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10/18
<br>17 Friday - October 1975
<br>290th day - 75 days to come
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Rcd. the manuscript for my part of the <u>FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP</u>
for my comments. Also the copy of <u>MARIE-CLAIRE</u> Magazine.
<br>Rcd. <u>TOYS</u> (Oct.). "Toy New Products" lists <u>PROJECT CIA</u>, which
is the same as <u>PROJECT KGB</u>; <u>ODYSSEY</u>, which has been
completely redesigned.
<br>Rcd. catalog from "Publishers Central Bureau." One book -
<u>THE MAGIC OF LEWIS CARROLL</u> - seems interesting. (Filed in '75 misc.)
<br>Rcd. <u>SUPERNOVA</u> &#35;26. Mentions of <u>SPACESHIP STRATEGY</u> by
<u>Richard Glaser</u> and <u>SPACE CENTURIANS V</u>. Ad for <u>CREATIVE COMPUTING</u>
Magazine with mentions of <u>LUNAR LANDER</u>, <u>SPLAT</u>, and other games.
Survey result mentioning <u>STARFORCE</u>, <u>ALIEN SPACE</u>, <u>DUNGEONS & DRAGONS</u>,
<u>STARLORD</u>, <u>TRIPLANETARY</u>, <u>SPACE CENTURIANS V</u>, <u>SPACE HUK</u>,
<u>EMPIRE I</u>, <u>LENSMAN</u>, <u>STELLAR CONQUEST</u>. Descriptions of
<u>STELLAR CONQUEST</u> and <u>STELLAR EMPIRE</u>. Some changes in
<u>TRIPLANETARY</u>. Complete rules for <u>THE MONSTER SLAYERS</u>.
<br>Rcd. letter from <u>Paul A. Belford</u> together with revised rules for
<u>CONCEAL</u>.
<br>Call from <u>Howie Barasch</u>. Discussed various game classifications,
starting with the one I use in <u>AGOG</u>. They are mainly in-
terested in how their share of the market compares with the
total market so this breakdown is much too elaborate for their
needs. Possibly they'll just use war and non-war.
<br>He said that they would be conducting a telephone survey
of a certain number of males. I said that I read somewhere that
women do most of the game buying - and that by polling males only
they would slant the poll in favor of war-games. He asked if I could
give him the survey. Said it would be much too much work to locate
it, but maybe the <s>A.M.A.</s> T.M.A. could help him.
<br>Sent $7 for my <u>NOST</u> dues.
<br>To garage sales, bazaars, etc. with BB, Anne, and <u>Claude</u>.
At the church bazaar Claude got me a copy of <u>PIT</u> with two decks.
<br>The red deck is missing 2 "wheat" cards. The blue deck is missing
1 "oats" and 1 "rye" card. Has copy of 1919 rules and 1947 rules.
<br>At a garage sale bought a copy of <u>BIRD CENTER ETIQUETTE</u> (Home Game
Co. - 1904) - one card missing ($3.50).
<br>He had a copy of an 1893 Parker game - <u>AMERICAN CITIES</u> for
$6. It was in bad shape and without rules so didn't buy.
For 50¢ bought a copy of <u>PARADISE OF CHILDHOOD</u> (Publ. by M.B. in 1910.)
<br>At a church rummage sale bought a partially used <u>JOTTO</u> pad for 20¢.
Thought that it was in its case, but then discovered that half was missing.
<br>At a "discount" store saw <u>BALL BUSTER</u> (Mego) a family game (and named
without any thought of the vulger [sic] meaning). A plastic board has a
quadrille of holes. Each player has a number of plastic balls at
the end of flexible wires, These are moved (I believe a rooks
move). A player, instead of moving, can try to bust an
opponent's ball. This is done by bending back one of his
own balls, striking one or more intermediate balls,
<br>[drawing of two balls attached by a vertical lines to a rectangle base]
<br>(cont. on 10/18)