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Also wrote up <u>ALL MY DIAMONDS</u>.
Also wrote up <u>ALL MY DIAMONDS</u>.
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(cont. from 12/5) [12/5] <br>
Showed me his game of <u>CONGLOMERATE</u>. There is a box  <br>
Showed me his game of <u>CONGLOMERATE</u>. There is a box  <br>
board with strings of hexes noted with compny names  <br>
board with strings of hexes noted with compny names  <br>
(A1, A2, A3; B1, B2; C1; D1, D2; E1; F1; F2, F3; etc.) <s>placed in</s>  <br>
(A1, A2, A3; B1, B2; C1; D1, D2; E1; F1; F2, F3; etc.) <s>placed in</s>  <br>
and other hexes left  blank. There is a card for each  <br>
letter and when one is drawn, say A, all the player put  <br>
in sealed bids on one or more of the A companies.  <br>
When get two or more in a row it is a conglomerate and  <br>
players can try for a profit using a die.  <br>
(Not completely worked out yet.)  <br>
Renwal still hasn't approved the budget so I can't  <br>
start working yet. Jim thinks that 6 hours a month is not  <br>
enough for me to accomplish much and he'll bring it up at  <br>
a meeting.  <br>
Discussed his doing a game for my book and he'll do  <br>
a very simple war <u>GAME</u>. Will have it ready in a week or  <br>
two. He wanted to use hexes but they are too  <br>
difficult to reproduce by hand. He'll use a brick pattern,  <br>
which is topologically the same instead.  <br>