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MONDAY 22 MARCH 1971

81st day - 284 days to come

Wrote to Mary Hilt. Told her of work necessary on NOMINATION and that I'd not be ready till Friday of this week, or next Monday. Wrote to Tom Atwater about AIRLINE and TRANSFORMATION contracts. Also that Mary doesn't want to see SPELLBINDER at present.

Called Felicia to tell her of my (2nd) letter from Mary Hilt. Agreed that I'd have NOMINATION and CINEMA to her next Monday.
She told me that she had seen confidential reports on the sales of 3M games and that ours didn't look very good in comparison to some of the others. TWIXT and FACTS IN FIVE are doing very well.
In her calls to retailers she found that [crossout] the Gamettes were not doing well. She did get some of them interested in SLEUTH.
She was going to call Bill Caruson later in day to sound him out on ESCAPE. He had mentioned that he would like to get first look at things and she wants him to promise that he won't hold things up interminably.
She'll also ask him about the status of WILD WOOD PILE. Also BAZAAR. She'll tell him that someone else is interested. I told her about my more adult variation and she'll mention it to him.
Since I'm not coming in tomorrow, she'll hold ESCAPE and the revised version of TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS for me to see next Mon.
She has been consulting with some of the other people in I.S. a- bout what would happen if something happens to help her. She asked if I'd be willing to handle the game end for a salary. Yes.

Felicia called after a long telephone call to Bill Caruson. He said they would be taking a cold look at their line and would weed out whatever wasn't profitable. I asked if ACQUIRE was in danger. She said no. But she didn't ask him about any specific games. She didn't want to put any ideas in his mind.
IMAGE will be tested in the fall.
Bill is interested in ESCAPE and in KA-MA (the game she mentioned on 3/15). (She wants me to look at KA-MA and see if it is different from REINCARNATION.) But anything they look at now will be for the end of '72 or later. But if Felicia delays in showing it, it will be that much later. However, he promised decisions within 6 weeks.
Bill didn't know what was happening with WILD WOOD PILE. He didn't seem very interested in puzzles. He has never heard about a 3-D game by me (PLANES).
Felicia asked him about BAZAAR and told him about Dick Littlefield's idea of putting it in the Gamette line. Also that we had a nibble on it. They are testing a new packaging into which it might fit. It will be at least a year before it is de- cided. He had already sent out a letter to her concerning BAZAAR. He was interested in seeing my adult variation.
In talking about my games he did say that they had some- thing the other games didn't - a third dimension. Felicia

(cont. on 3/21)