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Called <u>Fabio</u>. He checked with <u>Mary Lou Thomas</u> and called me  <br>
Called <u>Fabio</u>. He checked with <u>Mary Lou Thomas</u> and called me  <br>
back. She wasn't correct in her letter to me. Fabio said  <br>
back. She wasn't correct in her letter to me. Fabio said  <br>
that it is definitely O.K. with Castle if I also sign for  <br>
that it is definitely O.K. with Castle if I also <s>do</s> sign for  <br>
a paperback. I should do what is best for me. I promised  <br>
a paperback. I should do what is best for me. I promised  <br>
to let him know as soon as I hear from Gold Medal.
to let him know as soon as I hear from Gold Medal.
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<u>TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS</u>.  <br>
<u>TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS</u>.  <br>
She also asked again about <u>WILD WOOD PILE</u>.
She also asked again about <u>WILD WOOD PILE</u>.
In A. & S. near Huntington with <u>Claude</u>, Anne, and BB.  <br>
Saw <u>SCRIPTOGRAM</u> (Jumbo-Holland). A simple cross-word game  <br>
with 10 letter dice. Several variations given.  <br>
Also saw <u>SWOOP</u> (Whitman), which seemed to be same as <u>POUNCE</u>.  <br>
<u>Claude</u> suggested a book <u>KNOW YOUR OWN I.Q.</u> and I bought it.  <br>
Some game ideas could come from it.  <br>
Claude & Anne talked about trying Claude's new word <u>GAME</u>  <br>
with the 3 letters on the back. It needs more work.
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(cont. from 7/23)  [7/23]
as being more convenient to analyze. The lines are considered  <br>
strings connected to 9 marbles and to surrounding  <br>
frame. When all 4 strings to a marble are cut it is captured.  <br>
Martin suggested some kind of a commercial game could be  <br>
made using this idea.I said if I did he should get a  <br>
cut. He said no. Also the equivalency is old, not discovered  <br>
by Berlekamp, altho Martin didn't know it before.  <br>
<u>Berlekamp</u> also has a method for artificial  <br>
strategy in the <u>FRENCH MILITARY GAME</u>, or a similar  <br>
game on any extended board. The single pc. is  <br>
started as shown and the three pcs. in any  <br>
starting places.  <br>
"Strong Heuristic". Move to a position where the  <br>
sum of the numbers underneath all 4 men is a  <br>
multiple of 3. Strategy for either player. Not  <br>
perfect, but 99% effective.
[Diagram of an arrangement of interconnected squares and hexagons, each containing a number ranging from (-2) to (11). The (-2) space is labeled 'single pc.'. Above the '11' space the word 'etc.' is written.]
(cont. on 7/11)