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9/12
13 Saturday - September 1975
256th day - 109 days to come

Rcd, G&P #41. "Games Centre" lists the following games for sale: ACQUIRE, AMBUSH, ARMADA, AVIATION, BACKGAMMON, BUSINESS GAME, CABBIE, CLUEDO, CONFRONTATION, CONTRABAND, CHALLENGE GOLF, DECLINE & FALL, DIPLOMACY, DOVER PATROL, DOWNHILL SKI GAME, DRIVE, ELECTION, EPAMINONDAS, EXECUTIVE DECISION, FOIL, FORMULA I, FEUDAL, 4000 A.D., GAME OF NATIONS, GO, GOLDRUSH, HARE & TORTOISE, IMAGE, LASKA, L'ATTAQUE, KINGMAKER, LONDON GAME, MASTERMIND, MASTERMIND DELUXE, MINI-MASTERMIND, MONTAGE, MONOPOLY, PENALTY, PLOY, PRESS-UPS, REVERSI, REGATTA, SAFARI ROUND-UP, SEASTRIKE, SHOGI, PAGODA, SIGMA FILE, SLEUTH, SNIFF, SOCCERBOSS, SPACE LINES, SPECULATE, SPEED CIRCUIT, STEPPING STONES, STOCKS & BONDS, STOCKS & SHARES, THINKING MAN'S GOLF, TOUGHTWAVE, TOTOPOLY, TRICOLOR, TRIPPPLES, TRI-TACTICS, TWIXT, ULCERS, VENTURE, WEMBLEY, WIN, PLACE & SHOW, XERXES, ZONE-X.
Article and rules for PATOLLI by R.C. Bell. Article on PROPAGANDA by David Parlett. Part two of "Patterns in Space" by Marc Odier. Article and rules for FANORONA. Rules for THE DERBY GAME. Gamesviews of MEDITERRANEAN, MYWORD, TRI-NIM, and NAVAL WARGAMES (book). CHESS department. Forum letters mention BRANDUB (a TAFL game); MASTERMIND; KINGMAKER; ALICE IN WONDERLAND; GAME OF NATIONS; SCRABBLE; readers asking about SKIDDO and SEHR FEINE AUFSCHAGKARTEN. SEHR FEINE AUFSHLAGKARTEN. Rules for readers' game ARCHIMEDES. Article on DIPLOMACY by Allan Calhamer. SCRABBLE & GO sections.
Ads for RAILWAY RIVALS; GALACTIC WAR; MTB, U-BOAT, and BALLISTIC MISSILE (Tabletop Games); and others.
Rcd, TOYS (Sept.). Large ad for Edu-Card's STANDOFF, FOURTHOUGHT, CATCHPHRASE, WORDFORWORD, & TAKETEN. Article on advertising plans for companies lists that Aladdin will be doing spot TV on BARRIER, TOTALLY, and TRIPPPLES. Also noticed that Parker will be doing spot TV on BLOCKHEAD.
Rcd. card from S.K. Howard that he rcd. a copy of from Phil Cohen of ENDURING SPIRIT OF DASAPADA, and offering to get xeroxes for me.
Rcd. a letter from Mr. J. M. Rademacher (not Rodimach) asking me to be patient while they thoroughly study my interesting game suggestions.
Rcd. a letter from "World Publications," who are putting out the COMPLETE SPORT SOURCE DIRECTORY. They want to put in a section on "Table Games" and got my name from Mike Alber. Ask for names & addresses of publications and associations.
Call from and then later to Claude. In a bookstore in Washington he saw a book, THE WAY TO PLAY [illegible words crossed out], that had a lot of interesting illustrations of games. It is published by "Paddington Press Ltd." - 30 E. 42nd St., N.Y. It sells for $15.95. Firmed up our date for Weds./Thurs.
With Edith & her mother went to 8 or 9 Garage sales. At one bought the following: GAME OF LOVE for 10¢ (box in bad shape
(cont. on 9/12)

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