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7/2
13 Sunday - July 1975
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - 194th day - 171 days to come

Made a set of "Ja-Nein" cards for the model of
DARN CLEVER and also "Yes-No" cards for my own set. Replaced the [diamonds] with [hearts] in the set for Germany and also got my own set up to date.
With the Horn's played DARN CLEVER, 4-hand. In the first game I sat out and in the second BB did. At first I had the rule that any player could call out when they felt that they knew the answer, but this could stop a player from asking a question to solve it. Instead give preference to player whose turn it is and then to the left.
Used on set of cards and had to turn them over for a second time - shuffled. It would be better to shuffle both decks together.
In both games all three players got the solution at the same time. It probably would be better to have two sets of score rounds of secret questions.

Call from Jerry D'Arcey. He'll be in New York in a week or so with about six games to show. Among them is BONEHEAD - he has the mold finished and wants to show it to Parker before putting it out on his own. He also has YIN-YANG completed.
He asked me if I had any experience with Kohner and I told him about 2 people loving my game and the third bouncing it. Frank Thibault once had trouble getting models back from Kohner. I said that I never had that problem. Also we both know that Gabriel took it over.
Lakeside - which Jerry said seems to be in trouble - has returned SWEEP to him. He thinks it could be added to Kohner's TROUBLE to make a new game DOUBLE TROUBLE.
Invited Jerry to stay here but a package deal is cheaper than air fare alone. He'll call when he gets into N.Y.

Call from Wald. He wants to get together to test his Hasbro game with 6 and suggested he and Maria, Claude and Anne coming here. I told him that we had a date with Claude and Anne on 7/18 and he should check with Claude about doing it then. Also that I don't want BB to do a lot of work. He'll call Claude.
Asked him about THE MAIL ORDER GAME. He had checked the flea market where Claude saw it but that dealer wasn't there. He'll keep his eyes open for it.
Told him that I was disappointed with games and thinking of stopping - at least for a vacation. He said that games just wouldn't be the same for him if I left.
Told him that BEYOND TIC-TAC-TOE! (he liked the title) was the only thing doing well. Told him about the book.

Thinking about FREE FOR ALL. To keep the game moving it probably would be good to make a capture on each turn,
(cont on 7/2)