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13 Monday - December 1976 348th day - 18 days to come

Called Bob Gellman with the additions to PACHISI and to check that the
colors were O.K. in NINE HOLES.

Discussed names with BB (actually she made up lists for both of them).
Decided to use THE RIGHT WORD - Will Get You Far for RED LETTER and
THE FAME GAME for FUN CITY.
Working all day on THE FAME GAME. Finished the board, using adhesive tabs
for the values on the steps and the "fees" - $1,000 - $2,000 - $3,000 -
$3,000 - $4,000 - $5,000 - $6,000 - $7,000 - $7,000 - $8,000 - $9,000 - $9,000 -
$10,000. Made the dice. In an attempt to make the money more mean-
ingful thought of the following: when a player gets $55,000, he turns it
over for an "Award." One going to the end gets 1 Award for each face
showing when he goes over - at least 2. Most Awards win. In case of
tie, one with most money wins. Also win as soon as get a set
number of Awards: 2 players - 8, 3 players - 7, 4 players - 6,
5 players - 5, 6 players - 4. Made 21 Award cards. BB typed
new cards - Opportunities instead of Deals. I made the values
about 50% greater.
Before going to bed looked at the model of RED LETTER back from Hall-
mark. The plastic cover they put on the letter squares had two
different colors and that made it hard to differentiate the colored squares.
I'll have to use my old set.

Rcd. a "purchase order" from Parker Brothers, handling my fee as
if I had sold material to them.
Rcd. certified letter from Aladdin saying that a letter of intent has
been signed with A.H. on TOTALLY, THE BRAIN GAME, PUSHOVER, and
INTERSECTION. Signed by William H. Kirk.
Rcd. X'Mas card from Gini Scott. No message.
Rcd, X'Mas card from Bredehorns. Would like to get together. (message discarded.)
Rcd. X'Mas card from Chris Wagner. No message.
Rcd. "Thank you" from "World Education" for $20 contribution to
Silvia Coen Educational Fund.

Rcd. short letter from Bernie DeKoven. Wants <BAFÁ BAFÁ rules back.

(cont. from 12/14) [12/14]

I mentioned that we haven't heard from Mego on SPACE BOXES and we
both felt that this is a good sign.
Working on ROUND 'N' ROUND, trying to decide whether to score two
of the same color next to each other as 1 point, or as 2 points.
Couldn't get it to balance out - except once. Decided to make
a change in the carved portions so that there is no overlapping,
and made a sketch of this.
Played ROUND 'N' ROUND with BB and had the same problem. Also
played HAUNTED HOUSE. She dislikes it, and said that the Horns
said it is the worst game I have ever done.

Call from Phil Orbanes in afternoon. Jules was in bad mood coming to our house,
but was in good mood returning. Spoke about BB's meal for 15 minutes.