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21 Wednesday - April 1976
<br>112th Day - 245 Days to Come
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Made rough model lottery gadget for <u>THE WINNING TICKET</u>. Worked O.K.


Rcd. "Publishers Central Bureau" catalog. Noted the following (but none that I want
to buy: <u>THE GAME OF WORDS</u>. By W.R. Espy. Verse, puus, clerihews, acrostics - a
superb collection of word play and word games - with a delightful selection ranging
from epitaphs to anagrams, palindromes, cryptograms, epigrams, euphenisums,
franglish, malapropisms, rebuses, more. Orig. Pub. [originally published] at $6.45. Only $2.98.
<br>THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS HANDBOOK</u>. $4.95.
<br>COLLECTING PLAYING CARDS</u> by S. Mann. $1.00 (which <u>Dave Greenwald</u> wanted.)
<br>AN ALMANAC OF WORDS AT PLAY</u>. By W.R. Espy. Illus. [illustrations] throughout. A veritable three
ring circus of words with page after page of some of the funniest verses in
English, a treasure of acronyms, palindromes, anagrams, rebuses, univocalics
and wordplay of every stripe. Softbound. Only $6.95.
<br>Letter from an <u>AGOG</u> fan who wants a copy. Mentions <u>LINES OF ACTION</u>
and getting a present of <u>BEYOND TIC-TAC-TOE</u>. <u>Ken Indeck</u>.
Call from <u>Phil Orbanes</u>. Told him that I was processing nicely on
<u>THE WINNING TICKET</u> but no breakthru yet on <u>CONVOY</u>. He said that they
will be doing only a very few games and he has gotten <u>Jules Cooper</u> interested
in <u>THE WINNING TICKET</u>. For one thing, most of the games under consideration
are for children while mine is good for adults too. Also drop <u>CONVOY</u> for
now.
<br>Phil asked if I have <u>RED BARBER'S BASEBALL GAME</u>. Yes. A fellow worker played
it as a kid and would love a copy. We'll get repros [reproductions].
<u>He wants repros of the rules for <u>RIO</u>, <u>KIMBO</u>, <u>WIDE WORLD TRAVEL GAME</u>,
<u>TELL IT TO THE JUDGE</u>, and <u>BUILDING BOOM</u>.
<br>Phil saw a copy of <u>TELL IT TO THE JUDGE</u> at "Speakeasy Antiques" - quite
expensive so Phil didn't get it. He did get a copy of <u>RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE GAME</u>,
which is of interest because Grace Kelley backed it. He'll bring it Saturday to
show it to me.
<br>He asked if I knew anything about <u>5 WISE BIRDS</u> which is mentioned in
<u>FAMILY FUN AND POPULAR PARTIES WITH FAMOUS PARKER GAMES</u> as a sports
game. No (but later I recollected a target game with birds on a perch).
<br>Phil and Anna played <u>ASTRON</u>. It was quite simple and mainly luck.
<br>He mentioned that he still can't get <u>THE SKY'S THE LIMIT</u> right. I said that
I'd like to get together and work on it with him. Among other possible ideas,
charge more for higher stories and for putting up more than one in a turn.
He'll bring it Saturday.
Call from <u>Felicia</u>, mainly to talk about the <u>Scott</u>s. They are anxious to
see my collection but I held off with an invite until I do some catching up.
Called <u>Martin Gardner</u>. Spoke to his son, Tom, and said that I just called
to say thanks for the game and book Martin sent me. Also to check on
Martin's mother; she died.
Call from <u>Claude</u>. Changed our tentative date for the Friday to a definite
next week, When I mentioned seeing a game collector (<u>Ronnie Corn</u>) he
said he has to clear out some of the things in his mother's apt. [apartment] and maybe
Ronnie might like some.