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19 Sunday - December 1976
<br>Fourth Sunday of Advent - 354th day - 12 days to come
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At bazaars in Queens bought: 5 small pads - 5¢ each; a lot
of white buttons - 30¢; set of "Dual Dominoes" - 33'3¢.
At flea market on Northern Blvd. bought <u>TALLYTT</u> (The Maxim Games Co.)
for 25¢. No rules but patent no. 2, 205, 440 is listed. Also bought
a puzzle, <u>DOUBLE DARE</u> for $1.00.
At a bazaar also bought 13 assorted erasors [sic] for 55¢.
<br>Played <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u> and <u>SEARCH</u> with the <u>Horn's</u>.
<s>logomachy gives rules for <u>NINE COLUMN UNCRASH</u> and a variation
of <u>ALPHABETICAL UNCRASH</u>.</s>


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(cont. from 12/20) [12/21]
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No, he was just saying hello, Bob thinks he is more of a Toy man
than a game man.
<br>Bob had me go over the galleys of the <s>"Game Rug"</s><u>BACKGAMMON</u> rules. We also went
over the correction for "The Game Rug" and <u>THE GAME CUBE</u>. Spent
about 2 hours. // The Secretary gave me the folder and letter on <
u>SHAMAAT</u> I had seen previously. They were going to mail it.
<br>To <u>Felicia</u>. Took the model of [illegible word crossed out] <u>DIAMOND MINE</u>. She was
looking for the models of <u>PRIMO</u> and <u>FORTUNA</u> but couldn't find them.
She called M.B. [Milton Bradley] to check with <u>Dick Harris</u>, but "he is no
longer with us." She was connected to <u>Jim Houlihan</u> who wouldn't
say anything more than "it was amicable." He will be in charge until
<u>Jim Walsh</u> (a new man I believe) takes over. Someone had called them
about making up business <u>GAMES</u> for a captive audience for a
fee. He gave them her name - but she hasn't heard from them yet.
<br>Felicia said that <u>Andrea Green</u> had told her that a lot of M.B.
people were showing up at Parker. Something must be cooking.
<br>Felicia showed me a game, <u>ASSAULT ON MT. EVEREST</u>, that <u>Herb Roth</u>
will be handling. I told her that it was definitely something that
<u>S & T</u> readers might find interesting. She called Herb in and he
said to take it.
<br>While the three of us were talking it came up that the FCC
was (or is it they are contemplating) stopping sales of the
video games. People are complaining of damage to their TV sets.
<br>Herb rcd. a flyer from "Metagaming Concepts" and wondered
what it was all about. I told him, and he said to take the flyer.
Later went in to his office to get the list price of
<u>ASSAULT ON MT. EVEREST</u> - $10.00. Saw a box called <u>CORRAL</u> and asked
if it was new or an old one. Crisloid (I believe) is now putting it
out, altho it is an old game. I'll get a review copy sometime.
<br>Felicia showed me the rules for <u>THE COLLECTOR</u> but, since Larry & Pearl
<u>Winters</u> had already been to Baltimore to iron out the problems, I
didn't bother reading them.
<br>Looked at a game <u>CAMOUFLAGE</u> that Felicia had in closet. The is a
set of cards with short words, such as "Me". A player takes a card and
then writes a sentence with the short word hidden it as many times
as possible - as part of another words or bridging two words - in
correct order or backwards. A number is given as a hint; either
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(cont. on 12/18)