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March 1977 - Friday 18
77th day - 288 days to come

Finished the rules for [illegible word crossed out] TILE RUMMY. BB typed them and I put in the illustrations, except for the actual numbers which I'll have to do in color after getting repros. [reproductions]
Wrote the final rules for SPACE EXPLORER. Rcd. [received] royalty report from Aladdin, plus letter from the Assistant Controller that returns of TOTALLY, PUSHOVER, and INTERSECTION were way over sales.

Call from Earl Perel with some questions on the game KINGMAKER. Promised to get him a copy.

(cont. from 3/19) [3/19]

- Bütehorn:- DYADE, GRANAT, RISKY, POLYP, FLYING MATCH, TRICOM, RUN, CHAMP, TRANSAKTIONA, FERIEN-RALLYE I, AGGRESSIVITÄT.
- Parker [Parker Brothers]:- Everything already covered in catalog rcd. [received] 2/23 except KÄPT'N UND PIRAT, MEISTERWERKE, CHIFFRE.
- Alga:- A Finnish Co. [company] Many look familiar. Also sent repros [reproductions] of the following: SPION, TURNIER, WALLSTREET, DUELL, BLÖFF, TRANS-CART, DAS SPINNEN SPIEL, BATTEL (some lines missing), COUP (some lines missing), VERMÖGENS BILDUNG, CON-TRA '50, AGVATO (some lines missing), CHALET, WAAGEMUT.

Rcd. [received] letter from Har Hoolim. Mentions his LIVE AND LEARN, JUST TWO COLORS, THERE AND BACK, UP WITH THE KING; a card from Miss Belkin mentioning his deductive GAME and some new ideas. Mention of EXPLOSION in G&P, his STACK-UP evaluation; BEYOND TIC TAC TOE and AGOG. Also rules for JUST TWO COLORS and clipping from LOS ANGELES TIMES on "TV Games" with mention of ODYSSEY and MONOPOLY.
Rcd. [received] vol. 24 [volume 24] of FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP.

Wrote final rules for RESOURCES.

Visit from Laurences. Gave them the duplicate copies of FAMILY CREATIVE WORKSHOP. Played SPACE EXPLORER with Phil and played very well. Thanks him for the ideas he gave me last time.

Finished the numbers in the diagrams for TILE RUMMY. Sent the rules with a letter to Chris Ruizzo.

(cont. from 4/1) [3/31]

Call from Sally Feldman, who lives on Wilson Ave. (and who is a relative of the Efros family). Her daughter has invented some games and would like to talk to me. BB took her name and number {Gerri J. Leigh [telephone number] and I'll call her soon.

[Started 3/31]