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TUESDAY MARCH 2/16

1969

63rd day - 302 days to come To Toy Fair @ Statler Hilton,

3M Long talk with Bob Claude. The card games are going national and will consist of MONAD (vules will be fixed), VENTURES (under a new name 3M did apply for a Trade Mark but Parker beat them. a suggested CAPITAL, He will throw it in the hopper when he gets back) Folie and TRYLE (he will Send me the nules now and copies of the games when they are in productiontle will also send me a set of money cards for Venture now and several copies of both my games when they are in production)

They are looking for a number game for the card line. They dealt with the inventor of KRYPTOO but he wanted ... - too much for his production faciltties, Another inventor submitted a GAME. which they changed completely around

to make it playable. They are thinking of offering a reduced poyalty but don't think he'll take it. If he does, Bob will

let me know, In the meantime, I'll think about one. Juk ... The new Bookshelf games are FEUDAL and FOIL (He'll remind Bill to send me copies.) Follo, there for, is going in both lines, In their test marketing the one city where they both were is sold was where they both did best.

I mentioned that Felicia told me that EGGHEAD OR CHICKEN. did very well. He said they were disappointed with it and that SUM TIMES did much better they are figuring on changing... the name to make it sound more educational. Also they will change some of the cardboard to plastic to make it look like more. Talking about educational games I mentioned that

Frank Thibault had said that <u>BAZAAR</u> was being used in his school as a teaching aid, and I suggested that perhaps a new edition for the Edu playtional could be made... He said they were trying to move the Bookshelf line into schools, but going at it slowly...... showed him my changes in SPELLBINDER but took it with me

to wake repros of the rules at the office tonight and give it to him tomorrow. Also showed him ANOTHER, and played a game. Took it with me, saying that I wanted to show it... to someone elso so that they would know about it, it 3M didn't take it I'll give. it to him tomorrow also, . showed him CINEMA and NOMINATION and wanted to take it home for packaging (since the equipment was loose Since the boxes were ruined by Hall mark) but he said everyone there knows that I do a beautiful job of packaging and he took it as it was. at

Discussed the rumor he heard that Hasbro would be imit tating the bookshelf and sports packaging, We'll try to get a further info on it.

To Dick Conner. Promised to bring him a copy of BAZAAR tomorrow... Met Felicia there. To Avalon Hill, Saw Harold Frankel again. Tom Shaw there. We had...