1970_Sackson_085_March 06.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1970
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
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Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1970_Sackson_085_March 06.jpg
Title
1970_Sackson_085_March 06.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1970
Type
image
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
Language
English
Coverage
1970
Rights
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
transcription
FRIDAY 6 MARCH
1970 65th day - 300 days to come
Thinking of a germ of a GAME idea. Players solve a
mystery by circulating around exchanging information.
(party game!)
Rcd. a letter from Phil Orbanes and samples of the stationery
for the various divisions of "Infinity Quest Corp."
Rcd. the March IDEAS NEWSLETTER, also a mebership
application and information sheet.
Rcd. an ad sheet for [illegible word crossed out] MERGERS GAME - put out by
"James J. Augustine & Associates". I'll have to write to
them for a copy.
Called Jim Dunnigan about the introduction to my next
column in S&T. He said to wait until I rcd. the Jan. -
Feb. 1970 copy which he is sending and then base what
I say on what he announced in Recon.
(cont. from 3/3) [3/3]
now Waddingtons will market in the U.S.A. The games
they will sell here are: - TOTOPOLY, RAILROADER,
AIR CHARTER, FORUMULA 1, SKUDO (which is listed in the cat-
alog he gave me as "new"), BLAST-OFF! , SUM-IT (which
is now changed to decimal currency - see 1966), WHOT,
LEXICON (but only one game is included now), SHOP (which
he says is a childish game)
Other games not being sold here are CUBE FUSION,
EXPLORATION, THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN
, SORRY,
MONOPOLY, CLUEDO, ONE TOO MANY (A balancing game),
WHOOPS (a whacky game), CLICK (a "new" dice game with 5
dice).
AIR CHARTER he says has a simple game and also a
strategic advanced game. He is sending me a review
copy. He will also send me copies of EXPLORATION and WHOOPS
for my personal collection. He ask if he should send them
air mail and I said that there wasn't that much hurry. Sur-
face mail should take about 6 weeks.
Chad Valley - Got copy of their 1970 catalog. Contains the following:-
MOON RACE, ZODIAC, ESCALADO, COMPUTOR TIC TAC TOE (which looks the
same as THINK-A-DOT).
Simplay - They had a game OLYMPICS in which the various events are
competed in simultaneously by throw of dice (I believe), probably special
dice. In theire ad sheet they list a game - RUN AMOK CAR RALLY,
which I didn't see.
(cont. on 3/7)
1970 65th day - 300 days to come
Thinking of a germ of a GAME idea. Players solve a
mystery by circulating around exchanging information.
(party game!)
Rcd. a letter from Phil Orbanes and samples of the stationery
for the various divisions of "Infinity Quest Corp."
Rcd. the March IDEAS NEWSLETTER, also a mebership
application and information sheet.
Rcd. an ad sheet for [illegible word crossed out] MERGERS GAME - put out by
"James J. Augustine & Associates". I'll have to write to
them for a copy.
Called Jim Dunnigan about the introduction to my next
column in S&T. He said to wait until I rcd. the Jan. -
Feb. 1970 copy which he is sending and then base what
I say on what he announced in Recon.
(cont. from 3/3) [3/3]
now Waddingtons will market in the U.S.A. The games
they will sell here are: - TOTOPOLY, RAILROADER,
AIR CHARTER, FORUMULA 1, SKUDO (which is listed in the cat-
alog he gave me as "new"), BLAST-OFF! , SUM-IT (which
is now changed to decimal currency - see 1966), WHOT,
LEXICON (but only one game is included now), SHOP (which
he says is a childish game)
Other games not being sold here are CUBE FUSION,
EXPLORATION, THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN
, SORRY,
MONOPOLY, CLUEDO, ONE TOO MANY (A balancing game),
WHOOPS (a whacky game), CLICK (a "new" dice game with 5
dice).
AIR CHARTER he says has a simple game and also a
strategic advanced game. He is sending me a review
copy. He will also send me copies of EXPLORATION and WHOOPS
for my personal collection. He ask if he should send them
air mail and I said that there wasn't that much hurry. Sur-
face mail should take about 6 weeks.
Chad Valley - Got copy of their 1970 catalog. Contains the following:-
MOON RACE, ZODIAC, ESCALADO, COMPUTOR TIC TAC TOE (which looks the
same as THINK-A-DOT).
Simplay - They had a game OLYMPICS in which the various events are
competed in simultaneously by throw of dice (I believe), probably special
dice. In theire ad sheet they list a game - RUN AMOK CAR RALLY,
which I didn't see.
(cont. on 3/7)
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