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15 Wednesday - December 1976
350th day - 16 days to come

Rcd. PLAYTHINGS (Dec.). Ad for AMAZE/ Article on Mike Kohner and
"Barbapapa." Article on KEEP QUIET. Article on MONOPOLY championship.
Classified ads for someone to manufacture POPULATION and a "unique line."

Rcd. X'Mas card from Paul Greenough. Nothing on games.


Dreamt up a new idea for HAUNTED HOUSE. Players move thru their
open passages, and then to an adjacent room that has a different
number from any presently circled. Decided to call
it SEARCH.

Playing around with different ideas for ROUND 'N' ROUND by
myself and in the evening with BB. Finally decided that the best
was to put a line of 6 cards (less at end of deck) and then leave
one in place when new cards are dealt.

Played SEARCH with BB. She liked it better, but still not great.
Played a game of PEACE CONFERENCE.

BB was afraid that a lot of companies, including possibly even
Ideal, had seen RED LETTER. Checked and it was only Hallmark
and two small companies, no longer in games.


Call from Bob Gellman with some questions on PACHISI.

Call from Claude. Wanted some info on his game SUCCESS. Maybe
We'll play Sat. Looked it up and had it for him when he called
from work.

(cont. from 12/16) [12/16]

Ad for RAILWAY RIVALS with quote by Sidney Sackson. Article on
3 DIPLOMACY variants: CLINE 9, 1885, and YOUNGSTOWN- and
offer to send details on these and others for SSAE. Rules for
a new game - EXPLOSION. Long article on EN GARDE. Ad for
PASSING THE BUCK, a "jigsaw" game. Full page ad for A.H. featuring TOBRUK.
Wargame review of AVALANCHE, CROMWELL, JERUSALEM!,
SUBMARINE.
Full page ad for SPI, featuring FIREFIGHT, THE PHOENIX mag.
of "Simulations Publications UK", and S & T. "Forum" has letter from
Mark Berger the inventor of SNIFF, one on THE POCKET CALCULATOR GAME BOOK,
one on CHINESE CHESS, and one asking for info on a GAME layout.
"Gamesviews" of THE MAGNIFICENT RACE, CAMPAIGN, SOCCERBOSS,
BACKGAMMON FOR PROFIT, MUDCRACK Y & POLY-Y. Ad for TRADE.
Insert ad for "Waddington's House of Games" with the following: SWINDLE,
LOSE YOUR SHIRT, BLOCKWORD, BUCCANEER, MONOPOLY, TABLE SOCCER,
CAMPAIGN, SPECULATE, GAME OF NATIONS, 4000 A.D., BUSINESS GAME,
ULCERS,RATRACE, CLUEDO, FORMULA 1, TOTOPOLY, HOPPIT!, GOLFWINKS,
SAFARI ROUND UP, KGB, THE GREAT DOWNHILL SKI RACE, SORRY!, WHOT!,
MEMORY GAME, TREASURY OF WORD GAMES, LEXICON WITH TILES, CHESSWORD,
LEXICON, AD-LIB, PLAY ON WORDS, NUMBERS UP. Loose ad by "A & C Black Ltd"
for the following books, among others: OPERATION WARBOARD (by Gavin
Lyall), THE WAR GAME, and THE ANCIENT WAR GAME (by Charles Grant).
Ad for GYBE-OH!. Ad listing A.H. & 3M games. Article on CHESS.
(cont. on 12/11)