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5 FRIDAY - JULY 1974 186TH DAY - 179 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. another "Viking Systems" flyer. (Discarded.)

Thinking of DELAUNAY. It may work out to allow players to fill a space anywhere in the area being used - not necessarily next to one already colored.

Played THE GREAT RACES with the Horns. Actually Laurie played and I observed. It was difficult to notice when all the races had been completed and we continued after it happened. To cure this I decided to award second in a race as soon as the first is won and then, ending play in that race. Later thought of marking spaced at the end of each track. When that race is one won a player can only win 2nd if he reached those end spaces. This applies even in the 2-hand game.

Another problem I noticed in watching the game was the advantage of playing first. At first thought of starting with the first player throwing 2 dice, the next 3 dice - choosing one combination, and then each player throwing 4 dice. This would mean extra rules, so instead I think I will resolve all ties - for 2nd place or for total score - in favor of the player who started later.

(cont. from 7/12) [7/15]

to come back after Claude, Wald, & I went to supper. (Wald's friend left.)

Before going to supper I called BB. She had a call from Felicia. Aladdin is giving $1500 advance for TOTALLY and PUSHOVER is still in the running.

Issy Rothman either didn't call or didn't get thru. After Wald left I told Claude about Aladdin in confidence. We walked to Grand Central Station so that I could look at a book Claude and Wald had seen there. It is called THE GREAT ESCAPE and covers a lot of different diversions, including a section on games. A lot of this is taken from Martin Gardner's column, without attribution, such as LIFE and a short description of ELEUSIS and saying that a copy of the rules can be obtained from the American Playing Card Assoc. [drawn arrow pointing up and one pointing down] [Started 7/15]

Phil Orbanes in our conversation, mentioned that Carl Eisenberg's "Game Capers" has folded.