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JUNE 1974 - MONDAY 24 ST. JOHN, BAPTIST - 175TH DAY - 190 DAYS TO COME

Visit from Robert Herzog (see 6/17). He brought me his game KARATE. Played most of a game. It is a simple track game. The track is divided into different colored stretched, corresponding to "belts." Players pick up fight cards and hold 2 at the lowest belt, 3 at the next, and 4 at the one below the black belt. When land on same space fight Choose cards and then play them out so that each player plays one card at a time. A chart gives points or a draw depending on the relationship to the of the two cards. After the number of ma card combinations of the player with the least number of cards is played, high total wins and moves ahead a set number of spaces while the other moves back. If a player reaches the end of a belt without having fought he must challenge. First to reach black belt wins.

There was no skill involved in choosing the cards - which gave different offensive and defensive moves in karate. Told him that he'll have to build up the suspense of the play of the cards, since that is the only thing he has to offer in the game. Possibly players playing cards in sequence trying to parry the card last played. He'll work on it and get back to me.

Told me about INNER CITY, a classroom simulation. Didn't seem to have anything particularly new.

Wrote to David H. Ahl of CREATIVE COMPUTING Magazine. Mentioned BUGS AND & LOOOPS, and AGOG.

(cont. from 6/25) [6/27]

[illegible strikeout] INTERSTELLAR DIPLOMACY (I & II); MIDDLE EARTH (II & IV); THIRD AGE; WAR OF RINGS DIPLOMACY; THIRD AGE II; WITCH WORLD; DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE RETURN OF THE KING; EARTHSEA DIMPLOMACY; LUNATIC DIPLOMACY (I, II, III); HYBORIAN AGE II; HYBORIAN AGE DIPLOMACY; INTERSTELLAR DIPLOMACY III; MIDDLE EARTH DIPLOMACY V; COLD WAR 2007; EMPIRE; MIDGARD; RAUMKREIG; SOLAR WAR; STELLAR WARFARE; EMPIRE I; THE ASTEROID GAME; MOON BASE; PHANTOM STAR RAIDERS; INTERSTELLAR CONQUEST; MIDGARD III; ELSINOR; SPACE HUK; WAYLAND MADNESS; HEXTERMINATION; DERCH-ACH; LENSMAN; NEBULA 19; STARLORD; SECOND GALACTIC WAR; TRIPLANETARY; SPACE WAR; DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS; EMPIRE I; 4000 AD' MIDDLE EARTH V; STELLAR WARFARE; EMPIRE; LENSMAN; PHANTOM STAR RAIDERS.

While with Fabio Coen he brought I mentioned that I am working on p&p games. He was interested in seeing them and I said I'd bring the Hoi Polloi and 3M games to show him. I said the ones I am doing for the book are different, and he said he is sure they are better games. [Started 6/27]

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