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29 MONDAY - JANUARY 1973
29TH DAY - 336 DAYS TO COME

Rcd. [received] a card stating that the person "formerly" known as Joel Gaines is now "formally" [illegible strikeout] Prince Djoli Kansil.

Played 2-hand THE BRAIN GAME with BB. Played well even with 2. The ending was a little slow with buying permitted only with a double. And with a high number it was too much money. Later thought of allowing buying with any total up to 12. With a 13 or higher a player may not buy. When only 1 player has 4 cards left, 4 more throws should be plenty.

(cont. from 2/25) [2/26]

Picked up a copy of TOY FAIR WORLD (Feb. [February] 25, 1973). Alabe has 3 new games - REWORD, BIG DEALER, and MAT OCA. (Didn't see this until Fair was over. I'll have to go to suite 1005 at 200 5th to look at it.)
Picked up TOY TRADE NEWS (Sunday, Feb. [February] 25, 1973). Mentions R.G.I./Athol Game Co. and HOLIDAY, MOVIE MOGULS, & PATTON.

To 3M room and while waiting for Keith on the phone took two copies of the catalog (which I later discovered was the same as last year's).
Upstairs to Keith. Showed him HABITAT. He thought it was attractive, but wondered if more than one solution might be preferable. They have three solutions for HECTIX. He took it with him.
Played part of a game of THE BRAIN GAME and he liked it a lot. Took the box and I'll send the rules. (Signed a disclosure form for the two of them.)
They are going to put GO in a "classic" bookshelf and I believe BACKGAMMON too. He asked my opinion of games that they could put up in "do-it-yourself" form. They thought of CHESS and I added BACKGAMMON, but there probably aren't any others that people would bother with. I told him about the flop of GAME INVENTOR' S KIT.
They are thinking of a line of p & p games - a shrink wrapped pad - to sell under $1. They wondered if the games in AGOG were in public domain. I told him they are now mine but and are covered by copyright. They would rather not pay royalties but will if they have to. I told him that I had worked on p & p. games for another (unnamed) company and that I had a contractual prohibition from sellig p & p games to other companies. I couldn't do anything for 3M under my own name. I told him about my small-equipment games, such as TAKE-A-WORD and SUPER-TAC-TOE. Made a date for 8:15 for breakfast on Wednesday to talk about it more.
Keith said that they keep hearing rumors about Hallmark and asked if I had anything with them and are they coming out? I said that I had two which are supposed to for stationery show but I've been disappointed before.

(cont. on 1/28)

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