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'''19 MONDAY - JUNE 1972'''
'''19 MONDAY - JUNE 1972'''
171ST DAY - 195 DAYS TO COME
171ST DAY - 195 DAYS TO COME
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Rcd. a post card from <u>Mike Abrams</u> about <u>BLOCK 'N SCORE</u>.
Rcd. a post card from <u>Mike Abrams</u> about <u>BLOCK 'N SCORE</u>.


Rcd. a call
Rcd. a call from <u>Wald Amberstone</u>. <u>Ned Strongin</u> was approached by a  <br>
company for material that he doesn't have time to supply.  <br>
The manufacturer is interested in NYGA as a group to do the  <br>
work. Wald asked and I said I'd be interested in hearing the  <br>
proposition.  <br>
Wald called me later after hearing from the company. It  <br>
is HASBRO and the man in charge is <u>Dr. Howard Wexler</u> (who  <br>
I met at Pressman last year). We have a meeting set up for  <br>
Friday at 2:00 p.m. at 909 - 3rd Ave., 30th floor (which I later  <br>
discovered was the office of Benton & Bowles).  <br>
Arthur called. He is afraid that <u>Claude</u> intends to bring some  <br>
games to show Friday. I said that if they couldn't convince  <br>
him not to, I would.  <br>
Told Arthur about the meeting here Friday. Invited him  <br>
and Wald and said that I hadn't invited them before because  <br>
they had told me that they couldn't make it here.  <br>
I asked how their games with Strongin were doing. Arthur  <br>
said that HASBRO is considering <u>COUNTERBALANCE</u> and that some  <br>
others are also close.  <br>
Call from Wald. He'll probably come Friday, but not Arthur.  <br>
Claude was convinced not to bring games Friday.  <br>
Long call from <u>Claude</u>. He wanted to go over all the possibilities of  <br>
what might happen Friday.  I wanted to wait until we found out <br>
what is involved before making decisions.
 
Called <u>Bob Gellman</u> and got the answering service again. Called  <br>
<u>Bob Schneider</u> collect. Told him that I was pretty close to completion  <br>
on <u>SCOTLAND YARD</u> and whether I should go ahead. Yes.  <br>
Only the art work on the box is completed so I can do what I  <br>
want on the board.  <br>
Bob said he'd prepare a contract for the game with a  <br>
$500 advance and, after I brought it up, a 3% royalty as he  <br>
first mentioned on the phone.  <br>
He would like me to prepare a game, <u>WHEELS</u>, to go with a  <br>
deck of 52 (or 54) cards with pictures of vintage cars. If  <br>
I want he can add printed material to the pictures that are  <br>
already color separated.  <br>
I asked and he said that Bob Gellman was on a sales trip  <br>
(cont. on 6/18)