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SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 1967 224th day - 141 days to come

Call from Fay. She wants to take another person's Stock Market game and wants Claude to sign a release.

At Honig's saw MADAME PLANCHETTE HOROSCOPE GAME. See 

1967 S & R catalog for board. There are 52

"good fortune" and 40 "bad fortune" cards. There are also 12 "destiny" cards. Each player draws one of the "destiny" cards and it indicates a position on the zodiac and two "planet" positions, one dark and one light. (Eg. Aquarius's Dark-Mars; Light-Moon). In some way a token is placed on the zodiac track for each player, and a black and white marker on the heavenly body track. In turn players throw two dice and move their own marker, in either direction (I think) the number of one die and one of the "planet" marker the other die. They try to end up with their own marker and the two "planet" markers in the position given on their "destiny" cards. If at the end of any player's turn a player's token is in a space adjoining the light marker they draw a "good fortune" card. Dark marker - a "bad" fortune card. If a player moves his token onto a space which is one vertice of a [triangle] the other two vertices being occupied, that player can throw off some "bad fortune" cards (why not give them to other players?). The first to fulfill their "destiny" card gets their fortune told by a "Planchette". (It would be easy enough to devise a scoring system. 2 to 5 can play and the game is recommended for young ladies. (Fairly complete rules.)

Played MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS with the Horns, Marylin, and Dave. They were not too much impressed. One point in the rules is not clear. If two spies are in a murder situation, then the detective "sees" the murdered spy in a later hour, after which the detective moves away leaving them in the same murder situation. Is the murder committed in the hour following the detective's departure?

(cont. from 8/13) [8/14] material, particularly the Golf game. Wanted to know how much to ask for. I told him to try for a payment per item or not less than $500 as a flat payment.

[started 8/14]