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2 THURSDAY - JANUARY 1974
2ND DAY - 363 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a letter from [drawn bracket] Donald M. Issac, Ph.D [drawn bracket] 17 Saxon Road [drawn bracket] Worcester, Mass. 01602

Bob St. Cyr gave him my address. Enclosed a copy of his patent #3,844,563, for a CHESS variant called POLI-CHESS.

Rcd. another letter from Craig Wilson of "Action Line" of the AKRON BEACON JOURNAL. Mentioned SPLURGE, NUCLEAR WAR, VEGAS WEEKEND IN VEGAS. (Didn't enclose return postage.)

Rcd. letter from Haar Hoolim. Mentions Ralph Anspach & ANTI-MONOPOLY - and enclosed repro of a letter from Anspach and an article from a Berkeley newspaper. Mentions KISMET, AGGRAVATION, PERQUACKEY, FOUR SCORE, ARMOR, SOLITAIRE, TURNOVER, THREE MUSKATEERS, UP, CROSSOVER, SQUARE-DOWN (his new game idea), DOUBLE, 7-UP, STACK-UP.

Call from Bob Champer. Told him that R.G.I. promised me that the royalty check for PATTON and MACARTHUR would be in the mail by tomorrow. Bob will call me next Tuesday.

Neither of us is making much progress on WASHINGTON.

(cont. from 1/5) [1/6]

I could compile for him. I also mentioned EUROPA and he was interested. I'll write Walter Haas about it.

He has been getting some requests for AGOG and I gave him Nelson's address.

Started answering letters I got from Howie Barasch on 12/26/74. All except two enclosed stamped return envelopes.

David A. Taylor: PATTON, MACARTHUR, RISK, CAMPAIGN, ELECTION X, HARE & TORTOISE, KGB, THE GAME OF NATIONS, PRIZE PROPERTY, Donald L. Miller, THE GAMESLETTER, G&P.

H. Mole: AGOG, HARE & TORTOISE, MASTER MIND.

Douglas Hansen: SUPERNOVA, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ CASTLE, STARLORD.

Gerald Schott: PATTON, MACARTHUR, Richard Berg, Omar DeWitt.

Walter R. Calkins: ELECTION X, THE GAME OF NATIONS, PRIZE PROPERTY, MACARTHUR, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ CASTLE.

Gary S. Vardon: S&T, STOCKBROKER, ELECTION X, LONDON CABBIE GAME, MACARTHUR, PATTON.

Lawrence L. Leonard: STOCKBROKER, ELECTION X, LONDON CABBIE GAME, HARE & TORTOISE, FRENCH CHATTER. [Started 1/6]