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Rcd. [received] a letter from James Koplow abt. [about] <u>ORGANIZED CRIME</u>. | Rcd. [received] a letter from James Koplow abt. [about] <u>ORGANIZED CRIME</u>. | ||
Call from <u>Martin Gardner</u>. He rcd. 4 games from <u>Alex Randolph</u>: <u>HEPTA</u>, | |||
<u>PEGGINO</u>, <u>BANDA</u>, and <u>CORONA</u>. (on 5/8 he also said he'd send <u>ISHI</u> | |||
and <u>DOMEMO</u> - and he didn't mention <u>BANDA</u>, which Martin | |||
<s>already gave me</s> has already given me.) | |||
<br>He asked me if I knew anything about <u>THE GAMES PRESERVE</u>. Told | |||
him that <u>Robert Abbott</u> had heard of its existence, but as far as | |||
I knew hadn't found out <s>about it</s> any further info. Martin saw | |||
an article in <u>THE VILLAGE VOICE</u> about <u>Bernie DeKoven</u> who runs | |||
<br>{<u>THE GAMES PRESERVE</u> | |||
RD No.1, Box 361 | |||
Fleetwood, PA 19533. Also mentioned in the article were | |||
"Steward Brand's New Games Foundation" - in San Francisco; | |||
"Play Space, Unlimited" - in England. | |||
<br>Part of what Martin read to me reminded me of <u>WORLD GAME</u> - | |||
<u>Buckminster Fuller</u>'s. When I mentioned this he told me that he | |||
had rcd. a world map projected on an "Icosahedron" from Fullen | |||
that sells for $1.25. It is shipped flat and then assembled with | |||
flaps and slots, also a cardboard base. The "globe" is about 10" | |||
across. | |||
<br>Martin thought it might be a good idea to use an Incosahedron | |||
for a game and I said it could be played with pegs in holes. | |||
I'll have to think of a <u>GAME</u> using this, and possibly some | |||
of the other platonic solids. | |||
<br>He asked if I had heard from <u>Kenneth Heuler</u>. Told him what | |||
has happened. He said that he has had the same problem. Publishers | |||
hate to relinquish a property and keep stalling. He | |||
just resolved a problem with Simon & Schuster over his | |||
<u>NUMEROLOGY OF DOCTOR MATRIX, THE</u>. They had about 100 copies | |||
left and were selling about 2 a year. They wouldn't release | |||
the book until all were sold. He said he'd buy them, and | |||
they said then they'd consider whether to reprint. Finally he | |||
got a commitment to return rights to him and he bought them | |||
for $300. But Scribner's wants to put it out. | |||
<br>I asked him about the game <u>ZIG ZAG</u> mentioned in his book | |||
<u>SIXTH BOOK OF MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN</u>. | |||
He looked in his file and found <u>TURNABOUT</u> and | |||
<u>THE GREAT DOWNHILL SKI GAME</u> and others he didn't mention, | |||
but not <u>ZIG & ZAG</u>. He remembered giving the game to his | |||
nephew but probably has notes on it elsewhere. He said he'd | |||
mail it when he finds it, but I said we'd be getting | |||
together soon (he said before that he might come here). He | |||
said that he'd call me after looking at Alex's games. I | |||
said that if he wanted any translations not to hesitate to | |||
ask me. | |||
<br>I told him that I had found rules for <u>DEL REC CHESS</u> and | |||
since he only uses the checkerboard on the other | |||
side, I asked if I could trade that board for a spare | |||
checkerboard I have. Sure. | |||
<br>(cont. on 7/3) | |||