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<u>DAFT DRAUGHTS</u>.
<u>DAFT DRAUGHTS</u>.
<br>Also sent <u>G&P</u> #11 with articles on <u>ACQUIRE</u> (mine),
<br>Also sent <u>G&P</u> #11 with articles on <u>ACQUIRE</u> (mine),
<u>THE BUSINESS GAME</u> (<u>THE JUNGLE GAME</u> with new pcs. [pieces]), <u>PROBE</u>,
<u>DOMINOES</u> - with one new game <u>FIVES-AND-THREES</u>, <u>FORMULA 1</u>,
<u>REBOUND</u>, <u>AVIATION</u>, <u>LEXICON</u>, <u>PENTOMINOES</u>.
Rcd. <u>THE GENERAL</u> (Vol. 9, No. 5). Contains a <u>PANZERBLITZ</u>
variation called <u>INCREMENTAL PANZERBLITZ</u>. Mentions that
<u>ARNHEM, OPERATION MARKET GARDEN</u> is an excellent game
and can be bought for $1.25. Also mentions <u>THE BROTHERHOOD</u> & <u>VERDUN</u>.
<br>Rcd. <u>MIDGARD</u> Forum #5, which Tom Drake says is "final pre-game issue."
Call from <u>Jerry D'Arcey</u>. Drove to Americana. Picked up Jerry
and <u>Frank</u> and drove Frank to Kennedy. Then here. Some things
we discussed - not necessarily in order:
<br>-<u>MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S</u>. Jerry wanted info on this, which he said
was put out by M.B. about 3 years ago. Couldn't find any info
on it.
<br>-<u>SCRAMBLE WORD</u>. This is the name of a game Jerry showed me
Thurs. [Thursday] night. He and <u>Hans Goldschmidt</u> worked on it for a TV show.
Actually it is very similar to <u>PDQ</u>.
<br>-<u>HEX-O-GRAM</u>. The inventor is Tom Turner.
<br>-<u>OH HELL</u>. Jerry sold his share in this for $400 from the gal
who trade-marked it. Jerry placed it with Cadaco. The play
is essentially the same as the standard game. Basically Cadaco
was buying the trade-mark.
<br>-The man to see at Lakeside is <u>Stan Harfenist</u>, who will now
be based in N.Y. He doesn't want any more abstract games.
<br>-<u>GLOM</u> (see 2/29/72). Jerry has been trying to make it into a game
that is fun to play but hasn't been successful. He asked if I
wanted to work on it and we'd split royalties. Told him I'd
start thinking about it. He'll call it <u>GLOB</u> instead of <u>GLOM</u>.
<br>-<u>G&P</u>. Showed #11 to Jerry. He is interested in subscribing. Told him
that Frank Armbruster is handling subscriptions, but to try and
get the price Don Miller is offering.
<br>-Showed him my <u>BOOK WORLD</u> article. He didn't know about my writing it.
<br>-<u>TOP DOG</u> is a possibility at Lakeside, and not completely dead at
Parker. Jerry showed me it Thurs. There are 14 "dogs" and 2
shakers. As a solitaire it is just a question of counting how many
throws are necessary to get them all sitting up. As a game the "dogs" and 2
are divided and each player throws as fast as possible trying to
get them all sitting up first. It is much too easy to cheat; in fact it
is difficult not to. Another game is to play individually. The player
throws the 14 "dogs." He can score 100 for each one sitting up. Or he
can rethrow the others to try for more sitting up. If a throw result
in no <s>dogs</s> new "dogs" sitting up he loses all score for that turn.
<br>-<u>SUE ME</u>. Bill Dohrmann is interested in the theme. Told Jerry that
he didn't even want to look at <u>TORTS-THE GAME OF SUIT AND COUNTERSUIT</u>.
<br>-<u>BLOCKHEAD</u>. Jerry's original contract expires soon. The one who
<br>(cont. on 2/23)