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11 Saturday - October 1975
<br>284th day - 81 days to come
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Rcd. <u>EUROPA</u> 10/11. Capsule biographies of <u>Richard Berg</u> and others.
Review of <u>SIGMA FILE</u>. Tables listing <u>KINGMAKER</u> info and
considerable discussion. <u>1829 - THE RAILWAY GAME</u> discussion.
<u>PARLIAMENT</u> description. <u>MONOPOLY</u> with suggestions for
"insurance", "annuities", etc. <u>THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY GAME</u>
description and mention of <u>PANZER DIVISION EASTERN FRONT BATTLES</u> by
the same inventor/publisher. <u>BLOCUS</u> description. <u>LEVELER CHESS</u>
description. <u>CHECKMATE</u> description. Short notes on <u>CONQUEST</u>,
<u>MASTERMIND</u>, <u>MINI-MASTER MIND</u>, <u>MASTERMIND DELUXE</u>,
<u>MASTERMIND <s>DELUXE</s> ROYALE</u>, <u>PETROPOLIS</u>, <u>NORTH SEA OIL</u>, <u>KING OIL</u>,
<u>OIL DEPOTS BRITISH ISLES</u> (Watts), <u>RAILWAY RIVALS</u>. Discussion of his
company by <u>Dave G. Watts</u>. Listing of about 180 <u>DIPLOMACY</u>
variants (World Variant Bank, European Branch). Description
of <u>1829</u> (Yee) a very elaborate <u>DIPLOMACY</u> variant - in real time.
Science Fiction listing of <u>DUNGEON!</u>, <u>EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE</u>;
<u>THE STRATEGIC REVIEW</u>, <u>THE SPACE GAMER</u>, <u>THE SPANG BLAH</u>, and
<u>SUPERNOVA</u> (Mags.); <u>EN GARDE</u>, <u>SORCERER</u> (SPI), <u>STARSHIP TROOPER</u> (AH).
Long discussions of <u>RED STAR/WHITE STAR</u>, <u>FRANCE 1940</u>, <u>3RD REICH</u>.
Advance discussion of <u>MODERN BATTLES</u> Quad. Jack Greene's column with
mentions of <u>THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939</u> (Jagdpanther),
<u>GLOBAL WAR</u>, <u>ALEXANDER THE GREAT</u> (A.H.), <u>CRIMEA</u> (GDW),
"GDW-News" on <u>THE FALL OF TOBRUK</u>, <u>THEIR FINEST HOUR</u>,
<u>RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR</u>, <u>THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN</u>, <u>MISSILE PATROL BOAT</u>,
<u>EN GARDE</u>. Long discussions of <u>TORGAU</u> (GDW), <u>TOBRUK</u> (AH) - with
mentions of <u>BATTLES FOR TOBRUK</u> (Balboa) and <u>THE FALL OF TOBRUK</u>
(Conflict), <u>DREADNOUGHT</u> - with comparisons to <u>CA</u>. Discussions of
Taurus and their <u>RAIDERS OF THE NORTH</u>, <u>UNDERSEA WARRIORS</u>,
and <u>BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC</u>. Some short mixed-up, mentions
(Cheesehole News) including <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> (but without
"Beyond"). Readers are looking for, among other things, the
expansion kit for <u>CONFRONTATION</u> [Orbanes] and a copy of
<u>ASSASSIN</u>.
<br>Call from <u>Claude</u> while I was out and I called back. He was
checking whether I had a game <u>QUIEN SABÉ</u> (P. 1906). He took a
chance & bought it for $2. (I saw it at P. but don't have it.)
<br>He bought <u>THE EXECUTIVE STRATEGIST</u> at B&N bargain store for $1.00.
Sounded interesting and he said that there were a pile there.
<br>He asked if I could be his agent for selling a book on his
<u>DIABOLIC SQUARES</u>. These are "Magic Squares" but he has added colors
to the number tiles and patterns are formed, which change as the
various transpositions of the numbers are made. Since Pantheon
has published a book on mazes using colors, this seems a natural
follow-up. Offered to introduce him to <u>Fabio Coen</u>. He insists on
my getting 10%.
<br><u>POST</u> had an article on society bigwigs playing <u>PETROPOLIS</u>.
It is on sale at Sachs [sic] 5th Ave.