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4 Thursday - January 1973
4th Day - 361 Days to Come

Called Zeke Rose of Ideal P.R. [public relations]. I'll go there at 11 on 1/16 to talk about the Ideal games and then probably go to lunch. I asked if he had seen THE BOSS review in WASHINGTON POST. No, his clipping service hasn't sent one. I'll bring it to him. (see 8/23/72.)

Jerry D'Arcey called from California to thank me for getting him and THE IMPUZZABLES mentioned in the Dec. [December] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. He was thinking of putting TOP DOG out himself, but there would be too much front money req'd [required]. Now he can't decide whether to show it to Parker or Lakeside first.
He and Frank Thibault will be coming to Toy Fair and will share a hotel room (packaged deal with air fare).
He mentioned that Frank Thibault had placed another GAME with 3M. I mentioned that I hadn't heard a word from Frank at X'Mas [Christmas]. Jerry will check with him.

Dana had a catalog from "Miles Kimball" (borrowed from Maureen). Among other things, had THERMOPYLAE. (For picture of board see PLAYTHINGS Directory Issue - May 30, 1972.) "The battle rages between two crafty opponents and the first to capture all the enemy's men or to control the famous pass of Thermopylae will be the winner. This has all the thrills and intrigue of checkers except that it is played on an 11" square metal board with 18 magnetic pieces." ($1.89.)
STRETCH-A-WORD. "One self-contained gameboard provides a wealth of excitement and mental combat! The first player sets the computer-type dials to give you a letter. You add another, trying to form a word. By adding a letter on each successive play, the players stretch the existing word and score points. Sturdy 3 1/8x11" plastic case has easy- to-read magnifying window. Tots work with simple words, adults engage in mental jousts with up to ten letters. Has many game variations." ($2.79.) (For picture see TOYS, Feb. '72. [February 1972]
TAROT cards - 78 card deck 7/8"x1 3/8" ($1.19.)
THREE DIMENSIONAL DOMINOES. "Combine the stimulating fun of crossword puzzles with the challenging fun of dominoes! The set includes 80 interlocking plastic dominoes, each with a letter of the alphabet. Snap them together as you spell words, earn bonuses, and draw new letters. Directions include several versions for 2 to 5 players. ($1.00)
[there is a drawing of a puzzle piece with the letter C to the left of the last two lines of text]

Called Sanda Garson (see 3/31/72). Not in and left word on her machine to have her call me.

Call from Claude. He got together with Strangin and Wexler. The latter has three GAMES for Claude to test. At first he said five but Strangin said that would overload Claude. Claude asked for $100 to look at them. One is a take-off on BRIDG-IT (which Claude mentioned and Wexler didn't seem to care much), the second which I don't remember, and the third a rather interesting version of TIC-TAC-TOE with sliding panels. Claude still thinks they would like to suck the rest of us into the project.
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