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8 SUNDAY - DECEMBER 1974
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - 342ND DAY - 23 DAYS TO COME

Played 2 games of JACK POTS 6 with the Horn's using the rule of always chipping at least one chip. They liked it.

Call from Claude (by mistake, instead of calling Anne). Nothing specifically about games. Mary Ellen will be coming to New York and would like to come visit us.

(cont. [continued] from 12/9) [12/13]

areas further out are used. Each player starts his pc. [piece] with a projection in a corner - the two corners being adjacent. By pivoting their pc. [piece] on any one of the three projections (making 12 different moves the highest possible) they each try to be the first to place a projection in the diagonally opposite hole.
Played with him and it was rather dull. It is scheduled for introduction in Feb. '76 [February 1976] and he'll work on improving the playability.
Felicia gave him the bookshelf copy of PATTON, since she has the original large one.
We both tried to emphasize that Aladdin should diversify their line, not make it so heavy in strategy games. He said that they don't want to cover the full spectrum - rather to find a spot that they will take over. Also the final decision is certainly not his. (Incidentally his basic job at Aladdin is an industrial designer. At present he is working almost exclusively on games - and loves it.
He said that the 3M gamettes are selling well in Nashville.
Ed and I here for supper (Felicia had another appointment.) During evening he told me about another game the was working on CROSS PURPOSES. Object is to switch positions one player horizontally across the board, the other vertically. Didn't go into more detail, since "he doesn't know if they'd want him talking about games in development."
Another game by an outside inventor is called HO-VE-DI (for horizontal, vertical, and diagonal). It uses cards and a board.
I showed him HONORABLE RELATIONS and we played a game. I said it was not one of my greatest games, since it was conceived as a puzzle. He said he liked it and would like to consider it for '76 [1976]. (It has to be ready no later that 3/15/75.) A snag developed in the relationship. If the player at the arrow end is behind, he can refuse to move and release the opponent's pc. [piece] Told Ed I'd work on it and improve the game.
Since they will be using cards for HO-VE-DI and probably for BALI, I asked if he'd be interested in PROFIT. Definitely.
Aladdin has been getting a lot of unsolicited submittions [submissions], almost all of them junk. The manufacturer of MEM (which I told him was a good game) and the manufacturer
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