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2/14
15 FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 1974
45TH DAY - 319 DAYS TO COME

Call from Felicia. She went to Whitman. They finally put out
[illegible strikeout] Natalie Donna's game, calling it TOP BANANA. It is only a $1
seller and not too great. They are going back into games in a big
way, they told her, but very simple games. Gene Larsen is now in
charge of games. Tom Mason is still there and sends his regard.
She showed them LIFE SAVER and they took it for consideration.
Owens-Illinois will put her on a good sized retainer starting the
beginning of next year (budget is made out for this year). She is
going to Toledo next week as a consultant.
They accepted Denis Ladouceur's POP-CORN BINGO and gave
a big advance.
She showed 3D BOXES to Bill Dohrmann and he said "Oh, Sid is
getting into 3D things, but he wasn't interested in it.
He told her that they had held up on some adult items because
of lack of materials, but now find that they can get the material.
They'll probably be out at Stationary Show. Felicia showed him
RIGHT ANGLES and he said that he like to consider items like
that, but not now.
At M.B. [Milton Bradley] she was told that business was great.

To N.Y.G.A. meeting at Earl Perel's sublet apt. Earl showed his new
version of ASTRO TRACK (not STAR TRACK). There is a continuous
path (about 48 long) in the center and the 12 signs of the
zodiac in a circle outside. Next to each zodiac sign is one
of the four elements: water, fire, earth, air. There are five "Poker
Dice" and 1 die with 6 planetary symbols. Players in turn
throw the dice. Depending on their POKER hand they can move
[game table. Columns: hand. numbers.]
Pair-- 3-1
2 pair-- 6-4
3 of kind- 9-7
Full House- 12-10
Straight- 15-13
4 of kind- 18-16
their token along the tab path (see table, which
is probably not quite correct). The player whose plan-
etary sign shows also moves the same amount. The
player may choose to rethrow up to 3 of the poker
dice and also the planetary die must be rethrown
if he does. The movement for a second throw is
second in the table. A player who uses a throw
with his own planetary sign up moves double. 5 of a kind give
the thrower a choice of elements. On first throw the planetary
player must take the same. On 2nd throw the planetary player has
his choice. A sun pc. moves around the zodiac, the amount of
each throw. When a player completes a path circuit with his
marker he takes the element on which the sun rests. When a
player gets 3 of an element he can trade in two of them for an
element he needs. First to get one of each element wins.
Wald had a NIM variation. 28 chips are set up in a triangle
[drawing of triangle with a black dot in the middle] as shown. 2 play and each in turn takes on
chip or two or more in a contiguous row. The
black chip can only be taken if it is the only
GAME // chip left or if a row containing it is the only [illegible strikeout]
row left. Taking black chip wins. Wald had to
leave after showing this and a couple of games were played.
I told Wald that BALANCE OF POWER wasn't in the Hasbro catalog
(cont. on 2/14)

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