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September 1975 - Wednesday 10
<br>253rd day - 112 days to come
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Call from <u>Ken Hener</u> 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. <u>AGOG</u>
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.
<br>Wrote to <u>Don Miller</u>. Mentioned the <u>GAMESMAN</u> and
<u>THE GAMESLETTER</u>; <u>MOVES</u>, <u>S&T</u>, and S.P.I. games; <u>DIPLOCHESS</u>,
<u>SCHOLASTIC ELEUSIS</u>, <u>THE GAME OF BLOCK</u>, <u>SPEED CHESS</u>, and
<u>BILLIARDS CHESS</u>; <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u>, <u>TOTALLY</u>, <u>INTERSECTION</u>,
<u>PUSHOVER</u>, <u>TRIPPPLES</u>, <u>PATTON</u>, <u>MACARTHUR</u>.
Wrote to <u>Mr. Rodimach</u>. Mentioned <u>DARN CLEVER</u>, <u>FREE FOR ALL</u>,
<u>FOREIGN INTRIGUES</u>, and <u>AGOG</u>.
<br>In Magazine section of last Sunday's <u>TIMES</u> found an
ad for a mail order word game - <u>CONCEAL</u>. Clipped it.
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(cont. from 9/11) [9/16]
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He asked me about inductive games - but wouldn't tell me
why. Mentioned <u>ELEUSIS</u> and <u>DELPHI</u>. He asked me about
<u>Bob Abbott</u>'s games and I told him that <u>WHAT'S THAT ON MY HEAD?</u>
was a deductive, not an inductive game. Also mentioned
<u>PATTERNS</u> as an inductive game.
<br>Wrote to <u>Walter Luc Haas</u>. Mentioned <u>THE FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP</u>;
<u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u>, <u>EUROPA</u>; <u>WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN</u>, <u>YEOMAN</u>,
<u>CHARIOT</u>, <u>VIKING</u>, <u>MECH WAR '77</u>; <u>CONTIGO</u>, and <u>THOUGHTWAVE</u>
(with enclosures); <u>IMURI</u>, <u>PARLIAMENT</u>, <u>SPIELBRETT</u>,
<u>GAMAGES CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 1913</u>, <u>DELTA</u>, <u>KINGMAKER</u>; <u>MERCENARY</u>,
<u>1829</u>, <u>HARE & TORTOISE</u>, <u>LONDON CABBIE</u>, <u>ELECTION X</u>; <u>WAR OF WIZARDS</u>,
<u>DUNGEON:</u>, <u>Gary Gygax</u>; <u>VECTOR</u>.
<br>Call from <u>Claude</u>. He'd like to borrow my beam compass to work on
his <u>COPS & ROBBERS</u>. Will bring it tomorrow. He asked if I had a
game <u>CASTELLO</u>. <s>Has the</s> 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 <u>DOUBLE DEALER</u>.
<br>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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<br>Letter to <u>Haar Hoolim</u>. Mentioned <u>THE FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP</u>, <u>LASCA</u>;
<u>TURNOVER</u>; <u>LAST TAKE</u>, <u>THE MATCH GAME</u>, <u>HOLD THAT LINE</u>,
<u>Claude Soucie</u>; <u>CENTRE COLUMN</u>; <u>TAKE TEN</u>; <u>THOUGHTWAVE</u>, <u>S&T</u>;
<u>MASTERMIND</u>, <u>BASIS 10</u>, <u>PRESSUPS</u> (with complete info); <u>ELEUSIS</u>, <u>DELPHI</u>,
<u>SPHINX</u>, <u>HOP-A-LONG</u>, <u>SEEJAH</u>, <u>SEEGA</u>; <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u>.