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12 Friday - December 1975
<br>346th day - 19 days to come
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Finished the diagram for <u>DICKENS</u> and got 6 repros on
Boston Rd.
Made a rough diagram for <u>PINBALL</u> and also a set of 18 "dice"
cards. Played a little by myself and seems O.K.
Also played around with <u>ALONE TOGETHER</u>.
Trying to make a solitaire out of <u>LABIRYNT</u> (see 10/14) but no
success so far.
<br>Letter from <u>Graeme Levin</u>. Wants reservation for 2/22/76 to 2/29/76.
Mentioned <u>AGOG</u>, <u>ORGANISMS</u>.
X'Mas card from <s>STAN CHESS</s> <u>Stan Chess</u>.
<br>On "All things considered" they asked to hear from listeners who had
different and constructive hobbies - with possibility of an inter-
view on the air. I should contact them about the games.
<br>With BB to <u>Claude</u> and Anne's for supper. Brought Claude the copy of
Hasbro's <u>DOUBLE DEALER</u> and his model of <u>DUEL</u>.
He gave me the Dec. <u>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN</u>. Martin Gardner's col-
umn mentions that there in [sic] a new edition of the book
<s>MUGRACT</s><u>MUDCRACKY AND POLY-Y</u>. Also filed reviews of two books,
<u>THE CALCULATING BOOK: FUN & GAMES WITH YOUR POCKET CALCULATOR</u> and
<u>THE GREAT CHESS AUTOMATON</u>.
<br>We decided to give each other a present - we'll split the cost
of a 3 year subscription to <u>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN</u>. We'll have it
sent to him and then he'll pass it on to me.
He gave me a copy of <u>Howard Wexler</u>'s <u>COMPLETION</u> that he bought
for 15¢. It was a prototype from a toy show.
The four of us played <u>DICKENS</u>. Then half of a game of <u>JOYCE</u>.
Anne & I played <u>POE</u> and then BB and Raymond.
<u>Claude</u> gave me some material on <u>DIABOLIC SQUARES</u> to show to
<u>Fabio Coen</u> and we discussed it. He read an excellent intro-
duction. He'll have it typed and mail it to me.
In <u>DICKENS</u> decided to allow more than 1 word to be scored in a
line, as long as they are not overlapping.
<br>Dale's Phil brought me repros of an article in <u>FINANCIAL WORLD</u> mag.
on the "Toy Industry." Nothing particular interest to me, but
filed it in '75 misc. [This was actually tomorrow.]
He also brought me some colored pencils.