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Created page with "24 Friday - August 1973 <br>St. Bartholomew, Apostle - 236th day - 129 days to come ---- Rcd. [received] <u>NOST-ALGIA</u> #160. Some of the pages were blank but from the index I determined they were not things I needed - mainly <u>CHESS</u>. <br><u>Phil Cohen</u> mentions <u>SECRET WORD</u>, <u>CRASH</u>, <u>SINKO</u>, <u>UNCRASH</u>, <u>LOA</u>, <u>AGOG</u>. <br>A new column by "<u>Betza</u>" says that in the future he will give rules for the following origin..."
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Charlie, our postman, told me about an article in <u>NEWSDAY</u>
Charlie, our postman, told me about an article in <u>NEWSDAY</u>
about a game. He'll give it to me tomorrow.
about a game. He'll give it to me tomorrow.
Fixed up the letter to <u>Gini Scott</u> and BB typed it.
<br>Wrote to <u>Don Turnbull</u>. Mentioned <u>DIPLOMACY</u>, <u>PATTON</u>, <u>HOLIDAY</u>,
<u>FITTING AND PROPER</u>, <u>THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS</u>, <u>ALBION</u>, <u>ACQUIRE</u>,
<u>REALM</u>, <u>MONTAGE</u>, <u>CARTEL</u>, <u>INFINITY</u>, <u>ATLANTICA</u>, <u>GAMES WITH PENCIL & PAPER</u>,
<u>ELEUSIS</u>, <u>SUBTERFUGE</u>, <u>COURIER</u>.
Working some more on <u>THE 31ST HEX</u>, trying to get a
different solution with each kind of pc. [piece] in the center.
Thinking that <u>PUSHOVER</u> would fit well in the puzzle-game format,
if I can come up with a puzzle.
<br>Also <u>TAKE-A-WORD</u> is a possibility, again if I can come up
with a puzzle and can reduce it to 32 pcs. Also I'll have to
write to see how it is doing with Waddingtons.
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(cont. from 8/25) [8/31]
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"target number" was 6 but this was almost always exceded.
Then Claude changed it to 10 which was a little
better. However the rest of us found it rather dull,
which annoyed Claude.
<br>Bob brought along <u>EPAMINONDAS</u> but decided that he didn't
want to play it. (Incidentally, I believe that Bob told me
that he agreed to give <u>Graeme Levin</u> 50% to <s>place it</s>
agent it in England.)
<br>Bob wrote (or is he writing) an article for <u>G&P</u> on
<u>BABEL</u>. He agreed to do it free to advertise his book
<u>ABBOTT'S NEW CARD GAMES</u> in hopes of selling some thru mail
order. Now Graeme wants to order some at wholesale to
sell himself. (Bob was a little annoyed that I rcd. £15 for
the article on <u>ACQUIRE</u>.)
<br>I asked and Bob explained how <u>ELEUSIS</u> was done in the
<br>(cont. on 8/21)