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120TH DAY - 246 DAYS TO COME | 120TH DAY - 246 DAYS TO COME | ||
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<u>Earl Perel</u> called. His friend, Issie, who Earl wants to | <u>Earl Perel</u> called. His friend, Issie, who Earl wants to | ||
involve in the application for a government grant can't | involve in the application for a government grant can't | ||
make it on May 1st. We set date for May 8th instead. | make it on May 1st. We set date for May 8th instead. | ||
<s>Call from Claude. Nothing specifically about gam</s> | <s>Call from Claude. Nothing specifically about gam</s> | ||
<u>Clara Karlan</u> brought me a large box of variously colored | <br><u>Clara Karlan</u> brought me a large box of variously colored | ||
construction paper. | construction paper. | ||
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(cont. from 4/30) | (cont. from 4/30) [5/2] | ||
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<u>SECRET LETTER</u> (Puzzle) The 26 letters are placed each on a card | |||
in stylized shapes so that the parts shown behind windows. | |||
Players in turn look behind a window and guess when | |||
they think they have the letter <s>guessed</s> figured out. | |||
One version has electrical contacts and a probe instead of windows, with a light | |||
to indicate a part that belongs to the letter. | |||
<br><u>BALLS & CHAINS</u> (Puzzle) There are 16 recesses in a 4 x 4 grid, | |||
each one marked with 1 of 4 (I believe) colors. There are four | |||
chains, each with 4 balls threaded on it, the length being | |||
such that the balls could be placed along the long diagonal. | |||
The object is to place the 16 balls in holes of matching colors. | |||
<br><u>Bailey</u> has left a $30,000 job as an engineer (probably retired) to | |||
work on games. So far the only things he has placed are with | |||
Game-O-Philes (<u>Charles Wivel</u>) and they are supposed to be at the | |||
Stationery Show. So that I could <s>place</s> recognize them for | |||
reviews he told me the names : - <u>FRUSTABLES</u>, & <u>PEGOPTOMY</u> are puzzle- | |||
games. <u>FLIP-FLOP</u> is a strategy board game. (Felicia mentioned that | |||
she heard that Wivel is in financial trouble.) | |||
<br><u>Bailey</u> had been using <u>Edson</u> as an agent but got mad when he wouldn't | |||
keep after Hallmark on the game (or puzzle) of his and left him. That | |||
is the game that Felicia found out they are sending an option on. | |||
The name is <u>SECRET SEQUENCE</u>, not <u>SECRET SYNTHESIS</u>. | |||
<br><u>Herb Roth</u> called me in to his office. He showed me <u>LIE, CHEAT & STEAL</u> | |||
now in the bookcase size box. Also he now has <u>AIRPORT</u>, but not an | |||
open one. Their newest is <u>THE FEEL WHEEL</u>, which is both in | |||
''<u>PSYCHOLOGY TODAY</u>'' and in a boxed version. | |||
<br>Told Herb I'd bring him pictures of the Xerox exhibit as soon | |||
as I get them. | |||
<br><u>Felicia</u> told me, in confidence, that Western Publishing (Whitman) | |||
is very close to dropping games altogether. | |||
<br>She spoke to <u>Jim Goldsberry</u> again late Friday 4/28, but | |||
nothing more about my games. | |||
<br><u>Shelly Lieberman</u> of EduCards is looking for original children's | |||
card <u>GAMES</u>. Stancraft is still looking for adult card <u>GAME</u>s and | |||
promised Felicia that they would promote them. | |||
To Joan Silbert. She just had a background map. I helped | |||
her place the cities on an overlay. I'll go there again soon to check | |||
her finished layout. | |||
<br>(cont. on 4/[???]) | |||