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article for me and <s>FIFI</s> Fifi said she'd call on Friday to get my opinion | article for me and <s>FIFI</s> Fifi said she'd call on Friday to get my opinion | ||
as to whether the game plays or not. (She didn't call.) | as to whether the game plays or not. (She didn't call.) | ||
<br>Spoke to <u>Mike Donner</u> for a few minutes but he kept getting phone calls. | |||
<br>Spoke to <u>Laura Palmer</u> and told her that I still hadn't rcd. [received] a copy | |||
of <u>PAPER, PENCILS, AND PENNIES</u>. She never did get around to contacting | |||
the publisher to send me another copy - but made to do so. | |||
<br>I looked at the book <u>THE HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES</u>. Looks like standards | |||
but I asked if I could borrow it. She is using it, but she will get me | |||
another copy. We both agreed that my reference library is useful to them. | |||
<br>Earlier, Ronnie gave me a spare copy of <u>THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF FUN & GAMES</u>. | |||
With their permission took the following back numbers : 2-#1, 5-#2, 5-#3. | |||
Told <u>Laura Palmer</u> that I'd have <u>ELEUSIS</u> article in on 1/16. Rought art by me O.K. | |||
<br>To <u>Fabio Coen</u>. Just as I got there <u>Janet Townsend</u> brought in some | |||
preliminary art work on <u>CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY</u>, | |||
small pictures from the book pasted onto my board. Favio said | |||
that he thinks the game plays very well and catches the spirit | |||
of the book. Now it is a question of getting the sales force enthusiastic. | |||
<br>Talked about a book of science fiction games and he didn't | |||
seem too thrilled with the name <u>FUTURE GAMES</u>. Tried to explain | |||
<u>TELEPORTATION</u> to him but with no success. I'll have to have the games | |||
in much more complete form before I can get an answer from him. I suggested | |||
putting in loose sheets with boards on both sides (similar to the | |||
dice cards in <u>PENGUIN COLOURGRAMS 2</u>) but he said they would get | |||
lost. It will be O.K. to put a board on the back cover however. | |||
(They do not have a copy of <u>PENGUIN COLOURGRAMS 2</u> and I said I'd | |||
bring one next time I came.) | |||
<br>Fabio suggested a book of games using the pocket calculator and I | |||
told him that quite a few had been done. But we figured that a book | |||
of tear-out sheets and the calculator would be new. | |||
<br>I'll work on the two books as quickly as I can. If one is done by me by | |||
the end of Feb. [February] it can make fall publication. | |||
<br>Showed Fabio the book <u>TAKE TWO!</u> and he seemed a litter interested. He | |||
asked if I would mind if he discussed the possibility of <s>contacting the</s> | |||
their doing the book, with the English publisher. I said that I would rather | |||
do a book of my own - especially since I had discussed the idea of such a | |||
book before getting <u>TAKE TWO!</u>, and he said he definitely wouldn't contact | |||
them - other than to order a copy from them. After we discussed the pricing | |||
of such a book I said that, although I believe that I could come up with a | |||
better selection of games, if he feels that putting out the English book would | |||
be more economically feasable [feasible], it is O.K. with me. | |||
<br>Fabio gave me sales figures: <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> - 16,000 <s>this year</s> in 1977 making | |||
a total of 82,000; <u>BEYOND SOLITAIRE</u> - 8,000 <s>this year</s> in 1977, making a total of | |||
<br>(cont. [continued] on 1/2) | |||