Return to revision history
Revision as of 11:22:02, 1 August 2024 by Lboland
start project
Revision as of 15:36:46, 1 August 2024 by Lboland
This revision marked as completed.
Line 1: Line 1:
 
11/25
<br>12/7
<br>12/6
<br>12/5
<br>11/19
<br>11/28
<br>11/27
<br>10 Wednesday - December 1975
<br>344th day - 21 days to come
----
Had an idea for a game I can probably get away with call-
ing <u>DICKENS</u>. On a hexagonal field players take turns
placing one letter. Each tries to form words in one of
the 6 directions, and up to 6 can play. In placing a
letter, a player must make a word in at least one direc-
tion - not necessarily his own. Score for longest word
in each row as follows: 2-1, 3-2, 4-4, 5-7, 6-10, 7-15,
8-20, 9-25.
<br>Later thinking of some variations. 1) Letters can be skipped
in determining a word. 2) Players write their letters in
their own color. Players score bonuses for each letter in
a word that is not their own color - but not more than 1 for
a two-letter word and 2 for a three- letter word, and only
if all of the letters are not his own color for these two cases.
BB suggested the name <u>CARROLL</u> for <u>SUPERGHOSTS</u>.
<br>To S.P.I. Gave my column to <u>Redmund</u>. Made repros- 6 each - of
<u>JOYCE</u>, <u>POE</u>, and <u>O. HENRY</u>. Made a copy of the 3M letter to give to
<u>Felicia</u>, without the company to which it was addressed.
<u>Howie Barasch</u> gave me a letter from <u>Jack J. Jaffe</u>, who is a fan of my
column - in England. He enclosed info on two games he published -
<u>PERSONA</u> and <u>LIBIDO</u>. Will send review copies if I want. He also
wants me to be an honorary V.P. of "SIGMA" - an organization he
is trying to set up.
<br>To <u>Felicia</u>. Gave her the 3M letter. After some discussion we agreed
that she would write to May asking what's doing - and send a carbon
to <u>Keith Tuggle</u>.
She mentioned it to <u>Herb Roth</u> and he was surprised that Crisloid
didn't get a letter. He'd love them to take the 3M line so that he
could sell it.
<br>I mentioned that company in Germany was interested in
<u>SLEUTH</u>. At first she wanted to try to get it back at once, but
then we decided to wait until she hears from May.
She has a date next Tuesday with Parker - not sure whether it will be
<u>Bill Dohrmann</u>, or <u>Andrea Donahue</u> (who is now in charge of games
at Parker), or both. She is going to show them:
<u>STARSHIP EXPLORER</u>, by <u>Alan Newman</u>, is one that he loves but she
doesn't like too much! I looked at it and didn't care for it much, Rough-
ly it is a question of moving planets and mining minerals. A
gadget to "assay" the mineral is simply a little vertical "bagatelle"
with a ball dropped at the top and going into various slots. (It
is marked ©1975 Creative Dynamics Inc. - <s>with Felic</s> which Felicia
tells me is Alan and another fellow who is a designer.)
<br><u>MASTER SPY</u>, by Alan, which Parker was earlier this year and liked.
They said then that if they take it, it will be next year's big game.
I saw it earlier this year.
<br><u>WILD, WILD, WEST</u>, by Alan, - which I also saw but didn't get the
<br>(cont. on 12/7)