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DECEMBER 1974 - MONDAY 9
HANUKKAH, FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS - 343RD DAY - 22 DAYS TO COME

Went over the products of two dice in connection with the company numbers in TAKEOVER. Seems o.k.

Rcd. [received] a letter from TOYS saying my subscription goes to 8/77, but they are offering me a chance to extend at the lower rate. (Kept this - on the back of my letter - and threw away their original letter.)

Call from Terry Seymour to say that she had the jigsaw puzzles that Dana wanted.

Went over the "Sears" [illegible strikeout] X'Mas [Christmas] catalog (which came some time ago) and removed the pages on games. Among others, were: AQUARIUS II, BATTUE, ODYSSEY, TRIPPPLES (for $1.99) and many children's staple board games and action games. (Filed in 1974 misc. [miscellaneous])

Finished the letter Walter Luc Haas. Mentioned PATTON, MACARTHUR, EUROPA, REALM, S&T, ACQUIRE, BRIDGE, PLOY, FRANK Frank Thibault, REGATTA, CONTIGO, AUSGETRICKST, TOTALLY, INTERSECTION, TRIPPPLES, WONDERFUL WORLD OF GAMES, MOVES, TRANSFORMATION, PAGODE, RAILWAY RIVALS, BRÈCHE, TONKIN, INDIANER UND TRAPPER, BUGS & LOOOPS, DELPHI, PSYCHE-PATHS, IMPERIALISM, STARLORD, ELECTION X, BIGWIG BUSINESS STRATEGY, NEXUS, HEX, MUFKI-PUFKI, MONTAGE, MYWORD!, PROBE, CARTEL, INFINITY, EGGHEAD, SLEUTH, PATROL, STARFORCE, STRATEGY I, WORLD WAR III, WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN, SPIELBRETT, G&P, AGOG, David Gwyn Watts.

(cont. [continued] from 12/10) [12/13]

Another of his models was for his PIVOT POINT. The board has 81 holes, each with a counter sink at the top to fit projections on the pcs. [pieces] shown below. [drawing of square board with 81 holes] There are also 6 pegs that fit in the holes.
2 play and each uses one of a moving pc. of his color, as agreed on. Usually the same type is used, but as a handicap one may use a more difficult one. The players, one at a time in turn, place the 6 pegs as barriers. If all are limited to the central area, the game is easiest, and gets harder as
(cont. [continued] on 12/8)