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22 WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 1975
22ND DAY - 343 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. G&P #32. Articles on CONFRONTATION; CHESS tournament between computers. Rules for DEVIL'S GOLF. Article by R.C. Bell on MEBEN (THE SNAKE GAME), LI'B EL MERAFIB (THE HYENA GAME), ROYAL GAME OF GOOSE, THE SNAIL GAME, THE ROYAL GAME OF BRITISH SOVEREIGNS, THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE [1849]. "Just Games" had an ad for ARLEQUIN SPEL, JEU IMPERIAL DE L'OYE, AFFENSPIEL, IL NOVO PIACEVOLO GIOCO DEL PELATL CHIU. Regular article on GO. Gamesviews of WHAT AM I BID, STEPPING STONES [drawing of Stepping Stones board] (diagram is my reconstruction of the board), TRICOLOR, HANDBOOK OF GAMES AND SIMULATION EXERCISES, THE GUIDE TO SIMULATIONS/GAMES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING. Ad by "F.X. Schmid (U.K.)" for XERXES, LASKA, MASKO, CRISS CROSS, TRADE, VECTOR, TRICOLOR - saying these are 7 of nearly 30. Readers' game SNAKES. Article on BACKGAMMON. "Forum" mentions BEZIQUE, OWARE, and TAVLI. Rules for SUBTERFUGE from GAMES WITH PAPER & PENCIL. Ad for SPI games, listing them all but featuring BARBAROSSA, NATO, and CA. David Parlett discusses the origins of RUMMY with references to John Scarne. He asks for help in finding the rules for ZETEMA. Small ads for CREATIVE COMPUTING Mag., LOGICA, and OPPORTUNITY (New game of management skill. £8.99 including electronic probability calculator.).

Rcd. NOST-ALGIA #177. Three mini-GO problems. Phil Cohen has the following material available: LES JEUX D'ECHECS NON ORTHODOXES, NOUVEAUX JEUX D'ECHECS NON ORTHODOXES, DYNAMO SCHACH (pamphlet), CHALLENGE AND DELIGHT OF CHESSICAL AND DECIMAL, CIRCLE CHESS (booklet), CHESSICAL CUBISM OR SHESS IN SPACE, NOUVEAUX JEUX D'ECHECS INTERESSANTS, CHESHIRE-CAT-PLAYETH LOOKING-GLASS CHEESSYS (all of which I have). Ralph Betza covers REN-JUU, CO-CHESS, BIFLUX CHESS, O/R CHESS. Saw that I didn't have #176 and wrote to Bob Lauzon.

Called Felicia. Her letter on NO WAY didn't have Keith's signature either and we decided to send him the one without his signature.

Told her of my call with Ed Schifman. When I told her that he wants to look at PROFIT and HONORABLE RELATIONS during Toy Fair, she snapped that PROFIT was a lousy game and she couldn't ruin her reputation by having Aladdin put it out. Later she apologized a little and said she'd like to try it "again."

She asked when Bob Johnson had promised an answer on FOCUS. End of this month. She'll call him on the 31th[st].

Thinking of games that might be good to show to Aladdin. TV GUIDE GAME (which is in large card file) is also a possibility for E.S. Lowe. The name, of course, has to be changed. EMPIRES, the card game from THESE UNITED STATES. Possibly instead of a war theme I can use elections of political power in the U.S. Possible name - POWER BASE.

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