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<br>22 Monday - January 1973

<br>22nd Day - 343 Days to Come

Rcd. [received] a letter from <u>PLAYTHINGS</u> with a questionaire directed towards

toy wholesalers or retailers. (Discarded.)

<br>Rcd. the 4th quarter royalty statement and check for $11.26 from  

<u>Tom Atwater</u> - for <u>ODD OR EVEN</u>, <u>TEMPO</u>, <u>INTERPLAY</u>, <u>TRANSFORMATION</u>.

<br>Rcd. the <u>FOCUS</u> contracts (2) and a note from <u>Bob Johnson</u>.

Called <u>Felicia</u> to tell her that I rcd. the <u>FOCUS</u> contracts. Bob had told

me to sign it and return it to <s>her</s> him without saying that Felicia

should sign it. And there was no provision for her signature on the

contract. She said to send it back but to call Bob's attention to the

fact that she should sign it too. After she hung up I looked at the

other Hallmark contracts and they were all the same. Some she had

signed and others not.

<br>Told her that I hadn't heard from <u>Bob Gellman</u>. Felicia called <u>Ruth</u>

in Texas to tell her the "good news" about <u>HOLIDAY</u>.

Called <u>Bill Eckhart</u> in G.A.F. to ask about <u>VIEWLINE</u> and <u>JUNGLE RACE</u>.

Out for the rest of the day. Supposed to be in tomorrow.

Call from <u>Bob Gellman</u>. The contract with Athol was signed Friday.

He mentioned his call to Felicia and said that he had told her that he had told

me not to say anything until it was definite.

<br><u>HOLIDAY</u> will be shown at Toy Fair - just the final artwork of the box.

<br>He wants the <u>PATTON</u> game from me but there is no big hurry. By the

beginning of May will be O.K. We both agreed that we don't want anything

nearly as complicated as an A.H. [Avalon Hill] game or a Simulations. He met

someone who was an A.H. "freak" but said that <u>1914</u> was completely

unplayable.

<br>He wants to be at the Stationery Show but can't afford a whole booth.

He's thinking of contacting Jed Gaines about sharing one. He asked

me if I knew how <u>MYWORD!</u> did at X'Mas [Christmas]. Told him that I see Jed but I

don't ask him about business.

<br>Bob asked me if I had any other games on the shelf, like <u>HOLIDAY</u>. Told

him I had all kinds of things, and we'll go over them after Toy Fair

and work on the '74 line. I asked about <u>SCOTLAND YARD</u>. That will be for '74.

<br>Bob said that Urban Systems is now trying to get out of games. They have

been hit by Judgements over <u>THE GODFATHER GAME</u> and

<u>THE HOWARD HUGHES GAME</u>. Bob wondered if any of their games would

be worth taking over. I told him that <u>SMOG</u> was their best game.

But we both had doubts about sales potential for ecology games.

<br>Took his new address: {<u>Bob Gellman</u> [address]

<br>I'll drop by in the near future to look at the <u>HOLIDAY</u> box.

Called <u>Fred Feucht</u>. He apologized for not telling me about the Urban

Systems deal. He said that he heard from them last week

that there was a problem in their stock issue, but it was  

definitely not dead. But in any case it makes coming out with new

things this year impossible. They still like the idea of the

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