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15 Wednesday - October 1975
288th day - 77 days to come

At Yale Co-op store saw a book GAMES OF THE WORLD - Holt, Reinhart, Winston. This is another big book. Nothing new to me (I am pretty sure) but some beautiful graphics. Also saw THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF TABLES GAMES - St. Martin's Press. This also didn't have anything new to me and the graphics were not particularly interesting.
Saw the "Political Satire Deck" (which is in the "Great Games Gallery Catalog" - see 10/14). Looked at rules for POLITICAL SATIRE GAME. It is played like WAR except that the player leading (is the lead rotated?) picks the category - such as name of person, country, capital, area, population. If some kind of name the initial letter later in the al- phabet wins. With numbers, largest wins. With names, if both have same initial letter it is a tie and more cards are dealt.
Rcd. letter from George Raiselis. Mentioned 90 YEARS OF FUN, TELL IT TO THE JUDGE. Enclosed SSAE for reply.
Rcd. the game DIET - THE CHEATING MAN'S GAME from Warren Buell.
Rcd. PLAYTHINGS (Oct.). Article that "House of Games has set up an American subsiduary [sic] in Chicago - with mention of Alfons Rubbens. "Toy Products" shows BALI, and MERCY (by Abuse & Corruption Unlimited). Ad for SAM'S HOOLIGAN and other games by Classic Games. A. H. has ad for ALEXANDER THE GREAT, WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN, and BEAT INFLATION STRATEGY.

(cont. from 10/16) [10/16]

in some type of breakdown of games into different kinds. Since it was after 5 and I was listening to something I asked him to call tomorrow morning.
Idea for a GAME for FUN FOR ONE. The tear-out sheet will have a series of lines (probably dotted) that go between a number of blank squares (say about 6). The printed material will give-say-10 squares like that shown and 8 different sets out of the ten will be indicated. [drawing of a square with a red, green, and blue line through it in different directions] Object is to play the six squares so that the lines of the same color are connected. (Rough idea.)
Further thoughts on the GAME like FREE FORM. Each player has a set of pieces of his own color as follows.
[drawings of 6 different shaped pieces]