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December 1976 - Thursday 30
365th day - 1 day to come

X'Mas card from Frank Thibault. Very short message.
Letter from Haar Hoolim. Mentions THE L GAME, G&P, Q-BITS, CHINESE MATCHING CARDS, CHESS, CHECKERS, GO, FOCUS, EPAMINONDAS, CROSSINGS, MASTERMIND, LIVE AND LEARN, ALERT, ULTIMA, HALMA, CHINESE CHECKERS, SEEJEH, MANCALA, ANTI-MONOPOLY, and some new GAME ideas. Also STACK UP.
Enclosed clippings: CHESS match. Article on game co. with picture of their game WHO HAS A LINE? Article on Aviezri Frankel the inventor of ARROWS. Article on SEEJEH. Article on Jigsaw puzzles. Article on GO. Repro of a nice letter to him from Bonnie Belkin. Also two pictures of himself.
Bought package of 80 6 1/4"x5 1/2" baggies - 39¢.
Played ANOTHER with Dave Horn, Laurie, and Alan. They liked it. (Later thinking that the scoring, giving the player with most - when 2 or 4 play - that amount is unbalanced. Instead give the amount minus 10. This will give scores from 3 to 14. As a bonus for getting all cards, the score should be 24 instead of 14.)
After they left played PEACE CONFERENCE with BB and Dana, using my idea of 12/23. Worked O.K.
Incidentally, the model that Hallmark sent back of ANOTHER is pretty bad. I have to add blue pcs. pf contact to differentiate the blue pcs. from the green.

(cont. from 12/31) [12/31]

Rcd. "Publishers Central Bureau" catalog. Decided to get the following two books: PINBALL: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY - $6.95, THE GREAT EXHIBITION - LONDON 1851 - $2.95.
Wrote and mailed the following cards: Djoli Kansil with "memo" men- tioning CASINO GAMMON and BACKGAMMON. GINI SCOTT with "memo" men- tioning GANGLAND, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, SECRET TELEGRAM - with a copy of my review. John Gollon, with short message mentioning HELIOS. Stan Chess, with short message. Chris Wagner, with short message. Also wrote, but didn't mail, card to Don Miller with memo." Mentioned MOVES, LASKERS, TRICOLOR, THE GAMING NEWS, THE GAMESMAN, THE GAMES LETTER, DIPLOCHESS, SCHOLASTIC ELEUSIS, THE GAME OF BLOCK, SPEED CHESS, BILLIARDS CHESS, BEYOND SOLITAIRE, BEYOND WORDS.
Call from Claude. Date Thurs.
Called the Laurences to wish them Happy New York.
Bought copy of THE HARRY LORAYNE MEMORY GAME to the Horns. Played part of a game with Laurie.

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