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<br>12/27
<br>30 Tuesday - December 1975
<br>364th day - 1 day to come
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To <u>Fabio Coen</u>. We played <u>JOYCE</u> (which he liked a lot); <u>O. HENRY</u> (which
he didn't like as much and we only played two sections. Taking 10 points
off the number of letters of a player's color didn't work out too well - I
had 10 letters in winning the first section. One possibility is to score for
the other player's color - making for shorter words. A one-letter word came
up and why not allow it); <u>CARROLL</u> (not much comment - we only played
1 word. He prefers to have <s>one</s> more words, using a whole sheet rather
than a half sheet with four words as I presently have.); <u?POE</u> (he thought
it was very difficult); <u>DICKENS</u> (played with complete freedom to put
letters where desired. I felt that there was too much defensive play
but Fabio liked it a lot.) An idea might be to have each played [sic] put down 2 letters.
<br>Lunch at Nippon restaurant.
<br> After lunch he had work that he had to take care of. Showed him the
five solitaire games very quickly. Then showed him <u>DIABOLIC SQUARES</u>.
He is afraid that the puzzles might be repetitious, but he kept the
material and will think about it. I said I'd see if I could get some
further ideas from <u>Claude</u>.
<br>I asked and Fabio gave me two copies of <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u>. I ordered
another 10.
<br>Made date for 1/7/76 at 11. He asked for rules for the word games.
<br>In Brentano's saw a book <u>DOMINO GAMES AND DOMINO PUZZLES</u> by
"St. Martin's Press" (175 5th Ave., 674-5151):
<br>Looked at <u>CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD</u>. It seems to be a simulation
largely controlled by dice, which are differently colored. The
board has a great many positions in path form, with four
different sections in the company. At the beginning players
throw dice to get their intelligence, social background, inheritence [sic],
educational level, and possibly more. In morning players throw
dice - one gives an "action" card (from among 6 I guess) and the
other two tell what number "action" applies. As players earn money
it is recorded and the one with most money <s>bet</s> becomes
<s>"mgt</s> "majority stock holder" giving certain priviledges [sic]. When
a player becomes "chairman of the board" he must do well
with 5 throws of 3 dice get 11 or over at least three times.
Otherwise he is demoted. (very rough idea - but the game
seems very mechanical and mainly based on dice throws.)
<br>While at <u>Fabio</u>'s I showed him the <u>NOST-ALGIA</u> review of
<u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> and he had Fay reproduce it. Also - I
believe - some of the word game sheets, some for him and
some for me. He also got repros of the rules for <u>NO WAY</u>
and <u>CARROLL</u> (<u>SUPERGHOSTS</u>).
<br>He said that about 45,000 copies of <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> have
been sold.
<br>To <u>Barbara Weinstein</u> about reimbursement for the tolls going
to Bloomingdale's. It has to go thru accounting so I told her
to forget it.
<br>She was working on a release (for whom?) about the
<br>(cont. on 12/31)