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November 1975 - Wednesday 5
309th day - 56 days to come

To Bob Gellman. Brought him the rules - with diagrams for THE GAME CUBE. He was happy with them - but I tried to convince him to read them over, or have someone else do it - I might have had a blind spot. He said he'd try.
Bob told me to send him a bill for the $500.
When Bob bought Itemation's assets he acquired a giant checker game, with the right to use a mold for the giant checkers. But somehow the mold ended up with a "mechanic's lein" and was sold to Cardinal. The heads of Cardinal are friends of Douglas Polumbaum, but Bob took it philo- sophically. He asked if I knew a supplier of giant checkers - there would be a good "finder's fee." Unfortunately - no.
Bob had a game there - CARD CHES. It was put on independently and the inventor - an advertising man - and he approached Bob about selling it. Bob suggested Brentanos on his own. The fellow didn't connect at Brentano's but has sold the 500 he had manufactured to various stores. Now he wants to put out another 5000, which Bob told him was quite a gamble. I borrowed the set to get repros at S.P.I. A
Also borrowed ENERGY CRISIS GAME to reproduce. Looked at SET POINT but it didn't seem that the board would reproduce in black and white, and it was complicated, so left it for another time.
To S.P.I. Howie Barasch saw the TV ad for Ideal's TANK COMMAND and was surprised that they are advertising it for an adult audi- ence. He wonders if they made any surveys of the war game poten- tial, and if he could get it from them. Told him that Ideal is usually very secretive. We both felt that ads like that would help S.P.I. when potential war gamers saw how childish that Ideal game is.
Made repros of the material for CARD CHES and ENERGY CRISIS GAME. Spoke to Jim Dunnigan. He was interested in sales of PATTON and MACARTHUR. Told him about 10,000 for former and less for latter.
The N.Y. area rep who handles A.H. is going to drop them and take S.P.I. - his suggestion he approached S.P.I. Jim will put about a dozen games in bookshelf boxes - and with mounted boards - for this operation.
Jim mentioned that Howie had a copy of A.H.'s FIGHTBEAT INFLATION STRATEGY. Checked with Howie; he has it at home to play with wife his wife. He got it personally from Randy Reed I believe.
In talking with Jim I mentioned that it must gall A.H. to send him royalties. He agrees. He has made about $30,000 on PANZERBLITZ - the best seller.
Took another copy of FAST CARRIERS. Also three copies of MOVES no. 23. Called BB and she said that there was a call from Al Zygier.
To R.G.I. to return CARD CHES and ENERGY CRISIS GAME.
To "Gamut of Games." While waiting for Phil Orbanes to get out of a conference looked at THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT and THE SENSUOUS GAME and later asked for, and got, copies,
(cont. on 11/4)

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