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== Tuesday 7 May 1968 ==
== Tuesday 7 May 1968 ==


128th day - 238 days to come
128th day - 238 days to come
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Made several reproductions of the book outline at work.
Called Arthur. He had shown his book on the <u>HIGH DECK</u> to Stein  <br>
& Day some time ago and they weren't interested since Bob's  <br>
book was doing poorly. Arthur thought, however, that with the  <br>
paperback version of Bob's book coming out they might be in-  <br>
terested now. They were. They liked everything about the  <br>
<u>HIGH DECK</u> book except the editor thought the games were dull.  <br>
He would like one "Blockbuster." I told Arthur to come up with  <br>
a fast-moving simple game but he said he wasn't interested,  <br>
at least for the present.<br>
He and Wald have come up with an improvement on  <br>
<u>AFRICAN CHESS</u> (formerly <u>GHANA</u>). As many single pieces of a  <br>
player's color that are adjacent to a space can be moved  <br>
into that space at one move, as the player wishes. This speeds  <br>
up the game.  <br>


Made several reproductions of the book outline at work.
Spoke to Claude. Nothing particularly about games.
 
The 1st quarter royalty check for <u>THE CASE OF THE ELUSIVE
ASSASSIN</u> came - $10.77.
 
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pcs. as he wishes. this is set on a rotating plat-
form. Other players try to set up the same patterns
in a limited number of rotations. Don't know the de-
tails of scoring.


Called Arthur. He had shown his book on the HIGH DECK to Stein
[started 5/24]
&amp; Day some time ago and they weren't interested since Bob's
book was doing poorly. Arthur though, however,