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At Brentano's saw <u>THE GODFATHER GAME</u>. It is being distributed  <br>
At Brentano's saw <u>THE GODFATHER GAME</u>. It is being distributed  <br>
by Urban Systems and "Mrs. Rosen" was demonstrating it.  <br>
by Urban Systems and "Mrs. Rosen" was demonstrating it.  <br>
Spoke to her. Told her that I was including <u>ECOLOGY</u> in  <br>
my ''<u>BOOK WORLD</u>'' piece. Asked for a copy of the new game  <br>
and she took my card. The game is packed in a violin  <br>
case package and I told her that I really only needed the  <br>
insides. She said that that would be more problem than sending  <br>
me the whole thing. (Sells for $14.95)  <br>
Also saw <u>BEAT - THE - COMPUTER!</u> (which also sells for $14.95).  <br>
Copied the address, in Mount Vernon, and in the evening  <br>
called and spoke to the inventor and publisher's wife.  <br>
Arranged to pick up a copy tomorrow.  <br>
Saw <u>CROSSTALK</u> a series of three competitive games using  <br>
''N.Y. <u>TIMES</u>'' crossword puzzles. One is specifically for 2  <br>
players. There are, I believe, 48 puzzles. Each player has  <br>
his own diagram for a specific puzzle and there is also  <br>
a "score sheet" for that puzzle. Players work their own  <br>
puzzle and when they have a word they write  <br>
it in the score sheet which is arranged with the word  <br>
numbers and a column for each player. (See illustration.)  <br>
<u>ACROSS</u>  <br>
1 _______  _______  <br>
7 _______  _______  <br>
Players score either for each correct  <br>
letter they have filled in or for  <br>
each correct word, depending on their  <br>
prior choice. (Fairly complete idea.)  <br>
The second game is for 2 to 4 players. Didn't look  <br>
inside but they said something about racing to fill in  <br>
from corner to corner or something like that.  <br>
The third was for, I believe, 5 to 8 players. Again  <br>
I didn't see the inside, but it seemed to be a question  <br>
of calling out words as you get them. Probably one  <br>
player takes care of writing them in and crediting the  <br>
scores.
<u>Claude</u> called. In New Hampshire he bought a book <u>CHICAGO BRIDGE</u>.
(cont. on 10/30)