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November 1975 - Thursday 27
Thanksgiving Day - 331st day - 34 days to come

Sent check for $2.50 for copy of (see 11/5) COLLECTORS CATALOG AND PRICE GUIDE TO WARGAMES, THE Sent "Reader Service Card" to PLAYTHINGS for info on trip to European Toy Fairs (see 11/11).
Thinking of a solitaire financial GAME. There are 6 com- panies numbered from 1 to 6. 2 dice (or cards numbered from 1 to 6) are used. The dice are thrown and the player moves one company 1 unit up in value, the other one unit down. The next dice throw allows buying one share of one of the companies and selling one share of the other - one transaction must be made. Alternative throws. (rough idea to be worked out.)
Thinking about a solitaire PINBALL game. A grid of points have certain areas marked with a point value. 2 dice are thrown and the player can choose the direction he wishes to move. The movement can be up to the maximum number of dots in that direction. With a 7 the player may use either of the numbers or the total. A path is formed with colored pencils, each path a different color - or possibly a color can be re- peated but must stay completely clear of a- nother path of the same color. [drawing of 4 lines branching out in a radial pattern from a central point. Each line has several points along it and a circled number at the end]

(cont. from 11/28) [12/10]

STARSHIP TROOPERS (A.H.).
Rcd. a letter from JOHN WHITING [address]
He wrote to me on Martin Gardner's suggestion. He enclosed the rules for WAR and STRING-BOARD GAME, two of his origi- nal games.