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10/22
23 TUESDAY * OCTOBER 1973
296TH DAY * 69 DAYS TO COME

Folder from "Publisher's Central Bureau" listed THE WAR GAME
Ed. by P. Young. 275 illus. & maps 75 in Full Color. Over 20,000
miniature model soldiers, guns, tanks, etc., were assembled to create
these pictorial descriptions of 10 historic battles, incl. Thermoplylae
Agincourt, Waterloo, Gettysburg, and El Alamein. 8 1/2 x 11 1/4. Pub. at &10.00.
Only $4.95. (Didn't order it.)
Rcd. ALBION #46. Articles on CAMPAIGN, PANZERBLITZ, MONOPOLY, ANZIO,
CA, THE SECOND GALACTIC WAR, THE SIGMA FILE, QUEBEC 1759,
RICHTHOFEN'S WAR, SUTEN HEMUT (by V.R. Panton), SPITFIRE, FOXBAT & PHANTOM,
LEE AT GETTYSBURG, LEE MOVES NORTH, THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE,
EL ALAMEIN, N.A.T.O., BOMBER, DEALER'S CHOICE, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ CASTLE,
GUNFIGHT, SCRIMMAGE, ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ, THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN,
CONFLICT (Mag.), SOLDIERS, OUTDOOR SURVIVAL, BARBAROSSA. Ads for
DESERT FOX, ALESIA (Thesis Games may also come out with
HADRIAN'S WALL, CROMWELL, OPERATION COMPASS, and THE BALKAN POWDER KEG).
Notice of demise at #50. Flyer for CONFLICT Magazine with
N'ORAD ad. INTERNATIONAL WARGAMER - Vol. 5, No. 9 (and a notice that this was the
last issue). Articles on CIVIL WAR MINIATURES RULES, BATTLE OF BRITAIN,
STAR TREK, WATERLOO, AFRIKA KORPS (with new map and pcs.). Also
advertisement for INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW.
Rcd. card from Phil Cohen. Bob Abbot's game ULTIMA was described
in the German fairy Chess magazine, FEENSCHACH, under the
name BAROCK. He asked me to contact Bob.

To S.P.I. with the game lists. Gave them to Jim and Redmund. There
is no room left in #41 so they'll probably be in #42 and #43, S & T. #40
still isn't out.

To Felicia. She gave me the copies of FITTING & PROPER, two of
THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS, and one of CUBITS.
She had a target game called KUNG FU STARS. The five-armed
pcs. have "grab-fab" at their ends. The target is denim
with strips of the matching "grab-fab" sewn on.

[Small diagram of a 5-armed star that resembles a starfish.]

There are different areas of different sizes, the smaller the more points. She had
doubts as to whether she should have taken it, but I told her it seemed
like a great idea to me.
Jack Barry and another guy from Owens-Illinois are coming next Wednesday,
to look at things and to talk to her. I'll go there at 10:15 to show 3D BOXES
and also LOTTERY (which I looked at to refresh my memory). Felicia
said that Barry said he'd like to have a Sid Sackson game in his line.
Felicia said that he'd like to have a GAME using "Lily Cups", which
Owens-Illinois also makes. I said I'd work on it.
She sent PSYCHLOGICAL BLOCKS to 3M.
She'll call Kohner Monday to check on the games - POP-SHAPE_ AND SHATTER,
etc. Told her that I'm still working on POP-SHAPE-AND SHATTER and that
it is popular.

To J.R. Sales to look at SUPERSLEUTH. Jack Barry had spoken to them
about me and they were very polite. But they were changing the
(cont. on 10/22)

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