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WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 1967 347th day - 18 days to come

Called Claude. Has cold and also can't make N.Y.G.A. meeting Friday.

Spoke to Ira Bailin. He has heard the Ideal Detective games, including CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN mentioned at least 8 times on radio.

Thinking of an educational Geography GAME for 3M's line

Looking thru about half of the patents, looking particu- larly at educational games.

(cont. from 12/14) [12/14] the order in which to use them. For still more advanced players they can figure their routes mentally and then bid for the right to play the cards. Low bid (number of moves) wins and then must prove their bid. For scoring, the electoral votes for each state can be included. When a player reaches a state he gets the votes for that state, except that each succeeding amount must be larger than the last. Also once a state is taken [crossed out] a- nother player may not get it. The first player to reach Another way of playing would be to have players draw the required number of destinations would double his score Another way of playing would be to have players draw a state card as their destination. Moves can be more than one adjacent state provided they are either in ascending or descending order in one of the classifications. This may be limited by permitting only one direction for a game, or by limiting a move to either odd or even numbers, or both limitations.
With the same equipment ELECTION CHESS can be played. A large number of games with different grades of difficulty can be worked out.

Bill Bentzin called. FORBES MAGAZINE wanted to feature a business type game in their Jan. 1 edition. Bill picked ACQUIRE. They will take pictures of businessmen playing it tomorrow. Bill said that he had directed his secretary to send me a copy of MR. PRESIDENT. He'll check with her to see if it was sent.

Finished looking thru the patents.