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9 FRIDAY * NOVEMBER 1973
313TH DAY * 52 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. Nov. PLAYTHINGS. Had ad for HIJACKED - by Valley
Games. Whole line will be at Toy Fair.
Showcase/Toys lists PUTTER UP.
News item about ZIRIYA, a fortune telling and ESP game.

Rcd. a letter, thru Random House, from Owen Nelson,
who has adapted LAST WORD (which he found in AGOG)
for school use. He suggested that we could market it.

Wrote covering letter to Graeme Levin and sent it with my
SLEUTH feature article. Mentioned CARTEL, REALM, INFINITY,
VENTURE, K.G.B., FACTS IN FIVE, AGOG, THE SIGMA FILE,
GAMES WITH PAPER & PENCIL, POUNCE, SPECTRA, AMBUSH, CABBIE,
STOCKBROKER, and JACKPOT.

Call from Bob Champer. Told him to start reading up on
MACARTHUR. He'll call me at the end of the month and we'll
get together to decide on the battles to use.
During day signed up for new library card and took out a book by
MacArthur himself - called "Reminiscenses".

Betty and Issy Rothmanhere bringing Earl, Claude, and Anne.
I gave Earl the material he had sent me on "F", THE GAME FOR LOVERS
and V.D. A CATCHY GAME.
Claude played his DIABOLIQUE with Issy quite a bit and then I
sat in for a few games. He uses a 4 x 4 field and twenty
prices [pieces?], with a number from -7 to +12 including a 0.
Claude's rules were: Each player takes 10 pcs. and stands
them up so that the opponent can't see them. Players in turn
place a tile on the board. Object is to get a line of 4,
including the long diagonal [Illegible crossed out], or a small square of
4 that adds up to a multiple of 5.