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Sunday 10 March 1968 Second Sunday in Lent 70th day - 296 days to come

Finished the VENTURE CAPITAL cards. Noticed some missing rules and BB typed over a page. Also changed [word crossed out] "corporate empire" to "giant conglomerate".

Finished packaging TAKE A NUMBER, except for Dana covering the box top.

Fixed up the equiptment and the packaging for the new version of DATA.

Looked @ HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.

From information got the number for Caddylak Systems (narrow tape).
Westbury L.I. - 516 ED3-8221.

Clipped some ads from Sunday Times in connection with Toy Fair.
Not much new. One inventor wants a manufacturer for an adult board GAME which "deals with particular operations of Numerous Business Enterprises." JOTTO is still advertised.
(Filed in 1968 Ad Clips Folder.)

(cont. from 3/11) [3/11]
by a color match or by reaching the horse. Win by getting into "Corral" with proper color. Space just in front is a "mud hole" which sends horse and rider back to start.
Charley introduced me to Robert J. Koch, the vice president of Cadaco.
Charley told me that he had met Bar-David (who Haar Hoolim told me about) and found him an interesting character.

Mr. Koch showed me the following games which are all pictured in the catalog- filed in 1968 Ad Clips.
PLOT:- Each player has 6 pieces started in the opening row. Each in turn throws two dice. Move a [word crossed out] man for each die. [Word crossed out] If there is a piece remaining at the starting row [word crossed out] moves can only be orthogonal. With all out diagonal moves are permitted. Captures are by replacement. No capture can be made by a player with a piece in the starting row. The last piece a player has can move with both dice, turning between them if desired. The center four squares are the "plot squares". A player enters this area thru his own color and then can move around, except that the same space cannot be entered twice. Pieces leave in the same way and can capture on leaving. Win by eliminating enemies. Pcs. in the "plat [plot]" area are safe from capture. Pcs. cannot pass an occupied space (how about in "plot" area?).
CONFETTI:- This is a children's game with a new idea. There is a layout of 9x12 circles in 6 different colors. There is a cardboard gadget with 3 holes. They are placed in such a way that they can show three different [crossed out] colors in several different ways (since the cutouts are smaller than the color circles). There
(cont. on 3/6)