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November 1975 - Thursday 27
Thanksgiving Day - 331st day - 34 days to come

Sent check for $2.50 for copy of (see 11/5) COLLECTORS CATALOG AND PRICE GUIDE TO WARGAMES, THE Sent "Reader Service Card" to PLAYTHINGS for info on trip to European Toy Fairs (see 11/11).
Thinking of a solitaire financial GAME. There are 6 com- panies numbered from 1 to 6. 2 dice (or cards numbered from 1 to 6) are used. The dice are thrown and the player moves one company 1 unit up in value, the other one unit down. The next dice throw allows buying one share of one of the companies and selling one share of the other - one transaction must be made. Alternative throws. (rough idea to be worked out.)
Thinking about a solitaire PINBALL game. A grid of points have certain areas marked with a point value. 2 dice are thrown and the player can choose the direction he wishes to move. The movement can be up to the maximum number of dots in that direction. With a 7 the player may use either of the numbers or the total. A path is formed with colored pencils, each path a different color - or possibly a color can be re- peated but must stay completely clear of a- nother path of the same color. [drawing of 4 lines branching out in a radial pattern from a central point. Each line has several points along it and a circled number at the end]

(cont. from 11/28) [12/10]

STARSHIP TROOPERS (A.H.).
Rcd. a letter from JOHN WHITING [address]
He wrote to me on Martin Gardner's suggestion. He enclosed the rules for WAR and STRING-BOARD GAME, two of his origi- nal games.
SIMULATION/GAMING/NEWS included the following: several mentions of METRO-APEX, including of all 21 volumes. Letter mentioning Gini Scott, MASTERMIND, TOTALLY, FACULTY CARDS, and LETTER PILE. Article on sexism mentioning THE MARRIAGE GAME, Cathy Greenblat, WILL MARRIAGE TURN YOU ON FOR 50 YEARS?.
GAMING: AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF LAW-RELATED GAMES AND SIMULATIONS - a 32-page booklet, available free.
HANDBOOK OF SIMULATION GAMING IN SOCIAL EDUCATION - $12.
Article on MYOPOLY.
Discussion of "futures" games with descriptions of COPE, FUTURA CITY, FUTURE THEATER GAMES - based on the book GROWTH GAMES, THE UPTOPIA GAME, LIMITS, THE GLOBAL FUTURES GAME - by Buckminster
(cont. on 11/25)

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