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September 1975 - Wednesday 10
253rd day - 112 days to come

Call from Ken Hener Apologized for not calling sooner. They are busy getting their next line ready (for when?) and it already has three books in the mathematical game field. AGOG is still very much in the running for the following line. If I don't hear from him again by the beginning of October I should call to check.
Wrote to Don Miller. Mentioned the GAMESMAN and THE GAMESLETTER; MOVES, S&T, and S.P.I. games; DIPLOCHESS, SCHOLASTIC ELEUSIS, THE GAME OF BLOCK, SPEED CHESS, and BILLIARDS CHESS; BEYOND TIC TAC TOE, TOTALLY, INTERSECTION, PUSHOVER, TRIPPPLES, PATTON, MACARTHUR. Wrote to Mr. Rodimach. Mentioned DARN CLEVER, FREE FOR ALL, FOREIGN INTRIGUES, and AGOG.
In Magazine section of last Sunday's TIMES found an ad for a mail order word game - CONCEAL. Clipped it.

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He asked me about inductive games - but wouldn't tell me why. Mentioned ELEUSIS and DELPHI. He asked me about Bob Abbott's games and I told him that WHAT'S THAT ON MY HEAD? was a deductive, not an inductive game. Also mentioned PATTERNS as an inductive game.
Wrote to Walter Luc Haas. Mentioned THE FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP; BEYOND TIC TAC TOE, EUROPA; WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN, YEOMAN, CHARIOT, VIKING, MECH WAR '77; CONTIGO, and THOUGHTWAVE (with enclosures); IMURI, PARLIAMENT, SPIELBRETT, GAMAGES CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 1913, DELTA, KINGMAKER; MERCENARY, 1829, HARE & TORTOISE, LONDON CABBIE, ELECTION X; WAR OF WIZARDS, DUNGEON:, Gary Gygax; VECTOR.
Call from Claude. He'd like to borrow my beam compass to work on his COPS & ROBBERS. Will bring it tomorrow. He asked if I had a game CASTELLO. Has the Have the rules but not the game. He saw it in a thrift shop. I asked him the price, but he said he'd trade it for DOUBLE DEALER.
Dana called me from downtown. He saw a stapler with a 12" throat in a thrift shop for $10 (plus tax). Had him buy it for me.
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Letter to Haar Hoolim. Mentioned THE FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP, LASCA; TURNOVER; LAST TAKE, THE MATCH GAME, HOLD THAT LINE, Claude Soucie; CENTRE COLUMN; TAKE TEN; THOUGHTWAVE, S&T; MASTERMIND, BASIS 10, PRESSUPS (with complete info); ELEUSIS, DELPHI, SPHINX, HOP-A-LONG, SEEJAH, SEEGA; BEYOND TIC TAC TOE.

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