1970_Sackson_294_October 01.jpg
Creator
Sid Sackson
Date
1970
Format
.jpg
Source
Box 1, Object 8, Sid Sackson collection
Item sets
Rights Statement
The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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1970_Sackson_294_October 01.jpg
Title
1970_Sackson_294_October 01.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
9/29
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 1970
Missouri Day (Mo.)
Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashana 274th day - 91 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Henry Lamb. He rcd. AIRLINE and he feels that
it has merit. He will be seeing Tom Atwater next week.
At Cross County "Wanamaker's" saw (I belive) 4 of
the Gamettes, but not VENTURE or MONAD. They did have
ACQUIRE and AGOG.
Saw EXECUTIVE PICK UP (Benjor). The same as PICK UP STICKS
except that the sticks are about 1/4" square wood with
fancy Indian style decorations. There are also wooden
betting chips. Play is the same except that the player
whose turn it is can place a bet as to how many sticks
he will pick up, with any player(s) who is willing to ar-
range a bet with him.
Checked the price of THE CITIES GAME - $7.
Saw another game DON'T BUG ME which seemed to be based
on betting - in a humorous vein - but didn't [crossout] look at it.
Finished the new deck for SLEUTH.
Called Tom Atwater just after 11 (not in before).
Told him of my letter from Henry Lamb. In his phone
conversation with Henry Henry sounded as if he was
pretty definitely going to use TRANSFORMATION and
AIRLINE.
They are also going to use Alex' TOUR, but don't like
the name. There is also a good chance for MAD MATE.
Tom will be in Minneapolis-St. Paul to see. Hank Simmons, Henry
Lamb, and 3M. He is leaving Monday morning.
I described TANGLED WEB to him and he definitely wanted
to show it to both Simmons & Lamb. I'm to send it
to Tom c/o [bracket] H.Y. Simmons
Leisure Dynamics Inc.
4570 W. 77th St.
Minneapolis, Minn. 55435
He will talk to Lamb again about the mix-up on my 2
box jackets. We both doubt that anything will be done
before this run is sold out. Under Alex's prodding they are
fixing up CASTILLE, not quite as Alex wants it, but much
better than the original.
Tom has a copy of Alex' game published in Japan for
me, when we get together, [crossout] SPOTS.
I asked and Tom said he hasn't been able to place
ROUND THE CLOCK. We both agree it is one of the Alex'
best.
Tom hasn't had the time to really look at HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.
I'll hold up on it for awhile.
We discussed "Parker" and the busy direction in which they are
moving. Tom doesn't think much of Bill Dohrman & thinks
he won't last long. A new man, Mike MacCarthy, now seems
to be in charge of adult games and Tom thinks he is good.
(cont. on 9/28)
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 1970
Missouri Day (Mo.)
Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashana 274th day - 91 days to come
Rcd. a letter from Henry Lamb. He rcd. AIRLINE and he feels that
it has merit. He will be seeing Tom Atwater next week.
At Cross County "Wanamaker's" saw (I belive) 4 of
the Gamettes, but not VENTURE or MONAD. They did have
ACQUIRE and AGOG.
Saw EXECUTIVE PICK UP (Benjor). The same as PICK UP STICKS
except that the sticks are about 1/4" square wood with
fancy Indian style decorations. There are also wooden
betting chips. Play is the same except that the player
whose turn it is can place a bet as to how many sticks
he will pick up, with any player(s) who is willing to ar-
range a bet with him.
Checked the price of THE CITIES GAME - $7.
Saw another game DON'T BUG ME which seemed to be based
on betting - in a humorous vein - but didn't [crossout] look at it.
Finished the new deck for SLEUTH.
Called Tom Atwater just after 11 (not in before).
Told him of my letter from Henry Lamb. In his phone
conversation with Henry Henry sounded as if he was
pretty definitely going to use TRANSFORMATION and
AIRLINE.
They are also going to use Alex' TOUR, but don't like
the name. There is also a good chance for MAD MATE.
Tom will be in Minneapolis-St. Paul to see. Hank Simmons, Henry
Lamb, and 3M. He is leaving Monday morning.
I described TANGLED WEB to him and he definitely wanted
to show it to both Simmons & Lamb. I'm to send it
to Tom c/o [bracket] H.Y. Simmons
Leisure Dynamics Inc.
4570 W. 77th St.
Minneapolis, Minn. 55435
He will talk to Lamb again about the mix-up on my 2
box jackets. We both doubt that anything will be done
before this run is sold out. Under Alex's prodding they are
fixing up CASTILLE, not quite as Alex wants it, but much
better than the original.
Tom has a copy of Alex' game published in Japan for
me, when we get together, [crossout] SPOTS.
I asked and Tom said he hasn't been able to place
ROUND THE CLOCK. We both agree it is one of the Alex'
best.
Tom hasn't had the time to really look at HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.
I'll hold up on it for awhile.
We discussed "Parker" and the busy direction in which they are
moving. Tom doesn't think much of Bill Dohrman & thinks
he won't last long. A new man, Mike MacCarthy, now seems
to be in charge of adult games and Tom thinks he is good.
(cont. on 9/28)
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