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12/15
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<br>December 1976 - Thursday 16
<br>351st day - 15 days to come
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To <u>Fabio</u>. He checked sales of <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> - about 66,000;
and <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u> - about 34,000. I brought up that he had
said 48,000 last time. He had mistakenly added two figures, when
one already was the total.
<br>I noticed an empty cover of <u>BEYOND WORDS</u> and Fabio gave it to me.
We played a game of <u>RESOURCES</u>, using a set order of the four
colors, and we found a little difficulty in keeping straight.
Told Fabio of variation where player can use either of his colors
on a turn. He prefers this.
<br>Played <u>SEARCH</u> and came out almost exactly even for each color.
After lunch at Italian restaurant played start of a game of
<u>ROUND 'N' ROUND</u> and then part of <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u>. He thought
it was primarily for children. I said that the reaction from
adults to <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u> is quite interesting.
<br><u>Jane Feder</u> joined us and we discussed timing. I'm to have the 6
games ready by 1/17/77. Date for 12 noon (and I asked for a Jap-
anese restaurant). I am to have the entire book ready by the
middle of February. // Also mail Fabio rough rules for the 4 games in next few days.
<br>I returned one copy of <u>CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY</u>. I asked,
and Fabio said to concentrate on the book, rather than this game
or the UNICEF game. He had a new prototype of the "game book"
format (see 11/15) which is cheaper to produce.
<br><s>Into</s>On way out met <u>Janet Townsend</u>. She asked if I had examples of
games in progress for <u>BEYOND COMPETITION</u> for ideas for the cover,
instead of working out their own. Sure.
<br>Met <u>Claude</u> at Irvington Thrift Shop. At [illegible crossed out] Haddassah Thrift Shop
bought <u>NUMBLE</u> for $1.00. Later discovered that I bought a copy
this year. Took the best parts from each for collection copy.
Claude said that he'd love to meet <u>Martin Gardner</u>. I said that
there would have to be a definite purpose, such as showing
Martin the "binary cross" in magic squares. Claude said he'd
like to get Martin's ideas on why this happens. We'll discuss it
in more detail.
<br>Rcd. <u>G & R</u> no. 55 (Dec '76). Ad for <u>TRAKA</u> (16 Electronic Games),
<u>GOTCHER!</u>, <u>SPYTAK</u> (Dacoll Games Ltd.). Humorous article on
<u>FICTIONARY DICTIONARY</u>, <u>CROSSWORD GAME</u>, <u>OVER AND UNDER</u> (a dart game),
and <u>MURDER</u>. List of 23 games for gifts: <u>BERMUDA TRIANGLE</u>,
<u>MAGNIFICENT RACE</u>, <u>FORMULA ONE</u>, <u>HARE AND TORTOISE</u>, <u>TREASURE OF THE PHAROAHS</u>;
<u>MONTAGE</u>, <u>ON-WORDS</u>, <u>BLOCKWORD</u>, (Travel) <u>SCRABBLE</u>; <u>SQUASP</u>, <u>OPERATION</u>,
<u>SNIFTY SNAKES</u>, <u>KARA-A-ATE MEN</u>; <u>GUERILLA</u>, <u>THOUGHTWAVE</u>, <u>TRIPPPLES</u>,
<u>CUL-DE-SAC</u>, <u>HOPPIT</u>; <u>RISK</u>, <u>SIGMA FILE</u>, <u>QUEBEC 1759</u>, <u>TACTICS #</u>,
<u>KINGMAKER</u>. "Across the Board" mentions <u>Edward de Bono</u> and his
"new" puzzle <u>EVOL</u> (changing words 1 letter at a time), <u>MAN-EATER</u>,
<u>HEXAGONAL CHESS</u> (Glinski), <u>OTHELLO</u> - <u>REVERSI</u>, <u>SILVIKRIN CHESS</u>,
<u>BLOCKWORD</u> match with <u>Graeme Levin</u>, book <u>BEST GAMES PEOPLE PLAY</u>
by Richard Sharp. Ad for "Simulation Design Corp's. <u>CROMWELL</u>,
<u>JERUSALEM!</u>, <u>KHALKHIN-GOL</u>, <u>BATTLE FOR HUE</u>. "Party Pieces" gives rules
for <u>NIMMCLOCK</u>, <u>GRAB</u>, <u>PING-PONG</u>, <u>PYRAMIDS</u>, <u>LINES</u>, <u>PLEASURE HUNT</u>.


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