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6/5 FRIDAY 4 JUNE Ember Day 1971 155th day - 210 days to come

Rcd. a box of games from Gamecraft: TURN-TAC-TOE, [crossed out] NIMBLE NUMBERS, TURN-A-WORD, and ROAMIN' NUMERALS.

While I was out in the morning, Frank Thibault called. He'll call again tonight at 11:00. Has some questions.

To Bob Hallowell in Mt. Kisco with BB. Showed him MANHATTAN MADNESS and he liked it very much. The only question is whether he can produce it to sell at $5, which is the level he'd like to be at. He is thinking of cardboard boxes glued to wood cores, the problem being tol- erences. He talked with Phil Orbanes and he said the Bob Reiss had really liked it. They are still looking for a name for Phil's item, which is a surface something like the one shown in cross section on which up to five balls are whirled. Possibly the balls may be made luminescent. ORBIT is now out and Bob likes ATOMSPHERE. The Reiss crowd will kick it around. One suggestion from there was VERTIGO but I told Bob Parker just came out with this. [sketch of two concave wedges facing one another] or was it [sketch of two convex wedges facing one another] Bob took BB, me, and his secretary for lunch in a nice Chinese restaurant. When we returned I showed him SPECTRUM. He said no doubt it was a good game but he couldn't package it to be eye-catching. He thinks I should show it to 3M. Asked about a copy of NINE OF SWORDS. Right now they are just keeping up with orders, but he gave me one he had there. He said he intended to give me a couple dozen. I said that the contract called for 12. He said to forget about that.

In talking with Ann, she told me that Claude was sending two sets of GENIUS BLOCKS to Frank Armbruster in the next few days. Added this to my letter to Frank. [crossed out] [crossed out] Arthur called. He'll be bringing POWUR to Felicia Tuesday. He'll get copies of the rules tomorrow, including one for me.

When with Bob Hallowell he mentioned that Gini Scott scurries around from manufacturer to manufacturer and tells everything that she knows about the others. He also thinks that she turns out games too fast, not really finishing them. I agreed that she could really come up with some good ones if she would work longer on them.

Frank Thibault called again. He has been trying to sell CONTIGO without success. He thinks there is something wrong with it but can't put his finger on what it is. He asked if I'd be willing to (cont. on 6/5)