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Title
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1971_Sackson_269_September 06.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1971
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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 9, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1971
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 1971
Labor Day 249th day - 116 days to come
Made a model of the PUZZLE of 7/19, possible name GROOVE.
The puzzle works very well. As a game, the pieces are divided
equally and then placed on the board one by one. The last to place
a pc, wins.
Made a rough set for THE WORM TURNS with from 3 to 8
long of each type. Played around and found a solution fairly
quickly. Then made a fancy set using this distribution. Experi-
mented with the game. Let the player who will play second -and
play to close- divides the pcs. as he wishes. The first
player chooses the half he wishes and then plays. Allowing the
2nd player to play from either end almost always gave him
the game. I then tried letting the 1st player play at either
end and the 2nd has to play at that end. That seemed to give
a little edge to the 1st player. Limiting all the plays to the
same end seemed to be the best rule.
(cont. from 9/9) [9/9]
the numbers reversed - the 1's to the starting position of
the opponent's 25's, etc. (Later saw it cheaper at Marboro's.)
At A. & F. saw that MONGER (see 1970) was reduced to $18.00 -
still too high.
To BOOK WORLD for my meeting with Eve Auchincloss. Make
it about 1500 words and the deadline is Nov. 19th. In talking
MONOPOLY came up and I told her about THE LANDLORD'S GAME.
She said it would be nice if I could get in some historical
material. I quoted the space limitation. She agreed and
said maybe I could do another historical piece early next
year.
I'm to contact her as soon as I get back to see if
there are any changes - since they are working on their
format.
To Reiss Associates a little before the earliest (3 P.M.) that
I was supposed to be there. Bill Knox of Mag-Nif in
from Cleveland and he postponed another appointment to
wait for me. Showed him GROOVE and he liked it -
also the name.
He offered me a 5% contract, based on amount
before sales commission. No Advance. He expects to have
it ready by January '72. Estimated selling price - $2.
He wanted to visit me to see what else I have. Told him
that I only have sketches now and I'd much rather have
finished models. He'll come in about 6 weeks. Anything
he likes then will be ready for '72 Stationery Show.
Joel Gaines was there with his game INTERPLAY (formerly
ZIG-ZAG). He offered not to name if I objected but I
(cont. on 9/5)
