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8/29
THURSDAY 23 DECEMBER
1971 357th day - 8 days to come

Downtown to meet Bob Gellman and a photographer Martine Gilcrest at a restaurant. Discussed GO SEE and a possible new name. She suggested RACE THE SUN (which she has registered). After she left Bob and I talked some more. I suggested HOLIDAY and he suggested JET HOLIDAY which we both liked.
To the studio and home of Joan, who does art work for Research Games. Bob & I discussed JET HOLIDAY. He told me will probably get slides from Martine to use for the cards. She will let him use them at $25 each if he includes a illegible flier for possible purchases by game buyers of her travel slides (which is one of her businesses) if her business agent concurs. Otherwise she wanted $100 each.
He gave me a number of cities not to use since Martine doesn't have slides for them, also some to add that he has slides of himself.
I suggested 64 cards so that 8 players could each get 8 cards. He agreed.
We discussed the art work on the box. He suggested a number of couples playing in a cocktail party setting. I suggested a 747 lounge as the setting and he liked it.
For the inexpensive series of games they already have the illegible following themes covered: Cowboys, Pirates, Spies, Picnic, Jungle Animals. He would like me to come up with some other themes and I suggested Space.
Because he works so close on these he doesn't give 570 royalties.
He again said that he is doing JET HOLIDAY because he wants me to think of him when I have a game. He doesn't expect me to show it to him before 3M, but possibly next. I said that if they wanted a game on any subject I would work on it just for him. He said that his partner could come up with a game if they had a subject.
I saw him showing some art work on a game, MASTER SPY, to Joan. Didn't get any details.

A lot more thinking on FOREIGN INTRIGUE and think I have it just about licked.

Letter from Mike Abrams. His SUCCESSION has been put out as BLOCK 'N SCORE. He sent me a folder from the company, "Simile II" which mentions several simulation games for lower grades and a free catalog which lists CRISIS, NAPOLI, SITTE, and METROPOLITS.
A book THE GUIDE TO SIMULATION GAMES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING is listed for $15.00.

Call from Earl Perel. He had a suggestion for enlarging ISOLATION to a 12x12 board and for making it with alternating green and white horizontal rows divided into spaces by vertical red lines. I told him I would write to Eric
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