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27 Thursday - September 1973
Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year - 270th day - 95 days to come

Had some new ideas for my [square, diamond, circle] game - tentative name
TOGETHERNESS. Two or three play. Each takes a symbol.
Take one pc. [piece], blindly, at a time and play it. Must touch
at least two other pcs. After all pcs. down score + for
largest group of own symbol, and - for second largest.
When make a line of 4 of any symbol get another turn.
Possible variation - when all the pcs. are down players in turn
can move a pc. from one position to another, as long as
the pc. in new position makes a line of 4. Tried it by
myself and seems O.K.

(cont. from 9/28) [10/1]

acting as an agent for getting BRIDGETTE manufactured.
Graeme didn't give him any figures but Djoli got the
impression that G&P was not doing too well.
Djoli spoke to me about letting Phil run "Gamut" and he seems
to be taking the new setup well.

On subway read A TOY IS BORN, about half of it.

Rcd. [received] Sept. [September] PLAYTHINGS. Ad for SPLIT (sent card for info). Ad for JOTTO by S&R. Showcase had ROLLER COASTER by M.B. Classified ad asked for distributors for POLICE STATE. Feature article on games included, among others: ON-WORDS, QUERIES 'N THEORIES, THE GODFATHER GAME, QUADTRIPLE, JOTTO, MATOCA, KOASTER, MONEY CARD, BILLIONAIRE, KGB, THE MONEY GAME, UP 'N ON, SHIFT, PERFECTION, GOTCHA!, POP CHECKS, FOOTBALL STRATEGY, CHALLENGE FOOTBALL.
Rcd. "Creative Publications" 1973 Catalog. Contains many interesting books and game equipment. Some highlights: - SOMA PUZZLE SOLUTIONS (book), Polyhedra dice (pg. 56), ARVESTA, MUDCRACK Y, TUMBLE NUMBERS (book), SNOWCRYSTALS, GREATSHAPES, TRIPLETTS, Centimeter cubes (pg. 54), MATH MATCH, BLOCK 'N SCORE, HEADS UP, KRYPTO, TUF, TENGO, NEUROTIC NINES, MATRIX, 3D TIC-TAC-TOE, SHOTZEE,
NUMBLE, SOMA, IMPUZZABLES, PSYC-OUT, MANCALA, SEQUENCE,
PRIME DRAG, ONE, BLOCK IT!

Looked at the models and rules for SHAPE AND SHATTER and TOTALLY--. Decided that I had to have part of the latter retyped.

Wald called. He asked for Earl's number to return his call. When I told Wald about the job ad he was particularly anxious to call.

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D.D.I. came up in my talk with Phil Orbanes. The purchase by Hoi Polloi
is probable, but there may be some monkey wrenches.

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