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10 SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972
<br>FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - 254TH DAY - 112 DAYS TO COME


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<u>Phil Orbanes</u> called. <u>Herb Hochstetter</u> wants to get together
next Friday to see what we have come up with for Post.
I told Phil to make it fairly late in the afternoon.
Told Phil about <u>POST-HASTE</u>. He like the game idea
and thought the name was great.
<u>Claude</u> called. He had a letter from <u>Earl Perel</u> that seemed
to indicate it was written without seeing mine to him. We'll
have to wait and see what develops.
Claude has improved <u>SPLIT PERSONALITY</u> enough to hand it in,
even if he doesn't improve further.
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my agent for 10%. He said he might be in a position to
get more than 5%. I said that if he can he should get 33 1/3%
of any excess. I asked about submitting abstract games and
he said that most of those are done in-house. However a
series of abstract games using the same equipment would be
a possibility. In general some kind of "imitation-of-life" would be
most likely to be taken. Quantities, he estimates, would run to
about 20,000 to 40,000 copies a year.
Gave <u>Graeme</u> addresses for the following to see in New York:-
<u>Herb Roth</u> (Dynamic Design), <u>Mickey MacKay</u> (M.B. [Milton Bradley]), <u>Mike Alber</u>
(Parker), Selchow & Righter, Gary & Riedel, Lakeside, E. W. Lowe,
Gamut of Games, Pierce Promotions (3M).
Graeme said that he wants <u>Martin Gardner</u> and me to write for him
since we are the outstanding authorities in puzzles and in games.
I called Martin and Graeme spoke to him. Made date for 9/30
and I will pick Graeme up at the subway.
Graeme is going to meet <u>Jim Dunnigan</u> this week. He previously wrote
and got permission for me to write for <u>''GAMES & PUZZLES''</u>. I said that
if Simulations ever did come out with a general games maga-
zine I would be involved in editing it, but it might never materi-
alize.
Some notes:- <u>SEXOPOLY</u> and <u>LIBIDO</u> were two gimmicks rather than games
published in the U.K. Waddington's, who still have <u>MONOPOLY</u>,
made them stop using the former name.
New subscription rates to the U.S. - £ 3.75 surface mail and
£ 5.00 air mail (the latter being a reduction). I'll put them in next column,
Read the material on <u>''G & P''</u> in column #34 to Graeme.
A company wanted to exchange some ads for good reviews of their
games. No deal. The only one of their games with any merit
is <u>BEAT THE BOOKIE</u> (a variation of the action horse racing game
<u>ESCALDO</u> which makes some horses more likely to win. Vibrations
move the horses forward. Bumps in their paths hold them up until
they move aside to pass them). He may review this anyway.
They tried to get copies of the Foyles Catalog mention in
<u>Gyles Brandreth</u>'s column. Foyles says they never heard of it. <br>
(cont. on 9/9)