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15 Wednesday - December 1976
350th day - 16 days to come

Rcd. PLAYTHINGS (Dec.). Ad for AMAZE/ Article on Mike Kohner and "Barbapapa." Article on KEEP QUIET. Article on MONOPOLY championship. Classified ads for someone to manufacture POPULATION and a "unique line."
Rcd. X'Mas card from Paul Greenough. Nothing on games.
Dreamt up a new idea for HAUNTED HOUSE. Players move thru their open passages, and then to an adjacent room that has a dif- ferent number from any presently circled. Decided to call it SEARCH.
Playing around with different ideas for ROUND 'N' ROUND by my- self and in the evening with BB. Finally decided that the best was to put a line of 6 cards (less at end of deck) and then leave one in place when new cards are dealt.
Played SEARCH with BB. She liked it better, but still not great. Played a game of PEACE CONFERENCE.
BB was afraid that a lot of companies, including possibly even Ideal, had seen RED LETTER. Checked and it was only Hallmark and two small companies, no longer in games.
Call from Bob Gellman with some questions on PARCHISI.
Call from Claude. Wanted some info on his game SUCCESS. Maybe We'll play Sat. Looked it up and had it for him when he called from work.

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Ad for RAILWAY RIVALS with quote by Sidney Sackson. Article on 3 DIPLOMACY variants: CLINE 9, 1885, and YOUNGSTOWN- and offer to send details on these and others for SSAE. Rules for a new game - EXPLOSION. Long article on EN GARDE. Ad for PASSING THE BUCK, a "jigsaw" game. Full page ad for A.H. featuring TOBRUK. Wargame review of AVALANCHE, CROMWELL, JERUSALEM!, SUBMARINE. Full page ad for SPI featuring FIREFIGHT