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13 Wednesday - June 1973
164th Day - 201 Days to Come

Rcd. [received] letter from Earl Doherty. Mentioned HOLEY TERROR, GROOVE, HABITAT, TAKE-A-WORD, and KGB. Mentioned that neither House of Games nor Waddingtons likes dealing thru agents. He may be at the INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW.

Finished the diagrams for SPECTRUM and HONORABLE RELATIONS while and after BB typed the rules. To Boston Post Road for copies. Made a box for HONORABLE RELATIONS. Also prepared 12 set-up sheets. (At Boston Post Road got more copies of the set-up sheets.)

Rcd. a package from Lakeside with 3D BOXES (in good condition) and a letter from George DeLaney. He can make the game but he doesn't like the play.

Call from Claude. Among other things, discussed the book HEADS I WIN TAILS YOU LOSE that he will loan me some day. It discusses the psychological reasons for who plays what.
Arranged to meet tomorrow.

Rcd. a copy of ARCHIEBALL from Skor-Mor-airmail.

(cont. from 6/14) [6/14]

Gave Felicia the rules for SPECTRUM and she mailed them to Kathy.
Showed her HONORABLE RELATIONS. She was having company at home and wouldn't have a chance to mail it until Monday. I offered to mail it with a jiffy bag. She said that she'd manage somehow, but I said it wouldn't be a big problem to me.
Showed the letter from Earl Doherty to her. She looked at it briefly and I told her I'd get a copy for her.
Herb wanted to sell the WATERGATE CAPER game as it was. Without fixing the rules. He showed it around but no one would pay $8.00 buy it for $8.00 retail.

Bought a jiffy bag and then to Simulations where Phil taped it shut and weighed it for me, HONORABLE RELATIONS that is.
Spoke to Redmund and told him that I tried but couldn't get my S&T column finished till after Chicago. O.K.
From Beth got two letters: From Hypergames asking if I had rcd. HYPERCHECKERS AND HYPERCHESS; from Skor-Mor saying they are sending me ARCHIEBALL and will be sending me PRIME TIME, PETER PRINCIPLE, and YESTER YEAR.
Made repros [reproductions] of the letter from Earl Doherty and of the one on 3D BOXES and later dropped it in Felicia's mail slot.
Spoke to Al Zygier of the art dept. [department] He has a
(cont. on 6/12)