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Rcd. [received] a letter from Dollar | Rcd. [received] a letter from Dollar Savings Bank saying that the $100 check | ||
from <u>THE INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW</u> was returned for "insufficient | |||
funds." | |||
Wrote to Larry Blandin about it. | |||
<br>Rcd. a "thank you" card from Wald and Ann. (Discarded.) | |||
<br>Rcd. an announcement (to S. Sackson P.E.) saying that the | |||
corporate headquarters of Marx Inc. (a subsidiary of Quaker | |||
Oats) have been moved to their own building in Standford, Conn. [Connecticut] | |||
(Discarded.) | |||
<br>Rcd. a letter from <u>Haar Hoolim</u>. Mentioned <u>STACK-UP</u>, <u>DAFT DRAUGHTS</u>, | |||
<u>G&P</u>, <u>S&T</u>, <u>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN</u>, <u>UP</u>, <u>CHINESE MATCHING CARDS</u>, | |||
<u>BITSBITSBITS</u>, <u>SIM</u>, <u>LAS VEGAS POKER</u>. | |||
Called <u>Mr. Shapiro</u> of Book Sales. He said he had rcd. Graeme | |||
Levin's letter and had answered it. For reference he told me | |||
that the retail price of <u>AGOG</u> is $2.98 and that there is | |||
a reduction of 46% for a substantial amount (several thousand - | |||
I believe). | |||
Wrote to <u>Tom Atwater</u> asking about <u>HIT THE JACKPOT</u>. | |||
Looking at <u>G&P</u> #16 (that I borrowed yesterday). Had articles | |||
on <u>THE SIGMA FILE</u>; <u>NOVA</u>; <u>HEX</u>; <u>THE PHILOSPHERS GAME</u> | |||
(<u>RITHMIMACHIA</u>); <u>ARITHMETICAL CHESS</u>; <u>C&O/B&O</u>; <u>KLIK</u>; | |||
<u>THE GAME OF NATIONS</u>; <u>CHAOS</u>; <u>GAMES WITH PENCIL & PAPER</u> - which | |||
includes, among others, <u>BOXES</u>, <u>BATTLESHIPS</u>, <u>GO-MOKU</u>, <u>ELEUSIS</u>, | |||
<u>SPROUTS</u>, <u>SUBTERFUGE</u>, <u>THINK A LETTER</u>, <u>PENTOMINOES</u>. Letters to | |||
editor - letter from <u>John Boardman</u> mentioning <u>MAH JONG</u> and | |||
<u>SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA</u>; readers asking about games | |||
they remember - <u>CONFRONT</u>, <u>MILITAIRE</u>, and an unnamed <u>GAME</u>. | |||
Ads for <u>TOURNAMENT GOLF</u>, <u>JACKPOT</u>, <u>MONEY GO ROUND</u>, <u>MASTER MIND</u>. | |||
Called <u>Felicia</u>. Not in and left message for her to call me. | |||
In Plastic catalog saw that 1/2" balls are 5¢ each, down to | |||
2¢ each for 1000 or more. Called Steve Saxe about the | |||
<u>GAME</u> we discussed yesterday. (I'll call it <u>LOUVER</u> as a | |||
working title.) He'll check on the availability and price | |||
of glass balls. | |||
Called <u>Claude</u>. We'll go to Philadelphia next Friday unless | |||
Claude has to work overtime Thursday night. He mentioned | |||
a book <u>YOU CAN THINK BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN</u> which | |||
says it has a lot of games, but they are probably puzzles. | |||
BB suggested changing the house around again. Discussed it and | |||
finally decided on her and I sharing the upstairs living room | |||
while Dana takes both walls of Dale's room, except for the | |||
6 boxes I have there. Put a lot of the duplicate games, both | |||
mine and others, in 4 of those boxes. | |||