1967_Sackson_052_February 01.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1967
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 5, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1967_Sackson_052_February 01.jpg
Title
1967_Sackson_052_February 01.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1967
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 5, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1967
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
Wednesday 1 February 1967
32nd day - 333 days to come
Alice called and asked me to bring back the new rules for SEAPOWER. X wants to look at them.
Claude called. Paul wants to put out WATCH and is pricing ELECTRONIC PLAYMATE. Gimbel's is the first store to take BIG FUNERAL.
Claude looked at some games submitted to Paul. One he took with him is called JUM-PING and was published in Columbia [Colombia]. It is played on a quadrille board which has an hourglass shape. The players start at the long ends and move towards each other as in CHINESE CHECKERS. Jumps are not captures except a horizontal jump which is. At the Far ends the spaces are numbered. The player scores for pcs. [pieces] brought to these squares - the value of the square. He'll bring it along Monday.
Another game he saw but didn't take with him - ARABIAN CHECKERS. This is CHECKERS with numbers on the squares. Each player has checkers with numbers on them and 1 (or more?) plain checkers. Only the plain one can capture. A pc. [piece] on a square of its own number is safe from capture.
BB rcd. [received] a call from Fay Baker. She contacted a big shot at RCA. They would be interested in a TV game that would popularize computers for women. Their eventual aim is home computers to do the housework.
I called the Jules Cooper about ELLERY QUEEN'S CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN. He said he thought he had settled the contract with a clause that it would be renegotiated at the end of 10 years. He'll look into it. He doubts if it will run 10 years. Their idea is to introduce new Ellery Queen cases periodically and remove old ones as interest flags. Said he hoped I'd supply some of the new ones. Wants to get together for lunch during toy fair.
32nd day - 333 days to come
Alice called and asked me to bring back the new rules for SEAPOWER. X wants to look at them.
Claude called. Paul wants to put out WATCH and is pricing ELECTRONIC PLAYMATE. Gimbel's is the first store to take BIG FUNERAL.
Claude looked at some games submitted to Paul. One he took with him is called JUM-PING and was published in Columbia [Colombia]. It is played on a quadrille board which has an hourglass shape. The players start at the long ends and move towards each other as in CHINESE CHECKERS. Jumps are not captures except a horizontal jump which is. At the Far ends the spaces are numbered. The player scores for pcs. [pieces] brought to these squares - the value of the square. He'll bring it along Monday.
Another game he saw but didn't take with him - ARABIAN CHECKERS. This is CHECKERS with numbers on the squares. Each player has checkers with numbers on them and 1 (or more?) plain checkers. Only the plain one can capture. A pc. [piece] on a square of its own number is safe from capture.
BB rcd. [received] a call from Fay Baker. She contacted a big shot at RCA. They would be interested in a TV game that would popularize computers for women. Their eventual aim is home computers to do the housework.
I called the Jules Cooper about ELLERY QUEEN'S CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN. He said he thought he had settled the contract with a clause that it would be renegotiated at the end of 10 years. He'll look into it. He doubts if it will run 10 years. Their idea is to introduce new Ellery Queen cases periodically and remove old ones as interest flags. Said he hoped I'd supply some of the new ones. Wants to get together for lunch during toy fair.
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