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FEBRUARY 1975 - THURSDAY 6
37TH DAY - 328 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a letter from Harley Talkington an AGOG reader, who
wrote to me "nearly four years ago". He has a GAME he'd like me
to "screen" for my agent.
Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim with 2 general clippings. Mentions
CHESS, G & P, SQUARE DOWN, SHAPES, SHAPES, SQUARES & CIRCLES, LOGICON,
GAME he submitted to G & P, CROSSOVER, TURNOVER, DOUBLE,
MASTERMIND.

Realized that I didn't have e record of the 18 "Configuration
Cards" in the set I left with Felicia yesterday. Made up a
sheet which is probably close but not exact. Put it with
other material on the game. (Found a record in the files
for JACK POTS 6.)

Looked at S & T #48. Outgoing mail mentions as "work in progress":
FREDERICK THE GREAT, THE BATTLE OF WURZBURG, TWENTIETH CENTURY,
BLUE & GRAY, PANZER '44 (replacement for COMBAT COMMAND), MECH WAR '77
(replacement for RED STAR/WHITE STAR), MODERN BATTLES (QuadriGame), DREADNOUGHT, a third QuadriGame on "Napoleonic Battles", FAST CARRIERS. Ad for 5 new games: CHARIOT, SPARTAN, LEGION, VIKING, YEOMAN. "Game Rating Chart" with 104 games covered. Complete game SIXTH FLEET. "Briefings" with Richard Berg mentioning the following: ANZIO (Revision), MACARTHUR, CAMBRAI,CHANCELLORSVILLE (Revision), CORAL SEA, GUERRILLA, JUTLAND, MANASSAS, NARVIK, PANZERLEADER, PATROL, PRINCETON, 1777, THIRD REICH (A.H.), THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, SEARCH AND DESTROY, TORGAU, WOLFPACK, WORLD WAR THREE, ZULU; my reviews of CONTIGO, TURNABOUT, ZZIZZ. Ad for GLOBAL WAR.

Call from Claude. Date tomorrow at his house. He'd like to try SUCCESS.

Made the necessary changes in the MIRO rules.

(cont. from 2/7) [2/10]

  • Alabe. (*) Games listed are HIGH ROLLER, WORD SHAKER, MAGIC JACKPOT.
  • Fun Games. (*) 1776 POKER GAME, 1776 CRAP GAME, CHUMMY CHECKERS, GESSIT, HOCUS POKER, LIARS BLUFF, SHORT STUD SHORT DRAW, BANK BUSTER, COLOR SPOT DICE ABOVE.
  • Molenaar. CROWN CHECKERS, STAR-TAC-TOE. Also construction sets.
  • Aladdin. TOTALLY, INTERSECTION, BARRIER, PUSHOVER, BALI, TRIPPPLES.
  • Wff 'N Proof. (*) No new games.
  • Milton Bradley. (*) BODY LANGUAGE, JET WORLD, DECEPTION, TANK BATTLE, STAKE OUT (age 5 to 14), SKIRMISH,