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November 1975 - Saturday 29
Hanukkah, Festival of Lights - 333rd day - 32 days to come

Rcd. [received] 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 (THE GUIDE TO SIMULATIONS/GAMES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING) while I was out. Another call while I was home. He will be in New York this coming week and would like to get together to discuss games. ("He has been involved with the trees and would like to see the forest" - or did he say it the other way?). Invited him here for lunch next Thursday. Took his number - just in case: Robert Horn [phone number] (Weds. [Wednesday] evening he'll be at [phone number])
Anthony from next door borrowed the second copy of GUSHER. Checked the pcs. [pieces] before he took it and discovered that a pc. had been lost sometimes. Noted this on the file card.
Played ABC D-DUCTION with Phil Laurence. At first Phil thought it was too simple, but after a second game he saw that there was a challenge. The four of us finished the game of WORD RACE we started last week. Phil Won. To Thrift Shops with BB, Claude, and Anne.

(cont. from 12/5) [12/10]

They are repackaging CARTEL for the family market, which means they will use drawings showing tycoons raking in companies and money instead of the sophisticated photograph. They will come out with a line of "great little games": PUZZLE TOWN (the one he showed me as FUN-CITY). He is adding a score sheet. Plus scores for completing blocks. Penalties for putting border colors inside - not connected to border.
STRIKE IT RICH - an elaboration of PAY OFF.
SURPRISE ATTACK - using some ideas from CAR-TEL THE GAME OF 12 KINGDOMS.
SMUGGLING - a new game that he has worked out. He needs some "fine tuning" and arrange to come here next week to test it and have me give suggestions - $15 an hour.
Borrowed his copy of SIMULATION/GAMING/NEWS (vol. 2, No. 6 - Nov. '75). I'll return it next week.
Back to S.P.I. Took a copy of SORCERER. took duplicate copies of S&T no. 52 and no. 53. Run off 8 each of my columns. Run off repros of the SIMULATION & GAMING/ NEWS I borrowed from Phil.
Rcd. envelope with THE SPACE GAMER (no. 3). Article on STELLAR CONQUEST strategy. Discussion of the STELLAR CONQUEST and STARFORCE. Discussion of realism in the THE RIGELLIAN WARS, LENSMAN, TRIPLANETARY. Letters on DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS; STELLAR CONQUEST with a suggested addition. "News" about ROYAL ARMIES OF THE HYBOREAN AGE (Booklet by Fantasy
(cont. on 11/28)