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Title
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1973_Sackson_385_December 31.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1973
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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 2, Object 1, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1973
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
31 MONDAY • DECEMBER 1973
NEW YEAR'S EVE • 365TH DAY
TIME Magazine had a piece on ANTI-MONOPOLY (filed
in '73 Misc.)
Sent card-letter to Don Miller. Mentioned STRATEGY 1, PHALANX, DARK AGES, MOVES, and THE GAMESLETTER.
Call from Wald. He'd like to get into NYGA meetings again. Told
him that Bob Abbott offered his apartment.
Hasbro has closed down for 2 months for lack of plastic. But
they will be showing BALANCE OF POWER at Toy Fair. They
liked the original idea of a balancing board but couldn't get
a game then liked using it. So this game will be on a
flat board. They are still working on using the balancing
board and if they come up with it Wald will get royalties
for both
At Toy Fair they will also be coming out with the
games that N.Y.G.A came up with last year - BLUE CHIPS
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD , etc.
Wald is working with Wexler, rather than Strongin. Wexler
has more imagination in preparing models than Strongin
does. Also Wexler seems to get along better with the Aryan
arisin Aryan companies, such as Panken and M.B.
Wald brought THREE, LOTUS, DRAGON and AFRICAN CHESS to
Wexler who made up some beautiful models for them (or
rather his artist did). He wants to call the latter MANCALA.
I asked and Wald said he was splitting 50-50 with Wexler.
When he asked about a better arrangement Wexler said he was
making up games of his own, so why should he push Wald's
if he doesn't make anything on them. Wald agreed. I told Wald
of what Wexler offered Claude. He thought it was ridiculous.
In starting a letter to Allister Wm. Macintyre I wanted
to order ask for his game NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION and decided
to look at Loomis' NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION. Went crazy trying
to find it and finally located it among a pile of letters
to be filed.
