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'''December 1976 - Thursday 30'''
<br>365th day - 1 day to come
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X'Mas card from <u>Frank Thibault</u>. Very short message.
<br>Letter from <u>Haar Hoolim</u>. Mentions <u>THE L GAME</u>, <u>G&P</u>, <u>Q-BITS</u>,
<u>CHINESE MATCHING CARDS</u>, <u>CHESS</u>, <u>CHECKERS</u>, <u>GO</u>, <u>FOCUS</u>, <u>EPAMINONDAS</u>,
<u>CROSSINGS</u>, <u>MASTERMIND</u>, <u>LIVE AND LEARN</u>, <u>ALERT</u>, <u>ULTIMA</u>, <u>HALMA</u>,
<u>CHINESE CHECKERS</u>, <u>SEEJEH</u>, <u>MANCALA</u>, <u>ANTI-MONOPOLY</u>, and some new
<u>GAME</u> ideas. Also <u>STACK UP</u>.
<br>Enclosed clippings: <u>CHESS</u> match. Article on game co. with picture
of their game <u>WHO HAS A LINE?</u> Article on <u>Aviezri Frankel</u> the
inventor of <u>ARROWS</u>. Article on <u>SEEJEH</u>. Article on Jigsaw puzzles.
Article on <u>GO</u>. Repro of a nice letter to him from <u>Bonnie Belkin</u>.
Also two pictures of himself.
<br>Bought package of 80 6 1/4"x5 1/2" baggies - 39¢.
<br>Played <u>ANOTHER</u> with <u>Dave Horn</u>, Laurie, and Alan. They liked it.
(Later thinking that the scoring, giving the player with most -
when 2 or 4 play - that amount is unbalanced. Instead give
the amount minus 10. This will give scores from 3 to 14. As
a bonus for getting all cards, the score should be 24 instead of 14.)
<br>After they left played <u>PEACE CONFERENCE</u> with BB and Dana, using
my idea of 12/23. Worked O.K.
<br>Incidentally, the model that Hallmark sent back of <u>ANOTHER</u> is
pretty bad. I have to add blue pcs. of contact to differentiate
the blue pcs. from the green.
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(cont. from 12/31) [12/31]
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Rcd. "Publishers Central Bureau" catalog. Decided to get the following
two books: <u>PINBALL: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY</u> - $6.95,
<u>THE GREAT EXHIBITION - LONDON 1851</u> - $2.95.
<br>Wrote and mailed the following cards: <u>Djoli Kansil</u> with "memo" men-
tioning <u>CASINO GAMMON</u> and <u>BACKGAMMON</u>. <u>GINI SCOTT</u> with "memo" men-
tioning <u>GANGLAND</u>, <u>SPIRITUAL GROWTH</u>, <u>SECRET TELEGRAM</u> - with a
copy of my review. <u>John Gollon</u>, with short message mentioning <u>HELIOS</u>.
<u>Stan Chess</u>, with short message. <u>Chris Wagner</u>, with short message.
Also wrote, but didn't mail, card to <u>Don Miller</u> with memo." Mentioned
<u>MOVES</u>, <u>LASKERS</u>, <u>TRICOLOR</u>, <u>THE GAMING NEWS</u>, <u>THE GAMESMAN</u>,
<u>THE GAMES LETTER</u>, <u>DIPLOCHESS</u>, <u>SCHOLASTIC ELEUSIS</u>, <u>THE GAME OF BLOCK</u>,
<u>SPEED CHESS</u>, <u>BILLIARDS CHESS</u>, <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u>, <u>BEYOND WORDS</u>.
<br>Call from <u>Claude</u>. Date Thurs.
<br>Called the <u>Laurence</u>s to wish them Happy New York.
<br>Bought copy of <u>THE HARRY  LORAYNE MEMORY GAME</u> to the <u>Horn</u>s.
Played part of a game with Laurie.