View notes

Transcription

5/23 5/24 5/21 5/19

MONDAY 22 MAY 1967 142nd day - 223 days to come

Brought PAYOFF to I-S. Showed them VENTURE CAPITAL and TAKE-A-NUMBER. They liked the former and loved the latter. Discussed where to send them but didn't come to a definite conclusion. I called Bill Caruson at the stationery show and ar- ranged to meet him before 12. Alice gave me a game which someone had manufactured and wanted to have them sell to a game company. It is called 7-28 and is a variation of MICHIGAN RUMMY.

To Stationery Show at Hotel New Yorker. To 3M and spoke to Bill Caruson for a considerable time. They still think ACQUIRE is their best game even tho STOCKS AND BONDS outsells it 2 to 1. They are making a better board for ACQUIRE and are putting initials on the chain markers for easier identification. The new rules are in the new sets they had displayed, tho they are still in the top of the box. They are making all buyers sign a fair trade agreement which may cut sales temporarily. I asked about MR. PRESIDENT and he said they have a new political GAME ready to go. Candidates can be bid for (or, for a simpler game, dealt out). They have advantages and disadvantages. Can raise money (some candidates are better at it than others) and use it for TV advertising. Know where opponent has gone but not how many votes he picked up. Ends with state by state vote. (Rough idea.) They are looking for a legal GAME and a management GAME. He will try to get me a reproduced copy of Minneapolis-Honey- well's TOP BRASS which is an executive training game, but does not require a computer. I told him about the improved [crossed out] AIRLINE and he would like to see it, but after Labor Day. I mentioned that CHIVALRY, the name of the war game they are test marketing, was the original name for CAMALOT. He said that in their trade-mark search they came across a card game with the same name. They are writing to the address given and will tell me what they find out. Their war game can be played by 2, 4, or 6. They have had it for some time and held off with producing it until they made a- rrangments to have molded pieces made in Hong Kong. Bill asked me what I knew about NILE and I told him. He is afraid it is almost exactly like SQUIGGLES and they may have to drop the latter. They are looking at Frank Thibault's TACK and also another sailing GAME. Bill said that at present they are thinking of calling SIT DOWN AND THINK BAZAAR. The art department likes it. I said that it might conflict with HIGH BID in the public mind and that I preferred INTERPLAY. (cont. on 5/23)

Metadata

transcription
English 5/23
5/24
5/21
5/19
MONDAY 22 MAY
1967 142nd day - 223 days to come


Brought PAYOFF to I-S. Showed them VENTURE CAPITAL
and TAKE-A-NUMBER. They liked the former and
loved the latter. Discussed where to send them but
didn't come to a definite conclusion.
I called Bill Caruson at the stationery show and ar-
ranged to meet him before 12.
Alice gave me a game which someone had manufactured
and wanted to have them sell to a game company.
It is called 7-28 and is a variation of MICHIGAN RUMMY.
To Stationery Show at Hotel New Yorker.
To 3M and spoke to Bill Caruson for a considerable time.
They still think ACQUIRE is their best game even tho
STOCKS AND BONDS outsells it 2 to 1. They are making a
better board for ACQUIRE and are putting initials on the
chain markers for easier identification. The new rules
are in the new sets they had displayed, tho they are
still in the top of the box.
They are making all buyers sign a fair trade agreement which
may cut sales temporarily.
I asked about MR. PRESIDENT and he said they have a new
political GAME ready to go. Candidates can be bid for
(or, for a simpler game, dealt out). They have advantages and
disadvantages. Can raise money (some candidates are better
at it than others) and use it for TV advertising. Know where
opponent has gone but not how many votes he picked up. Ends
with state by state vote. (Rough idea.)
They are looking for a legal GAME and a management GAME.
He will try to get me a reproduced copy of Minneapolis-Honey-
well's TOP BRASS which is an executive training game, but
does not require a computer.
I told him about the improved [crossed out] AIRLINE and
he would like to see it, but after Labor Day.
I mentioned that CHIVALRY, the name of the war game they
are test marketing, was the original name for CAMALOT. He
said that in their trade-mark search they came across a
card game with the same name. They are writing to the
address given and will tell me what they find out. Their
war game can be played by 2, 4, or 6. They have had it for
some time and held off with producing it until they made a-
rrangments to have molded pieces made in Hong Kong.
Bill asked me what I knew about NILE and I told him. He is
afraid it is almost exactly like SQUIGGLES and they may have to
drop the latter. They are looking at Frank Thibault's TACK and
also another sailing GAME.
Bill said that at present they are thinking of calling SIT DOWN AND THINK
BAZAAR. The art department likes it. I said that it might conflict
with HIGH BID in the public mind and that I preferred
INTERPLAY.
(cont. on 5/23)