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<br>Benjamin Franklin Born 1706 - 17th Day - 348 Days to Come | <br>Benjamin Franklin Born 1706 - 17th Day - 348 Days to Come | ||
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Rcd. [received] a copy | Rcd. [received] a copy of their game <u>STARLORD</u> and a letter from | ||
Gary Bedrosian and Lee Elmendorf. | |||
<br>Rcd. a letter from David Zea of "Midwest Research and Analysis" | |||
and a new driver cards for <u>UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB RACING GAME</u>, | |||
for 1972. Also plastic cars instead of cardboard. | |||
<br>Rcd. a post card from <u>Don Turnbull</u>. He is announcing a | |||
competition in game design in non-war category. He wants me to | |||
be a judge together with him. <u>ALBION</u>. | |||
<br>Rcd. issue #44 of <u>THE GAMESLETTER</u> (which had been held up | |||
because of Don Miller's mimeo concking out. Mentions of | |||
<u>CHAOS</u>, <u>CHAOS II</u>, <u>ANARCHY I</u>, <u>TRACTICS</u>, <u>SLOBOVIA</u>, & | |||
<u>MILITARISM II</u>. | |||
<br>Also rcd. issue #48. In a Belgian Magazine mentioned a | |||
2-player <u>DIPLOMACY</u> variant, a 4- player <u>CHESS</u> game, | |||
<u>RATTI-CHITTI-BAKRI</u>, <u>TERHUCHU</u>, <u>LES GURRIERS DE PIERRE</u>, | |||
<u>TABLUT</u>, <u>PRINTEMPS</u> and <u>YOUNGSTOWN VARIANT</u> (2 <u>DIPLOMACY</u> | |||
variants), <u>HIT HANOI</u>, <u>MUHLE</u>; my column in <u>BOOK WORLD</u> | |||
with a mention of <u>S&T</u> and <u>AGOG</u>; announcement of a | |||
companion game to <u>STAR TREK</u> by Lou Zocchi, <u>ALIEN SPACE</u>; | |||
announcement of <u>THECOLOGY</u> by "Hartman's (Inexpensive see 1/15) | |||
Games"; flyer for <u>BATTLE FLAG</u> magazine. | |||
<br>Also rcd. a form to fill out on how I want my money | |||
credits applied to his new setup of magazines. | |||
<u>Felicia</u> called. Someone was interested in games and she thought | |||
of <u>HOLIDAY</u>. She contacted <u>Bob Gellman</u> and he told her about | |||
the Athol deal and said: "Don't you see Sid?" - and he specifically | |||
told me not to tell Felicia until it was definite. He told Felicia | |||
that the signing will be this Friday. Felicia wasn't upset about | |||
my not telling her. | |||
<br>Felicia said she has been getting some interesting things in and | |||
was even thinking of having a cocktail party so that the | |||
manufacturers could look over the material. But we discussed it | |||
and decided that it is much better to see them one at a time. | |||
<br>She said that <u>Bob Johnson</u> is very anxious to look at 2-hand | |||
strategy games. I asked how come when he has so many already. | |||
She thinks that they intend to put out a long series of them under | |||
the Springbok name, similar to the jig-saw puzzles. Told her about | |||
<u>PUSH OVER</u>. She said she is not showing him anything until after we get | |||
the contract and advance on <u>FOCUS</u>. | |||
<br>Told Felicia I was calling <u>Kathy Brooks</u> about <u>EXECUTIVE DECISION</u> and | |||
asked if there was anything I should ask her. Felicia suggested | |||
that I check on the status of <u>PROFIT</u>. | |||
<br>Felicia rcd. the report on <u>BALI</u>. It was down slightly from last year. | |||
Rcd. the book <u>THE MOSCOW PUZZLES</u> from Book-of-the-Month Club. | |||
(Total cost $9.08). As <u>Martin Gardner</u> said, it isn't great. | |||
Thinking of possible ideas for strategy games for Hallmark:- <u>DISPERSAL</u> (see 7/11/65), | |||
<u>SPACE STIX</u>, <u>OVER 'N OVER</u>. | |||
<br>(cont. on 1/18) | |||