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<u>Earl Perel</u> called and I'll visit him Wednesday. <u>Claude</u> also.
<u>Earl Perel</u> called and I'll visit him Wednesday. <u>Claude</u> also.
<u>Arthur</u> called. Someone he showed <u>COUNTERBALANCE</u> to several  <br>
years ago is still trying to sell it, using a picture  <br>
he had an artist draw up. <u>Ned Strongen</u> found out about  <br>
it from manufacturers he approached. He was angry with  <br>
Arthur till Arthur reminded him that he had told Ned that  <br>
he had at one time given the game to someone else for  <br>
a short time. Arthur thought the whole thing was funny.
Called Anne and she had <u>Claude</u> call me back. Checked on  <br>
our date for them to visit - Friday. Claude told me  <br>
of an ad he saw in the Sunday ''Times'' some weeks ago  <br>
for a series of word games called <u>BRAIN DRAIN</u>  <br>
for sale for $1.49 from  <br>
{Balysana Enterprises  <br>
{P.O.Box 507  <br>
{Hollwood, Cal. 90068
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(cont. from 10/19)  [10/20]
their X'Mas orders. She did suggest including a <u>KALAH</u> board.
Looked at <u>LIBBERISH</u> (© 1971 Harwell Assoc.) Another game where  <br>
one player draws an unusual word at random and reads it <br>
off. Each of the other players then writes a phoney definition <br>
for the word and pass them to the reader. The reader  <br>
then reads off all the definitions, including the correct <br>
one given with the word. Scoring is as follows: <br>
Picking the correct definition - 1 point. <br>
Reader scores one point for each player who picks a phoney.  <br>
Composer of phoney definition scores 2 points for each player <br>
choosing it. <br>
Play until each player has two chances as reader. <br>
(cont. on 10/17)