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THURSDAY 13 MAY 1971 133rd day - 232 days to come

Jack Davis called while I was out and I called back and spoke to Jan. They don't have the SLEUTH glossy yet.

Finished the S&T column. In evening spoke to Jim about getting it to him. Red wants a picture of me for my column logo. Will bring some (the ones Dana took for the jacket cover) in with me tomorrow.

Bought the Hasbro-NBC game IT TAKES TWO at Job Lot for $1.95. They also had some others, including MOB STRATEGY.

Rcd. a letter from an AGOG reader. He particularly liked NETWORK and had some suggestions for making it into a proprietory game.

(cont. from 5/14) [5/17]

Reminded him of the NILE I ordered. He doesn't have any and I didn't push it. he is not doing anything with his GAME OF THE MONTH CLUB - N.J. yet. Kontrell Industries:- Met Walter York-Koenigstein (see 12/21/70), who, together with two partners, put out his NINETYSEVEN. They will be coming out with two more of his and would like to look at some of mine. Told Walter to get in touch with Felicia. Took a review copy of NINETYSEVEN. At a distributor's booth saw a copy of BOTTOM'S UP (Taurus). The rules were missing but it seemed like drinking and sex game with a college background. In the "Discovery Room" the one game 3M showed was SLEUTH, and S&R's was BALI. Dynamic Enterprises Inc: In addition to THE GOTCHA GAME and KING CHECK, they now handle ^and I took a copy of, SPECULATION, THE MONEY MARKET GAME, and BYZANTIUM (since the one I have is imperfect). The gal there needed a stapler and I ran down to Woolworth's to get her one (she repaid me). Package Creators, Inc: "Mini-Games." Took an ad sheet. Looked only at the FOOTBALL game. There is a pack of cards divided into Offensive & Defensive, but these are shuffled together. Each player gets 10 in a hand. When on offense play one of these cards. Then defense plays one of his. But each card is followed individu- ally. A player can't kick on his 4th down unless he has a "kick" card. (Fairly complete idea.) Other games are BASEBALL, GOLF, COMPOSE (make your own crossword puzzle), TWORDY (a word RUMMY game), and MINI-PYR. Benjor: They insisted that I take a copy of EXECUTIVE PICK UP. Gametime: Bob Hallowell there and two gals who did SWITCHED-ON ESP, which is a globe into which a card with the message to be sent is placed so only the sender sees it. It lights up in a pulse to correspond with the sender's pulse beat. This helps him to con- centrate on the sending. (cont. on 4/25)

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English THURSDAY 13 MAY
1971 133rd day - 232 days to come


Jack Davis called while I was out and I called back and spoke
to Jan. They don't have the SLEUTH glossy yet.
Finished the S&T column. In evening spoke to Jim about
getting it to him. Red wants a picture of me for my column
logo. Will bring some (the ones Dana took for the jacket
cover) in with me tomorrow.
Bought the Hasbro-NBC game IT TAKES TWO at Job Lot for $1.95.
They also had some others, including MOB STRATEGY.
Rcd. a letter from an AGOG reader. He particularly liked NETWORK
and had some suggestions for making it into a proprietory game.


(cont. from 5/14) [5/17]
Reminded him of the NILE I ordered. He doesn't have any
and I didn't push it. he is not doing anything with his
GAME OF THE MONTH CLUB - N.J. yet.
Kontrell Industries:- Met Walter York-Koenigstein (see 12/21/70), who,
together with two partners, put out his NINETYSEVEN. They
will be coming out with two more of his and would like to look
at some of mine. Told Walter to get in touch with Felicia. Took a
review copy of NINETYSEVEN.
At a distributor's booth saw a copy of BOTTOM'S UP (Taurus). The
rules were missing but it seemed like drinking and sex game
with a college background.
In the "Discovery Room" the one game 3M showed was SLEUTH, and
S&R's was BALI.
Dynamic Enterprises Inc: In addition to THE GOTCHA GAME and
KING CHECK, they now handle ^and I took a copy of, SPECULATION, THE MONEY MARKET GAME,
and BYZANTIUM (since the one I have is imperfect). The gal there
needed a stapler and I ran down to Woolworth's to get her one (she
repaid me).
Package Creators, Inc: "Mini-Games." Took an ad sheet. Looked
only at the FOOTBALL game. There is a pack of cards divided into
Offensive & Defensive, but these are shuffled together. Each
player gets 10 in a hand. When on offense play one of these cards.
Then defense plays one of his. But each card is followed individu-
ally. A player can't kick on his 4th down unless he has a "kick" card.
(Fairly complete idea.) Other games are BASEBALL, GOLF,
COMPOSE (make your own crossword puzzle), TWORDY (a word RUMMY
game), and MINI-PYR.
Benjor: They insisted that I take a copy of EXECUTIVE PICK UP.
Gametime: Bob Hallowell there and two gals who did SWITCHED-ON ESP,
which is a globe into which a card with the message to be sent is
placed so only the sender sees it. It lights up in a pulse to
correspond with the sender's pulse beat. This helps him to con-
centrate on the sending.
(cont. on 4/25)