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8 THURSDAY - FEBRAURY 1973
39TH DAY - 326 DAYS TO COME

From Don Turnbull rcd. [received] COURIER #50, #51. and #52. And ALBION #42. Latter contains reviews and articles on the following : - PANZERBLITZ, JUTLAND, FRANCE 1940, MOSCOW CAMPAIGN, EXECUTIVE DECISION, MANAGEMENT, THE WARLORD, SUMMIT, BIG BOSS, HALLO BOSS (probably), NORMANDY, 1812, THE MARNE, OUTDOOR SURVIVAL, DECLINE AND FALL.
Announces a competition in various categories and states that he'd like me to be joint Judge for Category B - new non-war games.

Rcd. [received] a card from {Tom Anderson [Street address omitted for privacy.]
who wrote to Simulations. He likes my S & T column, AGOG, ACQUIRE, and MONAD. His wife likes VENTURE.

Phil Orbanes called while I was out and I called back. The buyer from Gimbel's in Pittsburg said that he sold the American Greeting games (DEADLOCK, UPON-MY-WORD, NIX, etc.) during X'Mas [Christmas] and they did fairly well. However he said that they really don't know how to merchandize adult games.
He said that among the 3M games FACTS IN FIVE is the best seller. ACQUIRE does well but is dropping slowly. IMAGE did well, but new ones usually do. He thinks that 3M is losing touch with the current trends.
Carl Eisenberg tells him that the 5 games (WORDS FOR THE WISE, CHINESE CHECK, etc.) will sell for $2 and a set of all 5 for $7. They are behind schedule but will definitely be coming out. A company, "National Paragon" has taken over Reiss and Hoi Polloi. Phil doesn't know what they do, but knows that they are highly profitable. They will put a lot of money into the companies and Hoi Polloi will be needing new products. Phil is seeing Carl tonight about AQUARIUS 2000 and will talk to him about their needs.
Herb Hochstetter called Phil and said either that he has, or will, set up a meeting with Post. Herb will be calling me.
I looked at the 1972 diary and saw that the three games they liked of mine were THE-ADD-A-LETTER-GAME, SUPER-TAC-TOE, and THE GO-ROUND GAME. I have the rules written for all 3, but only the first has a typewritten copy. The second is supposed to but I can't locate it.
Phil says that Joel (or rather Djoli) is going to be a pain. He was interested, however, in my collecting game (WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU?).

Called Fred Feucht to see if he had the typewritten rules for SUPER-TAC-TOE. Supposed to call back but he didn't.

In my talk with Phil Orbanes he said that he'd like me to take a look at his rules for INFINITY with a view to making
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English 2/7
8 THURSDAY - FEBRAURY 1973
39TH DAY - 326 DAYS TO COME


From Don Turnbull rcd. [received] COURIER #50, #51. and #52. And
ALBION #42. Latter contains reviews and articles on the
following : - PANZERBLITZ, JUTLAND, FRANCE 1940, MOSCOW CAMPAIGN,
EXECUTIVE DECISION, MANAGEMENT, THE WARLORD, SUMMIT,
BIG BOSS, HALLO BOSS (probably), NORMANDY, 1812, THE MARNE,
OUTDOOR SURVIVAL, DECLINE AND FALL.
Announces a competition in various categories and states
that he'd like me to be joint Judge for Category B -
new non-war games.
Rcd. [received] a card from {Tom Anderson [Street address omitted for privacy.]
who wrote to Simulations. He likes my S & T column,
AGOG, ACQUIRE, and MONAD. His wife likes VENTURE.
Phil Orbanes called while I was out and I called back.
The buyer from Gimbel's in Pittsburg said that he sold the
American Greeting games (DEADLOCK, UPON-MY-WORD, NIX, etc.)
during X'Mas [Christmas] and they did fairly well. However he said
that they really don't know how to merchandize adult games.
He said that among the 3M games FACTS IN FIVE is the
best seller. ACQUIRE does well but is dropping slowly. IMAGE
did well, but new ones usually do. He thinks that 3M is losing
touch with the current trends.
Carl Eisenberg tells him that the 5 games (WORDS FOR THE WISE,
CHINESE CHECK, etc.) will sell for $2 and a set of all 5 for $7.
They are behind schedule but will definitely be coming out.
A company, "National Paragon" has taken over Reiss and Hoi
Polloi. Phil doesn't know what they do, but knows that they
are highly profitable. They will put a lot of money into the
companies and Hoi Polloi will be needing new products.
Phil is seeing Carl tonight about AQUARIUS 2000 and will
talk to him about their needs.
Herb Hochstetter called Phil and said either that he has, or
will, set up a meeting with Post. Herb will be calling me.
I looked at the 1972 diary and saw that the three games they
liked of mine were THE-ADD-A-LETTER-GAME, SUPER-TAC-TOE,
and THE GO-ROUND GAME. I have the rules written for all 3, but
only the first has a typewritten copy. The second is
supposed to but I can't locate it.
Phil says that Joel (or rather Djoli) is going to be a pain.
He was interested, however, in my collecting game
(WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU?).
Called Fred Feucht to see if he had the typewritten rules for
SUPER-TAC-TOE. Supposed to call back but he didn't.
In my talk with Phil Orbanes he said that he'd like me to
take a look at his rules for INFINITY with a view to making
(cont. on 2/7)