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Bill Burke (?) of MB likes <u>PITFALL</u> & <u>TOTTER</u>. He is sending Jim <br> | Bill Burke (?) of MB likes <u>PITFALL</u> & <u>TOTTER</u>. He is sending Jim <br> | ||
Connor to take a look at <u>CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE</u> | Connor to take a look at <u>CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE</u> <br> | ||
Someone is sending her a TWISTER imitation, but more complicated (something to do with getting into socks-?), Bill | Someone is sending her a <u>TWISTER</u> imitation, but more complicated <br>(something to do with getting into socks-?), Bill Burke wants to look at it <br> | ||
as in <u>SOLITAIRE</u> by jumping, but only in the direction of the arrows, Felicia asked if she should send | also.. The same Canadian inventer who sent <u>DYNAMITE</u> sent her the rules of another he calls <u>CUBITS</u>. (At the stationery show saw a <u>SOMA</u> <br> | ||
imitation called <u>CUBIT</u>) She read me the rules. There are 32 cubes <br> | |||
with arrows on the faces (different numbers, undoubtedly. These are <br> | |||
placed in a special board of 6x6 spaces, with the corners empty. The <br> | |||
board is then shaken so that the arrows come up at random. <br> | |||
The cubes are then removed as in <u>SOLITAIRE</u> by jumping, but <br> | |||
only in the direction of the arrows, Felicia asked if she should send <br> | |||
for the model; I said yes, it could be a very salable gimmick. <br> | |||
She had a carbon of a letter from Bob Claude saying he rcd. my <br> | |||
new rules for <u>DIGIT</u> and would try them out. | |||
Lew Behan, the inventer of <u>CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE</u>, called me and asked about my difficulty with the rules. Tried to communicate but <br> | |||
didn't get too far on the phone, suggested that we get together with Felicia <br> | |||
and thrash it out. | |||
Letters from: Bennington Museum. Repros of rules for <u>ATTACK</u> Bob Claude - about | Felicia called me again to check whithen Behan had called me. <br> | ||
so that the agent's fee can be sent directly to | She also wanted to know if Clande knew whether Campaign was <br> | ||
still in business. She might be able to sell <u>WATCH</u> for him. | |||
Called Barbara & she called me back. Dummy conference next Monday. | |||
Letters from: Bennington Museum. Repros of rules for <u>ATTACK</u>. <br> | |||
Bob Claude - about <u>DIGIT</u>, as Felicia read to me. <br> | |||
Will Erickson - I have to mention each game and the percentage <br> | |||
so that the agent's fee can be sent directly to I-S. | |||
Called Felicia and arranged to go there tomorrow at lunch time. | Called Felicia and arranged to go there tomorrow at lunch time. | ||
Called Stan Harris. The art work is ready on <u>TAM-BIT</u>. In | Called Stan Harris. The art work is ready on <u>TAM-BIT</u>. In | ||
Lubow would like some kind of theme for the tiles into <u>SEQUENCE</u>, rather then just numbers, which I think is a good idea. He would also like to reduce it to a game for a | Lubow would like some kind of theme for the tiles into <u>SEQUENCE</u>, rather then just numbers, which I think is a good idea. He would also like to reduce it to a game for a maximum of 4 to save money on the tiles. This I don't agree to. <br> | ||
Stan suggested getting together with | Stan suggested getting together with Stan, me, Lew, and Irv. <br> | ||
Probably next Monday evening, stan will call me tomorrow. | |||
Some more material came from Don Miller's NFFF bureau. | Some more material came from Don Miller's NFFF bureau. | ||
(cont. on 6/11) | (cont. on 6/11) |