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17 Monday - December 1973
351st day - 14 days to come

Card from Phil Orbanes.

Spoke to Claude, telling him I was going downtown tomorrow. He may meet me at S.P.I.

Wrote X'mas [Christmas] card to Keith Tuggle - thanking him for book-ends. Wrote X'mas card to Carol Peterson - mentioned EXECUTIVE DECISION. Wrote letter to Ken Harrison who wrote to Carol about the game. Wrote X'mas cards to Phil Orbanes and Djoli.

(cont. from 12/18) [12/18]

BREAKOUT AND PURSUIT, WESTFRONT PANZERBLITZ VARIANTS, BATAAN, SURIBACHI, YEAR OF THE RAT, INVASION (ADA), ARMORED ASSAULT, ALIENCE SPACE, SPACEWAR, NORAD, RED STAR/WHITE STAR, REVOLUTION; Errata for SOLDIERS, NORMANDY; Ad for GRUNDSTEIT - offering a sample issue.
Later took a duplicate copy of MOVES #10 and a duplicate copy of S&T #41. Ran off 17 copies of my column.
Claude, who met me there, pointed out an article on the bulletin board and I made copies of it. It was from DIVERSION Magazine (Dec. Jan. '74) and contained mentions of the following: GETTYSBURG, AFRIKA KORPS, WATERLOO, STALINGRAD, D-DAY, MIDWAY, LUFTWAFFE, RICHTOFEN'S WAR, FRANCE 1940, ARMAGEDDON, PHALANX, GRENADIER, BORODINO, 1812, LEIPZIG, FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1918, THE MARNE, KURSK, NORMANDY, KOREA, YEAR OF THE RAT, FEUDAL, PLOY, REALM, RISK, PATTON, DIPLOMACY, CONVENTION, LANDSLIDE, MR. PRESIDENT, THE GODFATHER GAME, POINT OF LAW, ECOLOGY, SMOG, DIRTY WATER, POPULATION, NEW TOWN, NOSTALGIA, SHAKESPEARE, MOVIE MOGULS, MASTERPIECE, DEALER'S CHOICE, WINE CELLAR, COUPLES, GROUP THERAPY, GENERATION RAP, WOMEN'S LIB?, THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY GAME, OUTDOOR SURVIVAL, HOLIDAY, SCRABBLE, BALI, RSVP, RPM, FOIL, TUFABET, LIB'BER-ISH, FLUSTER, GRAPPLE, BOGGLE, AD-LIB, MONTAGE, VINCE LOMBARDI'S GAME, FAST BREAK PRO BASKETBALL STRATEGY, FOOTBALL STRATEGY, BASEBALL STRATEGY, CHALLENGE FOOTBALL, THINKING MAN'S FOOTBALL, BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL, REGATTA, BLUE LINE HOCKEY, THINKING MAN'S GOLF, CHALLENGE GOLF, WIN, PLACE & SHOW, SPEED CIRCUIT, SET POINT, OH-WAH-REE, ARVESTA, YAHTZEE, INFINITY, WHAT'S THAT ON MY HEAD?, IMAGE, TWIXT. Also mentions Bill Tyler and a number of standard games. (Filed in '73 Misc. [1973 miscellaneous])
Claude told me that he was thinking of changes in his game MANIPULATION, to make it simpler. He will put the 24 situations
(cont. on 12/15)

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