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23 Wednesday - March 1977
82nd Day - 283 Days to Come

Call from Felicia. She rcd. [received] a letter from Tom Shaw. Among other things he said that they might be arranging to license BAZAAR in Europe. Felicia will write to him that it is ours now - after I checked the contract. Told her that I'd bring the contract to her.
Harold, of Rappaport's, says that the only 3M/AH [Avalon Hill] game that sells is ACQUIRE.
All of Alan Newman's things at M.B. [Milton Bradley] bounced.

2nd call from Felicia. Date tomorrow has been changed to noon.

Rcd. [received] NOST-ALGIA (#203). Five mini-GO problems. Phil Cohen gives an annotated game of LINES OF ACTION; challenges reader to games of LINES OF ACTION, GO, ARCHIMEDES, DYNAMO CHESS, DZIEJMA, O/R CHESS, BERONNA CHESS, GRIDOLINA CHESS, REVERSI, REINCARNATION, CROSSINGS (many with variations listed). "Logomachy" mentions strategy for forcing a win in ALPHABETICAL UNCRASH.
Rcd. [received] SIMULATION/GAMING (#28). Announcement of a new U.S. magazine to start in August - called GAMES. Letter from Ralph Anspach on MONOPOLY. Letter from Robert E. Horn. "Update" covers: BUY AND SELL and SUMMIT (EduGames); COLORADO PROBLEMS AND PROMISES (Public Service Co. of Col.); COPING (University of Denver); FAMILIUS (Dr. Wm. O. Ritz); 110 ANIMALS (Educational Games); SIM ECO SOC (Bob Hauser) with a mention of SIM SOC. Gini Scott mentions THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC and reviews POLICE STATE, MOVIE MOGULS, and games taken over by A.H. [Avalon Hill] - SLEUTH, FEUDAL, ACQUIRE, EVADE, DIPLOMACY. Ad for RAINBOW GAME from Abt Associates. Article on ACCESS, with mention of DECISIONS.
Rcd. [received] the game CHESS-KERS with a note from Mr. Wilson (see 2/21).

Wrote the final rules PEACE CONFERENCE and SEARCH. BB typed all the rules.

Called Claude to call off our date. Just too tired and busy.

Call from Ronnie Corn (don't remember a specific reason). He told me that he bought a copy of UNO, and a game called TOURIST - not much of a game, but loads of equipment.

(cont. from 3/24) [3/24]

Mego came in. They returned my SPACE BOXES but neither knew why it has been rejected.
McNett is a game inventor himself and previously worked with Larry Reiner and with numerous other companies. He is the inventor of OBSESSION. It is as I thought, but with this twist. A player fills a space or spaces according to throw of dice. There is a 2nd row of spaces for each player and once moved, in the same way, into there a piece is safe. A player can use his th a throw or part of a throw to move an opponent's piece off the first row. Since a player keeps on throwing as long as he uses his full throw, a player may move his own piece back from the state line so as not to stop. First to move all his pcs. [pieces] into safe row wins.
(cont. on 3/22)

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