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To <u>Fabio</u>. He checked sales of <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> - about 66,000; <br>

and <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u> - about 34,000. I brought up that he had <br>

said 48,000 last time. He had mistakenly added two figures, when <br>

one already was the total. <br>

I noticed an empty cover of <u>BEYOND WORDS</u> and Fabio gave it to me. <br>

We played a game of <u>RESOURCES</u>, using a set order of the four <br>

colors, and we found a little difficulty in keeping straight. <br>

Told Fabio of variation where player can use either of his colors <br>

on a turn. He prefers this. <br>

Played <u>SEARCH</u> and came out almost exactly even for each color. <br>

After lunch at Italian restaurant played start of a game of <br>

<u>ROUND 'N' ROUND</u> and then part of <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u>. He thought <br>

it was primarily for children. I said that the reaction from <br>

adults to <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u> is quite interesting. <br>

<br><u>Jane Feder</u> joined us and we discussed timing. I'm to have the 6 <br>

games ready by 1/17/77. Date for 12 noon (and I asked for a Jap- <br>

anese restaurant). I am to have the entire book ready by the <br>

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, <br>

and Fabio said to concentrate on the book, rather than this game <br>

or the UNICEF game. He had a new prototype of the "game book" <br>

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 <br>

games in progress for <u>BEYOND COMPETITION</u> for ideas for the cover, <br>

instead of working out their own. Sure. <br>

Met <u>Claude</u> at Irvington Thrift Shop. At [illegible crossed out] Haddassah Thrift Shop <br>

bought <u>NUMBLE</u> for $1.00. Later discovered that I bought a copy <br>

this year. Took the best parts from each for collection copy. <br>

Claude said that he'd love to meet <u>Martin Gardner</u>. I said that <br>

there would have to be a definite purpose, such as showing <br>

Martin the "binary cross" in magic squares. Claude said he'd <br>

like to get Martin's ideas on why this happens. We'll discuss it <br>

in more detail. <br>

Rcd. <u>G & R</u> no. 55 (Dec '76). Ad for <u>TRAKA</u> (16 Electronic Games), <br>

<u>GOTCHER!</u>, <u>SPYTAK</u> (Dacoll Games Ltd.). Humorous article on <br>

<u>FICTIONARY DICTIONARY</u>, <u>CROSSWORD GAME</u>, <u>OVER AND UNDER</u> (a dart game), <br>

and <u>MURDER</u>. List of 23 games for gifts: <u>BERMUDA TRIANGLE</u>, <br>

<u>MAGNIFICENT RACE</u>, <u>FORMULA ONE</u>, <u>HARE AND TORTOISE</u>, <u>TREASURE OF THE PHAROAHS</u>; <br>

<u>MONTAGE</u>, <u>ON-WORDS</u>, <u>BLOCKWORD</u>, (Travel) <u <br>>SCRABBLE</u>; <u>SQUASP</u>,<u>OPERATION</u>, <br>

<u>SNIFTY SNAKES</u>, <u>KARA-A-ATE MEN</u>; <u>GUERILLA</u>, <u>THOUGHTWAVE</u>, <u>TRIPPPLES</u>, <br>

<u>CUL-DE-SAC</u>, <u>HOPPIT</u>; <u>RISK</u>, <u>SIGMA FILE</u>, <u>QUEBEC 1759</u>, <u>TACTICS II</u>,

<u>KINGMAKER</u>. "Across the Board" mentions <u>Edward de Bono</u> and his <br>

"new" puzzle <u>EVOL</u> (changing words 1 letter at a time), <u>MAN-EATER</u>, <br>

<u>HEXAGONAL CHESS</u> (Glinski), <u>OTHELLO</u> - <u>REVERSI</u>, <u>SILVIKRIN CHESS</u>, <br>

<u>BLOCKWORD</u> match with <u>Graeme Levin</u>, book <u>BEST GAMES PEOPLE PLAY</u> <br>

by Richard Sharp. Ad for "Simulation Design Corp's. <u>CROMWELL</u>, <br>

<u>JERUSALEM!</u>, <u>KHALKHIN-GOL</u>, <u>BATTLE FOR HUE</u>. "Party Pieces" gives rules <br>

for <u>NIMMCLOCK</u>, <u>GRAB</u>, <u>PING-PONG</u>, <u>PYRAMIDS</u>, <u>LINES</u>, <u>PLEASURE HUNT</u>. <br>