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Friday 17 January 1969

Benjamin Franklin - Born 1706 17th day - 348 days to come

Made another 12 repros of the Form Letter.

Called Jules Cooper about the book. He will contact me in the next few about getting together at 200 5th. They had a fabulous year. Three of their games were the top sellers in the country. KER-PLUNK was no. 1 and he [crossout] the others two were completely children's.
The detective games, including CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN are not doing well. They may discontinue them, or they may suspend them for a year and simplify them. Most letters complain they are too complicated.

Felicia called and then I spoke to Bryce Russel. Arranged to meet at 4:30. He paid for a taxi to my place. He talked about the 3 games he is putting out:- RAT RACE - The Canadian game I saw briefly last year. He made some changes to Americanize it.
CUBE FUZION - 13 [crossout] clear plastic pieces shaped like 2 1'18" cubes stuck together. In one end is a red ball, in the other a green ball. A number of different games can be played.
1) Placing them flat and trying to get 4 in a row of your color.
2) Building them in a (potentially) 3x3x3 cube with object to get three in a row of your color.
3) Building them in a (potentially) 4x4x4 cube with object to get four in a row of your color. Since there are only 26 cubes, instead of 64, the cubes will generally run out before the game is finished. Then players in turn move a piece from one place to another, as long as it doesn't collapse the structure.
4) Martin Gardner suggested the game of making square. ASTRO BLITZ - a jazzed up version of CAMALOT on a hex board. We played it 2-hand (I won). There is also a 3-hand version. he left the cover sheets for the two boards. He said he would send me samples of 2 of them in the next 2 weeks and the third in about 4. He is also working on a game about conglomerates but this is still in the formative state. GAME. When I told him about corresponding with someone in Poland he was anxious for me to have him submit games. I was non-committal.
Showed him of mine:
ANOTHER:- He thought it called for too different a kind of thinking. Played 3 2-hand games.
RED LETTER:- Played 3-hand with BB. I won. He admitted it was good but wants to think about it awhile.
AIR LINE:- Played a good part of a 3-hand game. Same comment as on last one.
He brought me a copy of a 1891 patent for a set of

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