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THURSDAY 29 APRIL 1971

119th day - 246 days to come

Call from Felicia while I was out and I called back.
She got statements for HIGH BID (twice the first period last year) and DIAL & LEARN (just a little) but not mine and wanted to know if I had gotten mine. Told her that probably the foreign sales were holding up the reports.
Didn't get all the details but she got a notice from 3M that they were looking into putting their new package line (tho she wasn't sure that only this was affected) into dis- count channels. If they decide to go this way the royalties will be between 2 & 4% depending on the situation. If they go with price fixing the royalties will be between 3 & 4%. She said that if they ask us to take another reduction, we shouldn't. I agreed. -- That is on the games they already have. She decided that she would send TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS to them in any case.
I told her about the goof in EXECUTIVE DECISION and that I rcd. her material on THE HOUSE OF GAMES (see 4/22). She sent it to me to show how hard she was trying. I said that maybe I'd drop in there when I was in the neighborhood.
She asked me about LIVE WIRE - SUDDEN SHOCK and I said I'd get it to her next week.

Another call from Felicia asking the list price of BOUNDARY. I thought it was $6 and she thought that way too.

To William Thompson, of Jones Publ. Co. He gave me a copy of RACE FOR SPACE (TRIOPOLY) & also a copy of BLAST-OFF APOLLO. He showed me a copy of his game BEAT INFLATION. It was simply a question of moving around a board winning and losing money depending on the squares landed on. Also on most moves a card was drawn which caused more exchange of money. He claimed it tought the right way to beat inflation. (Rough idea.)
He also showed me MANHATTAN, which was done by two young fellows. There is a MONOPOLY type board with apartments, hotels, "contacts", and other types of spaces. Object is to start at Grand Central Station and move around getting an apart- ment by landing on an empty one, get a job, either full or part time by landing on a "contact" and drawing a card. There are also chances to go to college - which is optional - by paying money and losing one turn per year, getting a chance for a better job by doing it. Apartments and jobs can be taken away from other players. Not much chance for choice. (Very rough idea.) He asked where he might show it. I said that it wasn't too good as a game, but that it was attractively done and might appeal to the publishers of CLASS. (Told him I'd call with the address.)
He showed me another game by the same fellows called HORSE RACING TONIGHT. It was a simple horse race game with elaborate betting. Each player had his own path with some advantage & disadvantage spaces. Move by dice. (Told

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