TOE, AQUARIUS II, STRATO CHESS, I CHING, STRAT-O-MATIC PRO BASKETBALL, FRENCH CHATTER, KUNG FU, WORLD WAR II, NATO, RED STAR/WHITE STAR, SINAI, YEAR OF THE RAT, FOXBAT AND PHANTOM, NORMANDY, EL AL EL ALAMEIN, SPITFIRE, THE SOLOMON'S CAMPAIGN, SNIPER, BARBAROSSA, USN, 1918, THE MARNE, SOLDIERS, THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, LEE AT GETTYSBURG, THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, LA GRANDE ARMEE, AUSTERLITZ, BORODINO, NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO, DARK AGES, PHALANX, THE FALL OF ROME, KALLIROSCOPE GAME, DODECA BASEBALL, TOWER GAME, DOUBLE CROSS THE MYSTERY OF THE MUSICAL REQUIEM, AMAZING MAZE, GO, LICORICE STIX, MULTIPLICITY, EXIT, FLAT TOP. (Filed in '74 misc.)

Dropped the New York Mag. with article on hamburgers in Felicia's mail slot - which I told her yesterday I probably would.

To Reiss Associates. Bob Reiss told me that Harry Lorayne had approached him about Reiss doing a MEMORY GAME. He asked if I could do one and I said that I am sure I can, in fact that I have done some thinking on it - and told him a little of the background. I asked the price range he was interested in - from $5 to $10.

I asked about royalties. Bob would like to give me and Lorayne each a 5% royalty. But if this would adversely affect the pricing, he

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