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6/21
22 THURSDAY - JUNE 1972
174TH DAY - 192 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. a post card from Don Miller, similar to the one of 6/5
mentioning FEUDAL, TWIXT, THE GAMESMAN #1, and
LE JEU DU LIESNARD BELLIQUEUX.

Finished AIRPORT and then reviewed DEALER'S CHOICE,
completing my column. BB typed it.

Working on SCOTLAND YARD. Completed most of the board -
nothing missing tha was needed for the play. Had BB
type the various cards. Made a summary card and,
when that smudged, made a second one.

(cont. on 6/21)

(cont. from 6/23) [6/23]

Jim said that the S & T circulation is now over 13,000.
Made 6 reproductions of the key sheets for SCOTLAND YARD.
(Later found I left them there, with the original.)
Campion's article mentioned an S & T GUIDE #3.
To 909 - 3rd Ave. Met Wald & Arthur and then Claude. Upstairs
to Benton & Bowles to meet with Howard Wexler, who is now
with HASBRO and Steve Madoff who handles the account for B & B.
Wexler remembered me and is reading AGOG. He likes it but pointed
it out as an ecample of the types of games they don't want.
The type of game they do want are 1) For age 9
to adult. 2) Board type but not plain flat boards. 3) Commercial games
of the type Parker puts out. 4) Some type of gimmick - such as the
popper in TROUBLE. 5) Using different materials than the ordinary
cardboard. 6) 3M games not the type, except OH-WAH-REE which
qualifies mainly because of the attractive pebbles. 7) Simple - no
tremendous strategy. 8) Half hour length - possibly up to 1 hour.
9) 2 or more players. 10) $5 and up. 11) Must be visual and
emphasize role playing.