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number of spaces, and also a different number of men, and of
number of spaces, and also a different number of men, and of
course a different name.
course a different name.
<br><u>Carl Eisenberg</u> asked me (actually before I spoke to Phil) the name
of the man at 3M - <u>Keith Tuggle</u>. Also if I hear that 3M in-
tends to sell out. I asked if they would like to buy 3M out. Yes.
<br>After Carl spoke to Keith he came in to tell Phil the results,
which I listened to. 3M removed their games from price fixing this
year and it still too early to see the results. They have dropped many
items, such as the p&p games, and will not add any in '76. If things
pick up due to mass marketing they will move again in '77. If not
they will be interested in selling. Their volume is under $2 million a
year. Keith has a rag-tag group to deal with: games, food items,
and some kinds of tape.
<br>Phil told me that Gameophiles is out of business and I told him
about Itemation. <s>(I think Phil said four Generators is out also</s>
He also said that Paragon is trying to sell Reiss Games. Phil
thinks this would be good for Reiss, since they'd have more freedom
with a new outfit. (Why?)
<br>Phil said that <u>Jim Dunnigan</u> was on ch 2 news for about 6 minutes,
on the 6 PM segment.
<br>"Gamut of Games" will do very little new for '76. If they do a game
it will be <u>Andy Luftig</u>'s <u>SUSPENSE</u>. I asked if it was a good
game. Phil hasn't tried it but he thinks that the idea is good.
A ticking bomb must be located before it goes off, destroying
a ship.
<br>I mentioned Stancraft's line: <u>THE JOY OF SIX</u>, etc. This re-
minded him of an idea he had for a line - of about 4 - mystery
books. They can be read in about 30 minutes and all the
clues for logically solving the mystery should be present. On
the back cover a tear off label hides the solution - or pos-
sibly 3 labels so that 3 different people can use the book. I
suggested a "Buried Treasure" and he said he had thought of
that too - so it must be a natural. We'll both think about ideas
and then get together to talk about them. If necessary some-
<br>(cont. on 10/4)