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9/14
15 FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 1972
259TH DAY - 107 DAYS TO COME

To G.A.F. Gave the VIEWLINE rules to Bill Eckhart. In a week or so he and Wally Siegel will go to Portland and get JUNGLE RACE and (I believe) VIEWLINE into shape to pre- sent to top management.

To Abercrombie and Fitch. Saw SCRIMMAGE (by Eskridge-Williams Games Inc., P.O. Box 5324, Huntsville, Alabama). It is played on a quadrille board representing a football field. Each player has 11 men of different shapes to represent the different positions. Moves are made by skill, but there are luck factors determined by cards. Player can pick an area to throw a pass and it is complete, incomplete, or intercepted depending on the positing positioning of the opponent's men. Winner is first to make any score. (Didn't really get any of the details.)

Also saw OLYMPIA (Ravensburger Spiele). Very fancy equipment but essentially it is a simple chase game. There is a spiral board (about 84 spaces). Certain are a different color and can only be crossed if a "bridge" has been placed. Don't remember what throw(s) is used for setting and removing "bridges." Once a "bridge" is set anyone may use it.

Bought Sept. [September] '72 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN on the news stand. To Brentanos. Dorothy Shapiro not there, but left copies #32 & no. 33 of S & T for her. Saw that they had one copy of IMAGE.

To Gray Advertising (see 9/11) for meeting with Phil Orbanes, Herb Hochstetter, Lee Krost, and another fellow from the agency. Showed them STEPPING STONES which they liked then I showed POST-HASTE (too sophisticated a name Krost said) and GRASS ROOTS. The other fellow played part of the first and all of the second with me - and liked the 2nd better. Krost said both were too complicated. Actually he wants children's games that an adult might possibly play. He said he'd like a word GAME. He said that there is a lot of money in the field with only a few people cashing in on it, but it is not easy to get passed [past] all the hurdles. Phil said he could come up with more GA games like (FREEWORD but will wa, etc. - but not necessarily this one) but will want some more. Don't seem in a hurry.

Phil told me that Jed Gaines wants me to go over Phil's game of REALM and tighten it up. I'll get 3¢ a game royalty. One reason he wants me to do this is to get me involved in "Gamut of Games."

Earl Perel and Claude here for supper. Played new version of FUN CITY. Constantly changing the power rating of the Factions was a nuisance because there were always a num- ber of them in the same position.

Claude brought along SPLIT PERSONALITY but, because of too much eating and some fighting between me and BB, we never got the (cont. on 9/14)