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28 Friday - November 1975
332nd day - 33 days to come

Rcd. a "Bicentennial Calendar 1976" from "Advertisers Marketing Services" Gerald Daugherty's outfit.
Wrote letter asking for review copy of THE CONTRACTING GAME
Call from Robert Horn while I was out. Another call while I was home. He will be in new
Rcd. [received] a catalog from "Classic Games" - from PLAYTHINGS card. Aside from CHESS they included SAM'S HOOLIGAN, CAMMY, YACHT, SLOTS & SPOTS, BACK IN THE BOX, and MAGNA/TEASE PUZZLE. (Filed in '75 misc. [1975 miscellaneous])
To Thrift Shops with BB, Claude, and Anne. Bought a copy of CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL for $2. Bought a copy of WILFLIFE for $.75. (Both seem to be complete.)
Claude gave me the copy of BOTTOMS UP that he bought. Payed him 25¢. At a German import store on 86th St. saw KÖPCHEN- KÖPCHEN (see '74). There is a quadrille board with some colored spaces. The letter tiles are marked on the backs so that vowels are differentiated from consonents [sic]. Each player starts with 7 consonants and 3 vowel. Words are formed on the board with x-word style. Object is to be the first to get rid of all the tiles. When words are formed on colored squares players, depending on the color, pass a tile to another player, take one from another player, take one from the stock, etc. (not sure of details.)

[cont. from 11/29] [12/10]

Games Ult.) -; WARLOCK a 32 page addition to DUNGEONS & DRAGONS in "Spartan" Mag.; CREATIVE COMPUTING mag. with rules for SUPER STAR TREK, ICBM, and LUNAR; GALAXY II - a complicated computer game by Brett Tondrean ($2.00 for rules). Review of TUNNELS AND TROLLS - with comparisons to DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS (both booklets) - and mention of MONSTERS! MONSTERS!, an upcoming variant. Review of STAR PROBE, WAR OF THE WORLDS II, SIEGE OF MINAS TIRITH, THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES, ALIEN SPACE. Ratings of DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, STELLAR CONQUEST, LENSMAN, TRIPLANETARY, STARFORCE, STAR PROBE, STAR LORD, ALIENCE SPACE, SIEGE OF MINAS TIRITH, 4000 A.D., BATTLE OF HELMS DEEP, BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES.
Ad sheet listed the following for sale: STELLAR CONQUEST, THE YTHRI, THE SPACE GAMER, EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, CHAINMAIL (booklet), GREYHAWK (booklet), BLACKMOOR (booklet), STAR PROBE, WAR OF WIZARDS, DUNGEON!, TUNNELS & TROLLS, STARLORD, NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION (board game), IMPERIALSM.
Feedback sheet with above plus LENSMAN, TRIPLANETARY, ALIEN SPACE, STARFORCE, BATTLE OF HELMS DEEP, 4000 AD, SIEGE OF MINAS TIRITH, BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES, STARSHIP COMBAR, SORCEROR, STAR SOLDIER (SPI)
(cont on 11/27)