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11/19 <br>
10 FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1972 <br>
MARTIN LUTHER - BORN 1483 - 315TH DAY - 51 DAYS TO COME
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To Benson & Bowles at 10 for meeting with <u>Claude</u>, <u>Wald</u>, <u>Arthur</u>
and <u>Howard Wexler</u>. They are not going ahead with the game
program in 1973. They are keeping Claude's auction <u>GAME</u>, the Amber-
stone's <u>THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD</u> and <u>THE INVISIBLE MAN</u>, and
my <u>HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME</u>. They, plus <u>BALANCE OF POWER</u>, should be com-
ing out in 1974.


Howard said that <u>HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME</u> will be made into a stockmarket [stock market]
game - possible name <u>BLUE CHIPS</u>. They are adding a board for laying out
the cards. It also has the status for the 4 periods in graph form, with
some explanation of the reason. At the popular request of the testers
he added some "wild cards that allowed taking cards from any desired opponent.
To keep score chips will be used.
Arthur and Wald got back <u>THE NEXT PRESIDENT</u> with finished art work
on a thick cardboard. Claude got back <u>TEN LITTLE INDIANS</u> and
<u>UPSTAGE</u>, both with finished artwork. I got back <u>FUN CITY</u>,
<u>INVASION</u>, <u>UP THE ORGANIZATION</u>, and <u>WAR & PEACE</u>. The last one
had some artwork pasted on top of my thin board; also a box.
Wexler is leaving HASBRO so that he can make more money as
an independent game inventor. I asked him who we could contact
at HASBRO about getting copies of our games when (and if) they
come out in 1974. He'll be working with them, he is sure, since
he [is] leaving on good terms. As soon as he gets set up in New
York he'll send us his card.
A lot of our rules were not returned. He'll send them all
to Wald.
Gave Claude a check for $51.14 as his share of the 3rd quar-
ter <u>EXECUTIVE DECISION</u> royalties.
At Doubleday bought a copy of <u>CHESS SETS</u> by F. Lanier Graham,
for $1.98.
Met <u>Marvin Kaye</u> at his shared Canegie Hall [Carnegie Hall] studio. He returned
my books <u>75 YEARS OF FUN</u> and <u>YESTERDAYS GAMES</u>. He also
gave me a copy of <u>CHILDREN'S GAMES AROUND THE WORLD</u>. Also
a copy of the Bibliography for his book <u>A TOY IS BORN</u>
(filed in '72 Misc.). <br>
The 2 young lady editors at Stein & Day would like to meet me. We'll
arrange something after my vacation. He suggested that I bring
them a copy of <u>''AGOG''</u>. <br>
His book will be out for Toy Fair.
At Childcraft on 58th St. saw <u>TAU</u> (Four Generations). <br>
There is a board as shown with [illegible word crossed out] 21 peg holes.
There are two sets of wood pegs (one set
shown) started in grooves. One has a light wood
in the middle, the other dark. <br>
[Drawing of peg board. Rectangular with a column on each side of the square middle. The columns have 7 smaller rectangles, on the left they are plain line rectangles, on the right they are each divided in thirds with colors filled in. The middle square has an arrangement of dots representing the peg holes, in rows: 3, 5, 5, 5, 3.]
Players in turn place only one of their six colored pegs (the black-white cannot be placed
until the other six have been placed) with either end down in any
hole. The <s>side</s> end in the hole does not show. After a peg has
(cont on 11/9)