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7 Friday - September 1973
250th day - 115 days to come

Called Packet Facilities and spoke to Mr. Stewart. Got a further breakdown on costs for NINE OF SWORDS. Added them to letter to Pierre written yesterday.

Wrote to David L. White of Funtastick. Mentioned THE DOT GAME. Wrote to Gridgames requesting a review copy of RACECOURSE. Wrote to "Creative Publications" and "Math Shop" requesting catalogs. (See 9/4.)
Sent $5 to The Nost for membership and for NOST-ALGIA.

Played PUSHOVER solitaire and then BB did it. With experience it became fairly easy to make a perfect score. "For a greater challenge" the rule can be added that a number in fourth position cannot be scored unless a red (-) number is in third position.

(cont. from 9/8) [9/24]

she did for the American Airlines inflight magazine was ever printed. She did get paid. (see 3/31/72 and 6/8/72). Her game WORLD TRAVEL was rejected by Urban Systems and D.D.I. Too expensive to manufacture and not that much interest in travel games. She may be doing a pc. [piece] for the DAILY NEWS on games. If she gets the go ahead she'll contact me for an interview.
Milt Schulman, from TOY & HOBBY WORLD mentioned that he had a copy of AGOG - talked a little before dinner.
After dinner spoke to Randy Barton, who is now president of Parker. He said that they have cleaned up the archives and put them in a much better order. He invited me to come to look at them again. I invited him to come to look at my collection and he said he would, sometimes. I said that I'd go to Salem - and I meant it.
I mentioned the museum that Andrea Donahue spoke about. (see 6/22). He said that it is still being considered, but it will be a very expensive undertaking. We both agreed that a game museum would be of more interest than a lot of other museums that have been set up. Randy mentioned that a soup company had set up a soup toureen museum. I said that I would like to be called on in the setting up of the museum. He said I certainly would, if they do do it.
Marvin Kaye joined us. He mentioned a stroke that Marvin Glass had had. Randy said that it was very serious, but Glass was recuperating. Kaye said that he had finally met Glass during Toy Fair. He thought then that Glass was on the way to a stroke - burning the candle at both ends. Randy invited Kaye to visit Salem also. Maybe we'll go together next spring.

BB told me that Ira Mothner called during the day. He didn't find AGOG at Brentanos. He'll call me tomorrow.
(cont. on 9/6)