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July 1975 - Friday 4
Independence Day - 185th Day - 180 Days to Come

Wrote to Ike Chodak of Edu-Cards asking for review copies of FOURTHOUGHT, TAKETEN, STANDOFF, WORDFORWORD, and CATCHPHRASE.
Wrote to John J. Lawless of Hasbro asking for review copies of POWER BROKER, WALL STREET, and SPELLBOUND. Also "posterity" copies of DOUBLE DEALER, and THE GREAT ESTATE.

Claude gave me the June 75 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Martin Gardner's column gave rules for STAR NIM, MEANDER, DODGEM, REX, and some unnamed GAMES. Also mentions of HEX, CRAM, and - in the bibliography - YOUR MOVE, and MATH, WRITING & GAMES IN THE OPEN CLA MATH, WRITING & GAMES IN THE OPEN CLASSROOM.

(cont. from 7/11) [7/11]

Review of book CONTEMPORARY GAMES --- with mentions of DIPLOMACY, CONVENTION, INSIGHT, CHICKEN, PRISONER'S DILEMMA, DANGEROUS PARALLEL, CABINETS IN CRISIS, PROPAGANDA, KRYPTO, SHAKESPEARE. Report on THE GAME BOARD, which is the house organ of THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GAMES: some newly offered games - THE SIEGE OF MINAS TIRITH, PANZER WARFARE, STAR PROBE, CAVALIERS & ROUNDHEADS, SPITE 'N' MALICE. Report on G&P #35 and 36. Reports on THE GENERAL (11:6); BUMM (3); EUROPA (6-8); PANZERFAUST (67); THE STRATEGIC REVIEW (I:2) - with articles on CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS, PANZER WAREFARE, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, S&T (49). Large section on CHESS. THE POCKET ARMENIAN (9) has three CHESS variants: THE DUTCH PRETZEL, TIME-WARP GATE CHESS, BLITZKRIEG CHESS, (10) more CHESS variants: TWO-MOVE CHESS, ACCELERATING CHESS, GIVEAWAY CHESS, PUTBACK CHESS, KRIEGSPIEL. Flyer for CHECKMATE.

Rcd. [received] a flyer from "Battleline Publications" advertising - at $8.00 each - WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN and SEVEN DAYS BATTLES.

BB and Anthony played GUSHER and HOCK SHOP.

Rcd. a U.P.S. package from M.B. [Milton Bradley] with the following: BODY LANGUAGE, JET WORLD, TANK BATTLE, STAKE OUT, SKIRMISH, PIZZA PIE, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS GOLF, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS AUTO RACING, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS TENNIS.

While looking thru the duplicate copy of CENTURIAN I found a card with a "Result System Variant Cards" (RSVC), to replace the die. Checked in S&T #25 and it was there too.

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