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4 TUESDAY - DECEMBER 1973
338TH DAY - 27 DAYS TO COME

Called Martin Gardner.
He asked if I had ever seen a game in which dominos are placed
on a quadrille field with the object of being the last to place
a domino. No, aside from the game he once had in his
column, placing dominos on an undifferentiated field. He is going
to use the quadrille game in a column. He first learned of it,
under the name PLUGG from the late Geoffrey Mott-Smith. He has
come up with the name CRAM. Another variation in which one
player places his dominos horizontally while the other places his
vertically, Martin calls CROSS-CRAM.
In the same column he will discuss QUADROPHAGE (see '70) further;
the problem using knights, rooks & bishops (with a finite move,
no matter how long), etc. Martin mentioned that QUADROPHAGE
is in YOUR MOVE.
Made a date for Martin & Charlotte to come here for supper Thurs.
evening. Martin will bring me the games he has for me.

Sent DOG-GONE to Laura Richter - together with a pinball game -
by parcel post. Before sending it copied the info on an 8" x 5"
card. (Filed in desk drawer.)

Deposited the royalty check for THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS and
FITTING & PROPER in Dollar Savings.