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25 Saturday - December 1976
Christmas Day - 360th day - 6 days to come

Called Phil Orbanes to thank him for his gift. Told him that I had a copy of STAR REPORTER for him - a later and simplified version, but it can be played using the original rules I once gave him. (Asked about Anna - earings [sic] for pierced ears.)
Told him about WIRETAP using plastic overlays. He said that it could well be a follow-up to DEDUCTION which they are doing this It is year. It is played on a 6x6 pegged field. One player sets it up with pegs of 4 colors, 9 of each, so that each color is contiguous (diagonally O.K. ?). Guessing player can ask for the color of the peg in a space. Or he can state that a particular space has a specific color; if correct can continue with state- ments - until wrong.
The thinking at Ideal is that 2-hand games are the wave of the future. I said because of MASTERMIND and OTHELLO. Partly, but also because of the declining birth rate and couples waiting longer with having children.
Told him I that I was making progress on THE RIGHT WORD.
Played SEARCH with Phil Laurence. Allowed each player to use either color on his turn. To compensate did not allow a color to go to a number already occuppied [sic]. If all already occuppied for both colors that player is finished. Was quite challenging.

(cont. from 12/28) [12/28]

I asked, and Felicia said that Phil Orbanes is safe - no changes in the board game dept.
The only other Aladdin game that she saw sold at Rappaports was one copy of BARRIER.
A new client has a children's word game, called ALL OFF, that she thinks is very original. He doesn't speak English very well and she needs someone to rewrite the rules. Since I don't do children's games, she is thinking of asking Andrea. I reminded her that I did children's games at Parker. Of course - she will check with the inventor and will see that I get either a good fee or a piece of the royalties- especially if I can come up with some improvements.
This client also has a word game similar, but better, than M.B.'s [Milton Bradley] HANGMAN, but since MB was first, she can't do anything with it. When Angelo Longe comes to see her in Feb. (a special favor since S&R [Selchow and Righter] is only looking at mail submissions!?) she will show ALL OFF to him. I suggested THE RIGHT WORD is Ideal doesn't want it. She agreed.
The matter of home video games came up and she clarified that the complaint was that other people's TV reception was adversely affected.
Felicia mentioned THE PALM BEACH GAME, which I heard of yesterday. I asked if I could take her copy of BAZAAR to Parker. Yes. I wanted to pick it up tomorrow but she won't be in. Asked her to leave it at Athol-Research Games. O.K. She called me back later to
(cont. on 12/24)