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Title
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1972_Sackson_195_June 23.jpg
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Creator
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Sid Sackson
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Date
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1972
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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 1, Object 10, Sid Sackson collection
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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1972
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Rights
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The Strong, Rochester, New York.
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transcription
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English
6/22
6/20
6/18
6/17
23 FRIDAY - JUNE 1972
175TH DAY - 191 DAYS TO COME
To S & T office. Gave Red my column and the copy of
ORION. (later discovered that I took home the glossy
of SPECULATE.) Ran off copies of the game PROGRESSION.
To Felicia's. Gave her PROGRESSION back and she'll return it
to the inventor.
She showed me the game TAK-A-CHANCE, or rather just the
rules. There are 4 decks of cards, each one having
cards that give odds for various events happening. One
is based on dice, one on standard cards, one on
tossed coins, and possibly the 4th deck is a regular
deck of cards. Players in turn draw a card from a deck
(which one?) and then bet on the outcome. In some cases
other players can bet, also being allowed to bet against
the event. (Rough idea.)
I asked her about her visit from Joseph Scott, the
inventor of SHAKESPEARE. He and his wife were very pleasant
(after a bad impression [on] the phone). The only thing
she found interesting was THE OPERA GAME, which is
partially based on quizzes. But she is sure it too limited
in its scope.
She showed me a folder with pictures of small game
packages he had tried to sell to various card manufacturers,
without success. My comment was that they were either
public domain or so simple that things as good could be developed
in house. Felicia agreed.
There was also a picture of THE CALORIE GAME (track
game) which had originally been published in MCCALL'S.
Back to Simulations. Made repros of pages (45 double
pages) from PRZEWODNIK GIER for my father to translate.
Took 4 copies of issue #32 of S & T. (Found later that
the counters for BORODINO were misprinted in one
copy.)
Spoke to Jim Dunnigan and he gave me reproductions of an
article that Martin Campion prepared for inclusion in
MOVES. It has reviews of DECLINE AND FALL, FLYING CIRCUS,
FRANCE 1940, EXTINCTION, NEW TOWN, CHICAGO, CHICAGO,
UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHER FUCKER, CONFRONTATION,
THE CITIES GAME, BLACKS AND WHITES, SOCIETY TODAY,
DRUG ATTACK, THE LIB GAME, WOMAN AND MAN, LIE, CHEAT, AND STEAL,
CONVENTION, THE NEXT PRESIDENT, MR. PRESIDENT,
WHO CAN BEAT NIXON?, THE STOCK MARKET GAME,
STOCKS AND BONDS, THE GODFATHER GAME. It also
Jim suggested that I write to Campion and work out the handling
of reviews between us. Before doing that I will read
the article and call Jim next week.
If things go O.K. Jim would like to get Campion to work
for Simulations as a historian, paying him about $14,000
to get him to give up his teaching position.
(cont. on 6/22)
