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MARCH 1975 - WEDNESDAY 12
71ST DAY - 294 DAYS TO COME

Call from Ed Schifman. He gave me the following names and I am to write telling him if they have been used: COURIER, SYNTACTICS, NEXUS, AVANT, QUEUE.

Call from Felicia. Something about POWER PLAY but I can't remember the details. Possibly that the inventor brought in the new model.

Finished the board for TAKE-A-WORD.

Dale brought me some small marbles in different colors and sizes. I used one in THINK A DOT.

Phil brought me 4 8 1/2 x 11 lined pads.

(cont. from 3/15) [5/20]

GAME OF NATIONS, and MASTERMIND - including two variations of the latter. Gamesviews of INVASION: SICILY, RATRACE, COLLECT, and HSIANG CH'I. THE CHINESE GAME OF CHESS. An omission from a previous article on SKAT. A simple p. & p. GAME, a variant of BOXES (on page 36). Article on dissections. Regular article on GO, CHESS. David Parlett mentions ZETEMA, QUINTRACT, PRIMIERA, AS-NAS, an unnamed GAME idea; CATCH THE TEN, PINK NINES, TYZICHA, ELFERN, ONZE-ET-DEMI, VIGNT ET UN, DOZZINE, TREIZE, SEDICI, SCALA QUARANTA, EINUNDFUNFZIG, HANAFUDA, TAROCCHI, HUNDERTEINSPIEL, OTTOCENTO, TAUSENDEINS, SIXTY-SIX, TWO-TEN-JACK, FIVE FINGERS, FIVE AND TEN, SEVENS, NINE UP, SEVENTEENS, SIXTY THREE, DREIZEHNERN, FUNFZEHNERN, VIERZIG VOM KONIG, SIXTE, SECHFERN, CINQ CENTS, TRESILLO, SEISILLO, CIENTOS, TERZIGLIO, TRESETTE. Ad for GUERILLA.

Sent Earl Perel's poems back to him.

Called Claude. He said that Dave Greenwald is interested in finding a card company to manufacture his TREFFLES and FAMILY DECK.

I'll keep an eye open at Stationary Show.

Possible date to go to Princeton Friday.

[Started 5/20]