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and by all means to send DIGIT. May 1st would be the absolute latest | and by all means to send DIGIT. May 1st would be the absolute latest | ||
there would be any chance of test-marketing it this fall. They are | there would be any chance of test-marketing it this fall. They are | ||
not looking at any games for the next | not looking at any games for the next 90 days, except for submissions | ||
by about three people - and I am one of them. | by about three people - and I am one of them. | ||
BB called | BB called Barbara Francis to tell her that the review section would run about | ||
twice as long as we figured. Barbara said that [crossed out] since they | |||
were using small type & double column, not to worry. She took down the | |||
paragraph on [crossed out] <u>ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR I</u> since they want to start | |||
setting type. | |||
Rcd. the NFFF Games Bureau material from Don Miller. Among other | |||
things it had rules for: <u>COURIER CHESS</u>, <u>SUMMIT-WARGAME VERSION</u>, | |||
<u>SPACE-WAR GAME</u> (which is played with a computer), <u>WARI</u>, | |||
<u>THE NAVAL WAR GAME</u>, <u>THE JUNGLE GAME</u>, <u>KING CHESS</u>, | |||
<u>NINE MEN'S MORRIS</u>. Future folios will include <u>RIMAU-RIMAU</u>, | |||
<u>WARP CHESS</u>, <u>XIANGQI</u>, <u>SPACE CHESS</u>, and others. | |||
Letter from Ivan Preston came. <u>INTERACTION</u> will not be continued. | |||
Mel Taft sent an apology for not seeing me at Toy Fair. Suggested | |||
my coming there to see him or Jim Hullahan and him at 200 5th in | |||
a few weeks. | |||
Finished the reviews of "financial games." | |||
In conversation with Bob Claude told him about NBC games. | |||
He already knew the details about the packaging, but not | |||
the games. Told him that they weren't as good as the 3M, | |||
but they'd have to advertise that. |