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Title
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1969_Sackson_358_December 04.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1969
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Type
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image
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Format
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.jpg
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Source
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Box 1, Object 7, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1969
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
11/22
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 1969
338TH DAY - 27 DAYS TO COME
Felicia called before & after [illegible scratched out] her telephone conversation
with Jerry Dougherty. They are definitely interested in
the Enjay mailing, tho it might be as little as 3. She
is asking them for 25% of the product cost of
each game (the way she worked with other advertising
agencies on promotional games). She said that we'd
share it 15% for me and 10% for her, which is a 60-40 split
instead of the usual 75-25. (Will have to discuss
this when we get together tomorrow.
Fabio called and read me his letter to Alex. He pretty much
took the blame for the introduction. [illegible scratched out] Fabio wants
me to rewrite it over the weekend, and to try and fill
the same amount of space. I told him about the mention
of the Russian aristocrat on the jacket. He said he'd see if
a new printing of the jacket was in prospect. If not it
wouldn't be too important.
At Murray's (store) met J.J. Zuccarini and his assistant,
3M salesmen. They said that the line is going well, except
PHLOUNDER which is being dropped & [illegible scratched out] JUMPIN. The initial acceptance
of the card games is good. FOIL is doing better in
Bookshelf than in card and they think it is poor policy to have
the two versions. I told them of HIGH BID going into the
card line.
They told me of the following advertisements for the card
line:– N.Y. Times book review; Nov. 23 – VENTURE, Nov. 30 – MONAD, Dec. 7 – TRYCE, Dec. Reader's Digest – VENTURE, Dec. Psychology Today – VENTURE.
Claude called. He saw the guts of COMPUTER FOOTBALL, without the
rules, in a thrift shop for $3.50. I told him not to get it.
He saw a short mention of AGOG[A Gamut of Games] in a Catholic periodical.
I asked him to save it for me. I was supposed to call him
in the evening but didn't get a chance till late and he had
left for work. Spoke to Anne.
Met Brian & John Blake at Harvard Club. Brian told me
about Harry Lorayne's memory system which consists of
making mental images to link objects (this is part of it).
I had an idea for putting small size cards in spaces on a board
each with objects printed on them. Players remember paths
towards specific destinations (to be worked out) and then
the cards are covered. Just a germ of a GAME.
Harry Lorayne has been asked for a game on his system. I
said that I didn't want it to seem that the game was created
by Lorayne. Brian said that he [illegible scribbled out] thinks that my name as
creator would be an asset. I also said that I wanted royalties.
Brian thought that would be O.K.
Brian will get a copy of Lorayne's text book to me.
(cont. on 11/22)
