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6/30
6/29
July 1975 - Tuesday 22
203rd day - 162 days to come

Rcd. a postcard from Steve Wilson asking whether I had rcd. the material he sent me on REVERSI and other material. Rcd. a letter from S.K. Howard. He enclosed the rules for CROMPTON'S CHESS (4 page booklet). Mentioned BEAT THE MARKET and Richard Berg. He'd like repros of the following: ZODIAC STAR CHESS, 5-5, TANGLE, PHALANX (Whitman), HANNO (by E.P. White), AJEDREZ MODERNO (booklet by G.V. Maura), RULES OF TOTAL CHESS AND OF QUADRUALENT TOTAL CHESS (by C. Beatty); CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER, ENDURING SPIRIT OF DASAPADA, IDEA FOR A PERSONAL GAME (last three by V.R. Parton). Mention of THE WARLORD, JET CHESS, and a CHESS variant played on an 8x8x8 field that was advertised in CHESS LIFE & REVIEW. Some game ideas and things that have come out that are similar: GO variant, ROSETTE, G & P, CHECKERS III, DELTA, HEXAGO, HEX-TRIANGO, TRIANGO, AMERIGO, SIT AND THINK.
To Lakeside and got the following "ballpark" figures: ROYAL KISMET - $5.00, FOUR LETTER WORDS - $7.00, TILT - $6.50, GALLOPING GHOST! - $7.00, DOUBLE CROSS - $7.50. To Invicta and got the suggested list for PRESSUPS - $2.95. Told the girl that I got that at stationery show, but not ZONE X. She didn't have a copy on hand and said she'd send me one. Left a card. List price of ZONE X is $6.75. To M.B. and the "ballpark" figures for: JET WORLD - $8.00, TANK BATTLE - $8.00, STAKE OUT - $8.00, SKIRMISH - $5.50, BODY LANGUAGE - $7.00, PIZZA PIE - $5.50, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS GOLF - $5.50, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS AUTO RACING - $5.50, WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS TENNIS - $5.50.
To R.G.I. Bob Gellman off on vacation. Said hello to Stan. Noticed that at Bob's desk there were a number of Itemation games. Had Stan run off repros of the rules and copied the board on the back of one repro - STAMP COLLECTORS GAME. KUNG FU was there too, but I didn't look at it. Stan seemed a little annoyed with me.
way out of 200 5th met Bud Thomas. I asked him how things were going. He said that it was hard work getting every order but they were working hard at it. I asked him when he was returning to Nashville. Probably Thurs. Asked him to tell Ed Schifman that I rcd. his letter and would be sending the INTERSECTION model to him this week. I asked if he thought there was a possibility of redoing the game but he said that was Ed's department.
To S.P.I. Took 3 copies of S & T #51. "Work in Progress" mentions OIL WAR, ISLAND WAR Quadrigame, PUNIC WARS, INVASION OF AMERICA, BLUE & GRAY II, DIXIE, WAR IN THE WEST, WESTWALL Quadrigame, STAR SOLIDER, THIRTY YEARS WAR Quadrigame, NORTH AFRICAN Quadrigame, WURZBURG, BATTLE FOR GERMANY, AN LOC, TWENTIETH CENTURY. Ad for NAPOLEON AT WAR Quadrigame including MARENGO, JENA-AUERSTADT,
(cont. on 6/30)