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Called <u>Felicia</u> in morning. | Called <u>Felicia</u> in morning. Told her about <u>HABITAT</u>, <u>GROOVE</u>, and | ||
<u>HOLEY TERROR</u> (II) with House of Games and <u>TAKE-A-WORD</u> with | |||
Waddingtons. When I told her of Waddingtons 2 1/2% royalties she | |||
got on her high horse and said that that's what happens when I | |||
try to handle the business myself. I answered that I have no | |||
commitment to give him the game and that is why I am asking | |||
her as my agent whether I should give it to him. She backed down | |||
and said that Waddington is a reputable company and that they | |||
would probably sell enough to make us some money at 2 1/2% | |||
<br>I mentioned seeing <u>Jerry Green</u> of the Puzzle Factory and | |||
that <u>TAKE-A-WORD</u> would probably be just right for them. She said | |||
to forget about the Puzzle Factory - they don't pay royalties. | |||
We have a date Thursday at 1 to get together with <u>Bob Johnson</u>. | |||
<br>Call from <u>Bob Gellman</u>. He has Rick Lewis' art work on the | |||
<u>PATTON</u> board and is ready to send it in for plates. I said | |||
that I was supposed to have been contacted to check the preliminary. | |||
He said to come today, which I did. Found some errors | |||
and some things that I'd like changed. He called Rick | |||
and set up a date for Thursday at 3:30.// He wants the rules | |||
by 6/1 by the latest. Also the historical material. | |||
<br>To Stationery Show. To Gameophiles and started looking at rules | |||
for <u>FLIP & FLOP</u>. | |||
<br>Then <u>Tom Atwater</u> and <u>Alex Randolph</u> stopped by and I went | |||
off with them. The only new thing Alex has in the | |||
U.S. this year is <u>MOEBIES</u>. He has two things coming out in | |||
Germany this year with Ravensburg: - <u>BANDA</u> (<u>OFF COURSE</u>), | |||
and <u>TING TONG</u> (a children's memory game with objects hidden under | |||
bells). In 1974 he has the following coming out: - <u>CORONA</u> | |||
(<u>ROUND THE CLOCK</u>), <u>QUARO</u> (<u>SPOTS</u> - but improved), <u>HEPTAD</u> (7 puzzles | |||
on one side of the board and a game on the other side- | |||
all having something to do with the number 7), <u>TOPPY</u> (He prefers | |||
the name <u>TOP DOG</u>. There is a 21 space path. Players | |||
receive prizes, which vary with luck, for completing each lap. | |||
There are other novel features but I don't remember them.) | |||
<br>These games will be handled by Creative Playthings in the U.S. but | |||
Alex will ask them to send me copies. Another game of his | |||
that Ravensburg will be putting out in 1974 is <u>ISHIDO</u> (It will be on | |||
the back of a <u>GO</u> board. The board is marked with spots in | |||
a triangular pattern. Pcs. [pieces] of two colors are placed on the spots. | |||
The game is a <u>NIM</u> type, players in turn remove one or | |||
more pcs. in a connected group - color?. The amount taken | |||
cannot be the same as the opponent unless it is 1. It can | |||
be one more than opponent or any number less. Rough idea.) | |||
<br>Alex had <u>GOOD KNIGHT</u> and <u>BUFFALO</u> (I believe these are the | |||
two he said) with Hallmark. | |||
<br>Alex gave me a Chinese copy of <u>THE JUNGLE GAME</u> that he | |||
picked up in Hong Kong. | |||
<br>I gave Alex a copy of my <u>S&T</u> column with <u>SQUARE OFF</u>. | |||
I mistakenly told him that I had covered it in <u>BOOK WORLD</u>, | |||
but I was embarrassed when he found that I had done | |||
<br>(cont. on 5/3) | |||