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2/25, 2/20 2/24, 2/19 2/23 2/22 2/21 WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY Ember Day 1969 57th day - 308 days to come

To 200 Fifth Ave. at 9:00 A.M. Parker Brothers:- Said hello to Randy Barton & then spoke to Hank Simmons. Showed him a copy of the "Table of Contents" and he would like to keep one. Promised to send it to him. He would also like to see the Review Section when it is finished. Told him I would try me best to get one to him in time for his comments (which he said of course would not be binding on me.). He has imported a new line of more adult toys and games, mostly from Denmark, which he will show me at the Stationery Show. He thinks that this line will be able to use some of my thinking. They have bought out AUTO-BRIDGE. One of the salesmen marked off a catalog with items that have been dropped. Among them:- UNIVERSE, TYCOON, CAMALOT. The new games are VENTURE (which is trademarked). It is a simple battle game played on a board as shown. 2, 3, or 4 play, each for himself. Each player has 3 pieces, a king started in the red space & two pawns started in the gray spaces (these are actually in the 9 x 9 square in the spaces indicated by the arrows. There is a sequence selector with 5 black and 5 white marbles. These are shaken and come down in a tube showing 5. Starting with the bottom the color of the marbles indicate the color of the spaces that a piece moves to, and in that order. Orthogonal