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 TH DAY - 109 DAYS TO COME
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-Rcd. my <u>NOST</u> membership card - 9/1/73 - 8/31/74.  <br>
+Rcd. [received] my <u>NOST</u> membership card - 9/1/73 - 8/31/74.  <br>
-Rcd. a letter from an <u>S & T</u> reader who wants to buy a  <br>
+Rcd. a letter from an <u><i>S & T</i></u> reader who wants to buy a
-copy of <u>AGOG</u>. The letter was sent by Al Nofi. I think it  <br>
+copy of <u>AGOG</u>. The letter was sent by Al Nofi. I think it
-is from England, but am not sure. The writer mentions   <br>
+is from England, but am not sure. The writer mentions
 that he enclosed an "International reply coupon."  <br>
-Rcd. ''<u>G & P</u>'' #17. Articles and Gamesviews on: - <u>FOX & GEESE</u>,  <br>
+Rcd. ''<u>G & P</u>'' #17. Articles and Gamesviews on: - <u>FOX & GEESE</u>,
-<u>SOLITAIRE</u>, <u>DECLINE & FALL</u>, <u>SKITTLES</u>, <u>FOIL</u>, <u>MATTIX</u>,   <br>
+<u>SOLITAIRE</u>, <u>DECLINE & FALL</u>, <u>SKITTLES</u>, <u>FOIL</u>, <u>MATTIX</u>,
 <u>NUMBERS UP</u>, <u>TABLE SOCCER</u>, plus the standards.
-Also <u>PENTOMINOES</u>.  <br>
+Also <u>PENTOMINOES</u>.
-<u>Claude</u> returned the book <u>HANKY PANKY</u>.
+<u>Claude</u> returned the book <u><i>HANKY PANKY</i></u>.
-Call from <u>Bob Gellman</u>. He thought I'd be in today. Told him   <br>
+Call from <u>Bob Gellman</u>. He thought I'd be in today. Told him
-I'd drop in Monday. We'll bring a "Gamut" game to show the   <br>
+I'd drop in Monday. We'll bring a "Gamut" game to show the
 jig saw arrangement and also the 3M measurements of their box.  <br>
-Bob said that he had gotten together with <u>Felicia</u> and <u>Herb Roth</u> was   <br>
+Bob said that he had gotten together with <u>Felicia</u> and <u>Herb Roth</u> was
-there. He, Bob, mentioned that he had heard that D.O.I [?] was being   <br>
+there. He, Bob, mentioned that he had heard that D.D.I  was being
 taken over by <u>Bob Reiss</u>. Herb said that it positively wasn't so.  <br>
-I said that I had heard some rumors, but that I never say   <br>
+I said that I had heard some rumors, but that I never say
 anything unless I am told that it is not confidential.
 Finished the rules for <u>PUSHOVER</u>.
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-(cont. from 9/14)  [9/17]
+(cont. from 9/14) [9/17]
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-played <u>TABLUT</u>. In connection
+played <u>TABLUT</u>. In connection with the version they are
+putting out, they found that the escaping side had an
+almost insurmountable advantage. I told him about the
+version <u>FREEDOM'S CONTEST, OR THE BATTLE OF THE UNION</u> (see 8/3/63).
+He said that had determined that the King's move should be
+limited to 3 spaces, as in that game. They also do not allow
+the King to capture when he moves, altho he can be used as
+the stationary member in a custodian capture.  <br>
+Phil has a date next Wednesday with Jay Peterson, Hoi  <br>
+Polloi's art director, to go over the p & p games, bypassing
+<u>Carl</u>, who is too busy with other things. Carl said to forget
+about what he had previously rejected. So Phil said he has over
+things to show.  <br>
+Phil will call me after the meeting, probably on Thursday.  <br>
+Showed Phil <u>THE WORM TURNS</u>. He thought it would be what
+Hoi Polloi would like for the wood line. He said to prepare a
+new model with the wood-grain cardboard, and to make it
+twice as thick (4 layers) so that Carl wouldn't say it looks cheap.  <br>
+He also thought that <u>SLIDEWORD</u> (tho not the name) and the
+pc. [piece] <u>GAME</u> would be good.  <br>
+The models should be ready by the end of the rules won't be necessary then.<br>
+Phil is working on a series of premium games (possibly for Post
+cereals) with the overall title "Great Moments in American History".
+He had two there: <u>BLUE COATS & RED COATS</u>,  <br>
+(cont. on 9/12)