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11/30
<br>December 1975 - Monday 1
<br>335th day - 30 days to come
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Called <u>Fabio Coen</u>. He will be out of town next week and we set
12/17 at 11 A.M. for a date to show him my progress on the two
new books. It will also be O.K. to go over the changes in the
<u>VASARELY</u> diagram and in the arrangement of the pages in
<u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> then.
<br>I asked and the sales of <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> are about 40,000.
I told him of <u>Jean-Jacques Bloch</u>'s desire to place <u>BTTT</u> [Beyond Tic Tac Toe] in
France. Fabio thinks that a publisher in France has an option
on the book. He'll let me know.
<br>Looked at my contract. I get 75% of royalties from a foreign
language edition. Also noticed that the royalty goes to 6% after
sales of 50,000.
<br>Rcd. [received] letter from <u>Walter luc Haas</u> with a copy of the "Bontique für
Spieler" catalog that I already rcd. on 10/14/75. He also sent a set
of rules for <u>ADVICE</u> (repros [reproductions]): with variations - <u>COMMUNE</u>, <u>DICTATOR</u>,
<u>SLAUGHTER & MAYHEM</u>, <u>SLAUGHTER</u>, <u>MAYHEM</u>, <u>SET-UP</u>.
<br>Rcd. <u>THE GAMESLETTER</u> (&#35;84). This is the last issue of the current
setup. TGL [<i>The Gamesletter</i>] will now be a 2 to 4 page newsletter published every
2 to 4 weeks. <u>THE GAMESMAN</u> will be every 6 to 8 weeks and
will be 30 to 40 pages. My subscription will run from TG [<i>The Gamesman</i>] &#35;7 thru
&#35;12. I won't get TGL unless I send money.
<br>This issue primarily on wargaming and <u>DIPLOMACY</u> Mags. [magazines]
rcd. Also mention that he has rcd. copies of <u>TRIPPPLES</u>, <u>BARRIER</u>,
<u>TOTALLY</u>, <u>INTERSECTION</u>, <u>PUSHOVER</u>, and <u>BALI</u>. Also <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u>.
<br>Rcd. <u>THE FLYING BUFFALO'S FAVORITE MAGAZINE</u>.
Announcement of a game <u>BRIBERY ND</u>.
New things to buy from "Flying Buffalo" lists <u>FRIEDLAND 1807</u>
(Imperial Games), <u>TWO TOWERS</u> (<u>LOU ZOCCHI</u>), <s>STAR</s> <u>TOBRUK</u> (Conflict Games).
<u>STARWEB</u>, <u>TIME TRAVEL NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>, & <u>TIME TRAVEL BATTLE PLAN</u>
are described. Rule change given for <u>BATTLE PLAN</u>.
Paid ads by "Axis Wargaming" (<u>Glen Taylor</u>) for <u>OCTAGONAL WARFARE</u>,
<u>ALEPH-NULL</u>, <u>1820</u>, <u>WAR</u>, <u>PRELUDE TO ARMAGEDDON</u>, <u>BREAKOUT</u>,
<u>COSMIC CHAOS</u>, <u>CUBIC WARFARE</u>. ($2.00 for all of the rules.)
<br>Paid ad for "Messerschmitt War-Gaming" (<u>Tom Philo</u>) for <u>REVOLT ON JUPITER XII</u>,
<u>STARSHIP</u>, <u>THE WASHINGTON DERBY</u>, <u>GALACTIC EMPIRE</u>. They also run
games in <u>NUCLEAR BLITZKRIEG</u>, <u>OCTAGONAL WARFARE</u>, and <u>NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION</u>.
<br>Paid ad by "Metagaming concepts" for the <u>SPACE GAMER</u>, with mentions
of <u>STELLAR CONQUEST</u>, <u>THE YTHRI</u>, <u>WAR OF WIZARDS</u>, <u>STAR PROBE</u>,
<u>DUNGEONS & DRAGONS</u>, <u>EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE</u>.
<br>Paid ad by "Excalibre Games, Inc." for <u>ANCIENT CONQUEST</u>.
Small ad for <u>NEW WORLD</u> by "Control" (<u>Paul T. McGraw</u>.)
<br>Wrote letters requesting review copies of <u>CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD</u>
and <u>O-SCHLEMIEL</u>.
<br>Thinking of another word <u>GAME</u> somewhat like <u>BATTLESHIPS</u>. Each
player has hidden words - say - 4, 5, 6, & 7 letters long.
<br>(cont. on 11/30)