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Rcd. a check for $14.39 from <u>Tom Atwater</u> for <u>ODD OR EVEN</u>, <br> | Rcd. a check for $14.39 from <u>Tom Atwater</u> for <u>ODD OR EVEN</u>, <br> | ||
<u>TEMPO</u>, and <u>INTERPLAY</u>. | <u>TEMPO</u>, and <u>INTERPLAY</u>. No word on <u>TRANSFORMATION</u>. Note <br> | ||
from Tom that he will be at the "Small Wonders" booth during <br> | |||
Toy Fair. | |||
Called <u>Mike Albers</u> office. Mike not in but spoke to <u>Ken Irsay</u>. <br> | |||
Asked him if Parker had any giant size games for promotional purposes. <br> | |||
He said they might have one of <u>RATTLE BATTLE</u>. He <br> | |||
checked with Parker and called me back. <u>RATTLE BATTLE</u> has been <br> | |||
discontinued and they don't have any others. Told him I'd contact <br> | |||
him with the games I want for display. <br> | |||
Called <u>Bernie Lane</u>. He'll come here tomorrow at 8 P.M. | |||
Finished letter to <u>Haar Hoolim</u>. Described <u>ORION</u>, with a diagram <br> | |||
of the whole board. Told him I hear <u>HAAR HOOLIM PERCEPTION GAMES</u> <br> | |||
are doing well. Told him he misunderstood about <u>VECTOR</u>. | |||
Made a 1/4" layout of the area for the Xerox exhibit and <br> | |||
cardboard cutouts of the various games. | |||
Working on a new layout for <u>AIR BATTLE</u>, eliminating the <br> | |||
factories. Added scoring areas on the four edges of the <br> | |||
<u>DRILL FOR OIL</u> layout. | |||
Called <u>Earl</u>. I go there Thursday evening. Told him I'd like to <br> | |||
test some of the pencil & paper games. <br> | |||
The man from Japan he was introduced to has returned. His <br> | |||
company is definitely interest[ed] in our games, and is studying <br> | |||
the possibilities. <br> | |||
Called <u>Claude</u> to tell him of date Thursday. | |||
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[Illegible crossed out.] | |||
(cont. from 2/17) [2/17] | |||
tells whether each planet can move forward or retrograde. <br> | |||
The amount of one die or the other can be moved for each <br> | |||
planet or the planet can stay put. <s>When</s> The path is about <br> | |||
20 spaces long with 2 legs next to each other with <br> | |||
arrows showing a counterclockwise motion around the closed path. <br> | |||
When a player gets the four planets into the order matching his <br> | |||
card he gets a card with one of the 4 elements, <br> | |||
corresponding to the space the sun marker is on. Win by getting <br> | |||
all four elements. (Fairly rough idea.) <br> | |||
Played <u>COLD WAR</u>, <u>HEXOWORD</u>, and <u>TOURNEY</u>. In first they suggested <br> | |||
completing with 4. In last <u>Claude</u> went all over the board at <br> | |||
first and then won with a series of free moves. | |||
On Broadway near 15th St. bought the Feb. 1970 ''<u>SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN</u>'' <br> | |||
for 50 [cents], by mistake instead of Feb. 1971. | |||
(cont. on 2/7) | |||