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to Benton & Bowles to meet with <u>Howard Wexler</u>, who is now <br> | to Benton & Bowles to meet with <u>Howard Wexler</u>, who is now <br> | ||
with HASBRO and Steve Madoff who handles the account for B & B. <br> | with HASBRO and Steve Madoff who handles the account for B & B. <br> | ||
Wexler remembered me and is reading <u>AGOG</u>. He likes it but pointed <br> | Wexler remembered me and is reading <u>''AGOG''</u>. He likes it but pointed <br> | ||
it out as an | it out as an example of the types of games they don't want. <br> | ||
The type of game they do want are 1) For age 9 <br> | The type of game they do want are 1) For age 9 <br> | ||
to adult. 2) Board type but not plain flat boards. 3) Commercial games <br> | to adult. 2) Board type but not plain flat boards. 3) Commercial games <br> | ||
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Some themes. 1) Business - Horatio Alger - Knife your buddy - <br> | Some themes. 1) Business - Horatio Alger - Knife your buddy - <br> | ||
applicable to commercials like <u>THE BOSS</u>. 2) Political. 3) Gambling - <br> | applicable to commercials like <u>THE BOSS</u>. 2) Political. 3) Gambling - <br> | ||
possibly with 12 dice - | possibly with 12 dice - regular or special. 4) Sociological. <br> | ||
5) Organized crime - tongue in cheek. [6])Auction. Not ESP or <br> | |||
occult. No puzzles or solitaires. <br> | |||
They would like to have something to look at in two weeks - which <br> | |||
we all remarked was short notice, since we had other things to <br> | |||
work on. <br> | |||
I mentioned the business variation of <u>CINEMA</u> (see <br> | |||
<u>THE BRAIN GAME</u> - 3/23/70) and Wexler said he'd like to see it. <br> | |||
Wald will be the contact and Wexler will contact him if <br> | |||
he has any messages. Wald can call him collect (after Wald <br> | |||
asked) in Rhode Island at 401-726-4100. If we want to <br> | |||
use a conference room at B & B to meet alone and test games <br> | |||
we can, but we'll have to call Wexler to set it up. <br> | |||
Wexler was quite enthusiastic about the volume HASBRO expected <br> | |||
to reach with the game line. But when we mentioned advances | |||
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