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THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 1967 54th day - 311 days to come

To Gimbel's & Macy's. Both had ACQUIRE. At Macy's saw CALL IT GOLF (I think that is the name). Played on a large quadrille board. Can choose your club, and a spinner [crossed out] for that particular club gives you the distance measured straight ahead with hooks & slices, if any, measured to the sides. The later clubs just tell you that you have missed the green or what position on it you have landed. The putter tells you how many putts to hole out. A very ordinary game and not particularly fancy (the board in corrogated cardboard) but they ask $12.95 for it.

Called Arthur. Random House turned down the High Deck but they thought it was great. Told him I might see Bill Caruson during Toy Fair. He asked me to tell Bill about the High Deck. I said I couldn't do it in front of Alice. He then asked me to write to Bill. I said I'd I wouldn't but suggested that he write and use my name. He said that his material was so good he wasn't going to beg them. I said that his stuff was good but that mine was just as good and I wasn't too proud to solicit. Left it there.

The game VIET NAM came. Looks like a rather interesting war game.

Bought the February Scientific American. Martin Gardner's column had a number of games:- JAM, HOT, GAME OF THE HAMSTRUNG SQUAD CAR. The latter is from the book DIFFERENTIAL GAMES by Rufus Isaacs (Wiley, 1965).

While talking to Arthur explained INFINITE PLANE to him. Said he didn't quite understand it but would like to try it.

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English THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY
1967 54th day - 311 days to come


To Gimbel's & Macy's. Both had ACQUIRE. At Macy's saw
CALL IT GOLF (I think that is the name). Played on a large
quadrille board. Can choose your club, and a spinner [crossed out]
for that particular club gives you the distance measured
straight ahead with hooks & slices, if any, measured to the sides.
The later clubs just tell you that you have missed the green or
what position on it you have landed. The putter tells you how many
putts to hole out. A very ordinary game and not particularly
fancy (the board in corrogated cardboard) but they ask $12.95 for it.
Called Arthur. Random House turned down the High Deck but they
thought it was great. Told him I might see Bill Caruson during Toy
Fair. He asked me to tell Bill about the High Deck. I said I couldn't
do it in front of Alice. He then asked me to write to Bill. I said
I'd I wouldn't but suggested that he write and use my name. He
said that his material was so good he wasn't going to beg them.
I said that his stuff was good but that mine was just as
good and I wasn't too proud to solicit. Left it there.
The game VIET NAM came. Looks like a rather interesting
war game.
Bought the February Scientific American. Martin Gardner's column
had a number of games:- JAM, HOT, GAME OF THE HAMSTRUNG
SQUAD CAR. The latter is from the book DIFFERENTIAL GAMES by
Rufus Isaacs (Wiley, 1965).
While talking to Arthur explained INFINITE PLANE to him. Said
he didn't quite understand it but would like to try it.