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28 FRIDAY - APRIL 1972 119TH DAY - 247 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. [received] a letter from George Gingery, an AGOG reader who had written to me before. Mentioned ABACA, ZETEMA, THREE MUSKETEERS (some words on strategy), CARDS (a sample game), CARD CROQUET, RANDOO, ROOK, MONAD, PLANK, AL PHA BET.
Rcd. a letter from Haar Hoolim. Sent me rules in Hebrew for Prof. [Professor] Tauber's GAME that he said is something like SUIT YOURSELF. He also described it as it was in Tauber's correspondence. There is a resemblance, but it certainly isn't a steal.
Also discussed UP, 7-UP, ANTI-GRAVITATION, TANGRAMS, BRIDG-IT, HEX, STOPLO.

Rcd. a telephone call from Felicia. Just as she was ready to call Jim Kraus she rcd. an answer from him to her last letters.
IMAGE will be introduced into the Bookshelf line in mid-summer.
POINT OF LAW - he disagrees with Felicia that it is not a game. True there isn't movement on a board, but it brings out discussion and opposing viewpoints and the young will enjoy the interaction. (Felicia and I still disagree.)
TORTS - THE GAME OF LAWSUITS - Since they are not pursuing the "Family Game Line" they are no longer interested in this.
Because of some current tests, further gamettes, including PROFIT, are not being pursued at present.
Everyone will be at the Stationery Show.
Felicia hopes that we will get a chance to talk to them. She is afraid that Pearl & Larry will bug Bill Caruson about HIGH-BID and that he'll just drop it. (Apparently no one has notified her about what Jack Davis told me.) Actually Pearl & Larry Winters have the money and are willing to put out HIGH BID themselves.
Al Richter may be in next Tuesday morning if he doesn't have to go to a job interview. Felicia may have a model assignment for him.
Asked her if she had any more information from Hallmark. They are too busy, she said, getting the games ready.
Some info I didn't get yesterday : - Larry (?) the one who took Bob Edwards place, has been moved into sales. The new man is Bob Johnson who had had a small game and crafts business of his own. Goldsberry thinks he is the greatest.
Johnson will be in at Stationery Show looking at things. Goldsberry doesn't want him to bother with inventors but Felicia will try to arrange for us to meet.

Phil found an article "Guide to Party-giving" in the Sept. '67 [September 1967] issue of SEVENTEEN. Among other things it mentioned THE NAME DROPPER GAME, CALL-IT-GOLF, RSVP, YACHT RACE, ESP.

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