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9/2 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1968 247th day - 119 days to come Spoke to Claude, told him the bad news about EXECUTIVE DECISION Discussed a possible NYGA meeting... next Tuesday at Cevima. One of us will contact the Amberstones. Claude has worked out a GAME. based on the duel problem" of game theory. Two dice are used. The player going first can shoot by throwing the dice or may pass. If he shoots" he needs a 13 to hit! If he "shoots and . ... misses the other he is then autimatically "killed if the first player passes the second may "shoot" with a llor 12 needed to hit, Etc He has another version with each player having two bullets and using 3 dice... He also wants to make a game out of the game theory ...problem of three duelists one who is 100% accurate, one who is 8070, and one who is 50%. Lots are drawn tor the order in which they shoot and they shoot one shot in a turn , at either lopponent they wish. It all play it rationally the player who is 50% accurate has the best . ice of such player whomment they with shoot one shop called Felicia about EXECUTIVE DECISION suggested showing it to Championship. She said they are in financial ditficulty. PRO-QUARTERBACK • has been hurt badly by 3M'S PRO. FOOTBALL Later Felicia called me back. There was a letter from Bill Carusou. He thinks the basic idea of EXECUTIVE DECISION. is excellent but they find the bookkeeping detracts from the fun. Feel the same about Stocks & BONDS! Hope that my genius will come up with some thing.lum Sent myself a registered letters with SPELLBINDER" rules. Red, a carbon copy of Bill's letter to Alice Also redo a letter from David Laughridge at saying they'd like to hold onto ANOTHER FITTING & PROPER TOTALLY -- and WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU? a while longer before making... a decision, Called Alice to tell her of Laughridge's letter, she told me that I ...She had red, Bill Caruson's letter last Friday but hadn't told me about it so that I could relax over the long week und she never thought I would get the game so soon.

Called Claude to to tell him EXECUTIVE DECISION was very much alive.

In my talk she tho with Alice she thought it might be a
good idea to show it to S & R. I told her I had to get
BB satisfied with it first. (cont. on 9/2)