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27 THURSDAY - MARCH 1975
PESACH, FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER - 86TH DAY - 279 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. check for $50.85, with statement and repro of a letter to Phil Orbanes.

Finished LINE UP rules, EMPIRE, BLOCKADE, and GATEWAY - completing the rules for SLY 6. GATEWAY is my new name for SNIGGLE.

Called Phil Orbanes to confirm date for tomorrow - since it is "Good Friday." Sect. said it was o.k.

In the final set of rules I used all my viable ideas, except for the a variation of GET THE JUMP in which a ▲ piece always makes two moves, rather than one. That is, it makes one move - including bonuses if any - and then makes another move. With the ▲'s placed in different starting positions, this would make for variety in the beginning moves.

Until late in evening putting in the shapes on the diagrams for SLY 6. Did 9 -- I had 11 sheets, but spoiled 2.

(cont. from 3/28) [3/28]

GAMES WITH PENCIL AND PAPER, and AGOG. Forum has letter with rules for MAX AND JACKS and a letter mentioning SUNGRA. Ads for CARPET GOLF, DIPLOMACY, KINGMAKER, STRATEGY, CONFRONTATION. Rules for a pnb game RINGING THE BULL. Ruled for a p&p game FORTS. Ad for BAAZI. Rules for ESPIONAGE. Regular columns on GO, CHESS, and BACKGAMMON. David Parlett gives rules for CALYPSO, Ads for FEUDAL CLANS, STARLOG, and SEASTRIKE.

At S.P.I., the young fellow at the front desk gave me two more letters from S&T readers - with stamped return envelopes:

- Michael D. Montemarano - NON-CHESS GAMES, RULES FOR PLAYING BY MAIL, also DEPLOYMENT [S.P.I.]

- Randy Sides - STOCKBROKER, FRENCH CHATTER, THE INVENTORS, THE UNGAME.

Phil Orbanes gave me a letter covering my work on SLY 6 and a check for $500 as half of my payment.

(cont. from 3/29) [5/8]

TWIXT one player places a red tower anywhere he wishes. Then the other player chooses which color he will play. With BREAKTHRU one player makes a setup of both sides and the other chooses which he'll play. He also had an idea for GO-MOKU: after each player has play the first player has placed three pcs. - against 2 for the second player - the second player can decide which side he'll play.

Alex showed a version of GO that he said will give beginners objectives. A number of markers are placed at random on intersections. These are captured in the same way as

(cont. on 3/26)

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