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4/27 TUESDAY 28 APRIL 1970 118th day - 247 days to come

Home from work and wrote to:

  • Bob Engel - about DOWNFALL
  • Tom Shaw - thanking him for THE GENERAL and asking for THE STOCK MARKET GAME and KRIEGSPIEL
  • "Mary Louise Fisher" sent her a FOCUS booklet.
  • "Michael Trombetta" - about CASE OF THE ELUSIVE ASSASSIN.
  • Charles Hubbell
  • James Nichols - about JOTTO.
  • Irwin Pfeffer - ASTRO-FLITE.
  • Stephen Howard

Called Felicia and asked about ASTRO-FLITE. She said she'd rather wait until I have tried it but will look at it if he sends it in. She said there is a company inter- ested in an educational space game. I asked her how about my MAN IN SPACE which I did for Impact. She hasn't seen it so I'll bring it to her next week. She had a letter from Bill Caruson. In answer to her request that we be kept informed about European operations he told us that ACQUIRE and BAZAAR were being manufactured in Italy and will be on sale in the fall. (In the Common Market?) Another letter, from Jim Krauss. Their attempt to hit PHLOUNDER into the Gamette (I believe that was it) line didn't work out. They are not looking at anything until the Gamette line is set up. They are thinking of outdoor games for 1971. (Not sure if I have this exactly right.) Felicia will be writing to Bill Caruson and will ask him about EXECUTIVE DECISION. Another client, a sculptor, has a lot of games to show her, next Tuesday I believe. He showed them to a company, CISCO (or something like that) which wants to get into the game business. They liked some of his games, but he decided to try to get them with an established company. So he contacted Felicia.

Called Stan Harris. Not in and he called back. TAM-BIT, TAKE FIVE, and SNAFU sold only 60 each so far. The "House of Games" games are not ready yet, which he thinks might account for some orders not being placed. He also said that the Toy Fair was not good this year and their other items did worse than usual. He still thinks there is a chance of selling 25,000 of each title this year. He is pretty sure that AIRLINE has been completely costed out but they are waiting to see how the rest of the games are going. He wouldn't blame me if I think I can place it elsewhere. I suggested taking back my model if they are finished with it. He'll check on it and call me at the office on the best way to get it back to me.

Called Mickey Mackey. She remembered meeting me at the "M.B." show- (cont. on 4/27)