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17 Friday - December 1976
Hanukkah, Festival of Dedication - 352nd day - 14 days to come

Yesterday forgot to look at game by David Parlett. Called Fabio and
made date to go there Tues. at 4 to look at it, also to bring
him the rules for the four games.
Call from Bob Gellman. He is going to have pictures taken tomorrow
of the "Game Rug" and asked if I'll be home in case there is a
question on how a game should be set up.
They are going to prepare a mold for making their own "pawns."
The ones they have been selling are bought from another
source, and these are bought by many game companies. He'd
like something more elegent [sic] and asked if I could look thru
my games for samples. He promised to take good care of them.
I'll bring some in Tues. at about noon.
Spent an hour or so and came up with the following:
From Zerox [Xerox?] exhibit in basement - white; from STOCKMARKET (on 62) -
small green; from RATRACE (on 66) - large green; from PAYDAY
(on 71) - yellow.


Call from
{Gene Harmon
{[address and phone number omitted for privacy] Chicago, Ill. 60614
He and an associate have invented a game called OLIGOPOLY.
He'd like me to look at it and give my opinion, and also suggestions
for a company that might be interested. Told him that there was
only one company in the U.S. that does adult games - A.H. He asked
who look to contact there and I said that was my agent's
stock in trade. He understood
Arranged that he'd send me the rules and a picture of the
board. Told him that I wouldn't return them. I will send him
my comments off the top of my head. But it may take some weeks.
I asked, and my name was given to his associate by
Ron Weingartner; they are acquainted.

(cont. from 12/29) [12/29] WATERLOO, KARRIERE, CLUEDO, MONOPOLY,MEISTERWERKE, KÄP
KÄPT'N UND PIRAT, TOR, ORION, CODEWORT, BASIS 10, DEF1!,
SUPERHIRN, SCHLAUKOPF, SERENGETI, AUSGETRICKST, TRICK X5,
DREH' MICH UM, HOCH 3, STIMMT!, SCREE, AVALANCHE,
HOPP HINAUF, SKI, CHECK, CHIFFRE, ZEHNKAMPF, SITUATION4,
SCHADE, (SORRY), AUTOTEST, DER 7. SINN, CHICAGO,
NÜRBURGRING FORMEL "1".

Took the following games: MINUTEMAN (2 boxes, for me & Ronnie Corn);
(Bags for Walter Luc Haas) WELLINGTON'S VICTORY, OUTREACH, FIREFIGHT
, NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLES.

Brad Hessel, who is now Managing Editor of S&T gave me a sheet on
future articles (filed in S&T misc.) and told me 1/27/77 is last
date for my Briefings for no. 61. Redmund (I believe) told me that
all of no. 60 was in.
(cont. on 12/12)