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MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 1967 268th day - 97 days to come

At lunchtime went to Flaghouse Inc. No new games. But spoke to Monroe A. Carmel. They publish things on there own, such as the ESP KIT which is a passtime rather than a game. He would be interested in seeing anything I care to see show him. Will call him when I am ready. He said that the 3M salesman who tried to sell him the line said that STOCKS AND BONDS & TWIXT sold best, with ACQUIRE or OH-WAH-REE was next.

Michael Laurence called at home but never got to the office.

Claude called. He has a new idea for TEN LITTLE INDIANS using electrical circuits. I didn't think it would fit into the Ideal format for this series. There are metal figures repre- senting the ten characters. The board has a quadrille with electrical contacts in each space. The contacts are closed when a figure is placed on that space. The circuits are arranged so that dif- ferent numbers of figures in different places on the board will close a circuit. When a figure moves and closes a circuit, lighting a light, that character is killed. (Once a player knows the layout he has a tremendous advantage. Claude suggests that it can be played with the layout known and players striving to reach "killing" positions.)