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FRIDAY 21 MAY 1971 141st day - 224 days to come

Called Felicia. Told her about THE PACKER'S SECRET and TWELVE CIRCLES. She thanked me. She rcd. a GAME model from Connor Barrett and he put a high value on it and she had to play $15 duty. She is going to have a meeting with Mr. Dobbs of the Chicago firm that put out THE GREAT DOWNHILL SKI GAME. They are interested primarily in more action games like TENNIS ANYONE? She is going to show him a game CHECKPOINT CHARLIE by a new client she says is very prolific and good. (I said it must be a cold war game but she said it wasn't.) She was very depressed and said that business was lousy all over. And if things continued this way 3M might go out of games. Later I told her how much this worried me and she said things would have to stay bad another 2 years before any such thing would happen. I told her about EXECUTIVE DECISION in "Frederick Atkins" catalog. Also about Dick Littlefield's wanting to get me into a personal ap- pearance at Brentano's. She said forget it. Nobody can get along with the gal in charge of advertising who'd have to approve it. Discussed my writing to Jim Kraus on BAZAAR. She wants a carbon. She is going to tell Al Richter that he'd better handle his games himself. They are just to big and expensive for the play value. Urban Systems is in trouble; not getting reorders. Told her about INCAZEC which I saw at Marge Naramore's. Date next Thurs. at 10:30 to see POWUR and AFRICAN CHESS. Irv Brambier is going to be in Canada and he will call Alfons Rubbens to ask about FREE FORM, TRY-ANGLES, and the others things he took. He didn't answer Felicia's letters. Felicia told me that Jim Goldsbury said not to tell the inventors anything. When she plugged RED LETTER she got no reaction. The only things she knows for sure to be in the first batch are: DUEL, FITTING & PROPER, and MAKE-A-PUZZLE GAME. There was some more talk of my going to Kansas City as a solid citizen game inventor. Felicia chided Jim about their wanting original things and then wanting something like BRIDGE and X-Word Puzzles, which they are very hot on. I told her about M.B.'s GROUP. Told her I'd try to come up with something on each of these. Felicia mentioned to me that Hallmark is crazy about DUEL because it is "like" something else. Felicia mentioned giving RIDERS UP to Claude, saying she had offered it to me. I told her that I didn't think so, but that I was glad she had given it to Claude; he'd get more opportunity to make use of it.

Called Arthur. I'll meet Wald and him at 10:00 Thursday at 200 Fifth Ave.

(cont. from 5/31) [6/3] allow switching of any two bases (plus towers) in a line as long as the colors match in the new positions. This is one move. [started 6/3]

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English FRIDAY 21 MAY
1971 141st day - 224 days to come


Called Felicia. Told her about THE PACKER'S SECRET and TWELVE CIRCLES.
She thanked me.
She rcd. a GAME model from Connor Barrett and he put a high
value on it and she had to play $15 duty.
She is going to have a meeting with Mr. Dobbs of the Chicago
firm that put out THE GREAT DOWNHILL SKI GAME. They are
interested primarily in more action games like TENNIS ANYONE?
She is going to show him a game CHECKPOINT CHARLIE by a
new client she says is very prolific and good. (I said it must
be a cold war game but she said it wasn't.)
She was very depressed and said that business was lousy all over.
And if things continued this way 3M might go out of games.
Later I told her how much this worried me and she said things
would have to stay bad another 2 years before any such thing
would happen.
I told her about EXECUTIVE DECISION in "Frederick Atkins" catalog.
Also about Dick Littlefield's wanting to get me into a personal ap-
pearance at Brentano's. She said forget it. Nobody can get along
with the gal in charge of advertising who'd have to approve it.
Discussed my writing to Jim Kraus on BAZAAR. She wants a carbon.
She is going to tell Al Richter that he'd better handle his games
himself. They are just to big and expensive for the play value.
Urban Systems is in trouble; not getting reorders.
Told her about INCAZEC which I saw at Marge Naramore's.
Date next Thurs. at 10:30 to see POWUR and AFRICAN CHESS.
Irv Brambier is going to be in Canada and he will call Alfons
Rubbens to ask about FREE FORM, TRY-ANGLES, and the others
things he took. He didn't answer Felicia's letters.
Felicia told me that Jim Goldsbury said not to tell the inventors
anything. When she plugged RED LETTER she got no reaction. The
only things she knows for sure to be in the first batch are: DUEL,
FITTING & PROPER, and MAKE-A-PUZZLE GAME. There was some more
talk of my going to Kansas City as a solid citizen game inventor.
Felicia chided Jim about their wanting original things and
then wanting something like BRIDGE and X-Word Puzzles, which
they are very hot on. I told her about M.B.'s GROUP. Told her
I'd try to come up with something on each of these.
Felicia mentioned to me that Hallmark is crazy about DUEL
because it is "like" something else.
Felicia mentioned giving RIDERS UP to Claude, saying she had
offered it to me. I told her that I didn't think so, but that
I was glad she had given it to Claude; he'd get more opportunity
to make use of it.
Called Arthur. I'll meet Wald and him at 10:00 Thursday at
200 Fifth Ave.


(cont. from 5/31) [6/3]
allow switching of any two bases (plus towers) in a line as long
as the colors match in the new positions. This is one move.
[started 6/3]