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11/3

THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER All Souls' Day 1967 306th day - 59 days to come

Called Alice & my check had reached her. She is going to call Championship Games & try to set up a meeting for next week.

Check for $250 came from PLAYBOY. Had the release stamp on the back.

Met Claude and Anne. Claude told me of an ad by Parker Bros. in Toys & Novelties in which they ask for submittion of party type games.

Looked at Stern's and saw:-
SPACE RACE :- Board game. Move around spaces along the edge of the board getting the proper cards for building and launching at least one rocket. The center of the board has multiple paths thru the planets. After launching a ship or ships move thru these paths collecting points. When get a certain set number, must return a rocket to "splash down". First to do this wins. There are two dice, one white & one red. Before launch- ing a rocket only the white is used. After launching both are used and the white controls movement on the edge and the red movement in the center. (Rough idea.)

FOURS:- Another version of 3-dimensional TIC-TAC-TOE.

At Brentano's saw a book:- STOCK MARKET GAMES PEOPLE PLAY TO WIN by C.M. Flumiani. They are not actually games, but methods of checking stocks looking for a good bargain, etc.
In a book by Edward de Bono (?) on more effective thinking he has a game called THE L GAME. There is an address given for getting a set for $1.25. Claude copied it. [diagram of 4 x 4 grid, with one green "L" shape and one red "L" shape. One circle in each the top right and bottom left squares.] The board and pieces are as shown. Players in turn must move their "L" pc. so that it cover at least one different space (it is reversable). Then he may move one of the "neutral" round pcs. to any empty space. Continue until a player cannot make any move with his "L", when he loses. Bought CARD GAMES FOR ONE by George F. Hervey. Contains some previously unpublished SOLITAIREs.

At Marboro bought THE WORLD OF LAWS & THE WORLD OF CHANCE & MACHINES, MUSIC AND PUZZLES both edited by James R. Newman.

Claude & I played his game CAPER which is a combination of ANOTHER and DIVIDE AND CONQUER. There is a 5 x 5 board. A colored square pc. is placed in the center square. Each player has 12 square (cont. on 11/3)