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6 Wednesday - June 1973
First Day of Shebouth - 157th Day - 208 Days to Come

Rcd. [received] another ad mailing for the INTERNATIONAL GAME SHOW.

Made a set of cards for HIT THE JACKPOT. Packaged the game in the Russian SCRABBLE box. To Post Office on Boston Post Road and sent it parcel post insured to Tom Atwater at his home address. Also sent the royal HONORABLE RELATIONS set to Bob Johnson, with six puzzles.

Blacked in the side squares on SPECTRUM board. Made new cardboard squares (and these fortunately had almost the same color of grey for all the backs). Also put arrows on the board.

(cont. from 6/7) [6/7]

is in before I go to Chicago, be he can live with it if it is in by 7/2.
Spoke to Phil F. There are 3 new games. Didn't take them since I'll be carrying things from Felicia. I asked Phil to bring them next time he came to visit. Said he would.
Made repros of the Skor-Mor catalog sheet (PRIME TIME, etc) to bring to Felicia.

To Felicia. the inve One of the inventors of THE WATERGATE CAPER, a friend, a lawyer, and a woman who I don't know where she fits in drove up from Washington with some copies of the game. I played part of a game with the inventor - Jack Ruggiero - and his friend. It was very slow moving with a lot of spaces where nothing happened. Told them to get rid of most of them. Other places where dice could be thrown up to 4 times I suggested instead giving different success numbers for a single throw. Also pointed out some unclear points in the rules and cards.
They gave me a copy. 2000 have been printed. If they go ahead they'll make corrections for the next run. I won't write it up until I hear about the new run.
Exchanged cards with the lawyer, Edward Kennelly.
Spoke to Felicia for a moment and she asked whether 3M had taken Al Richter's puzzle (SIX BEADS), but then since I had shown it I-S wasn't entitled to a fee. I told her that I was showing it with the understanding with Al that she would get the fee. However it was House of Games and Earl said it would be much too expensive to manufacture.
Felicia spoke to Bob Johnson. No specific info, except that he likes IMPULSE, but not many others there have played it yet. She said that if it was a question of using my games or someone elses she told him to use mine. (Which?)
I took the material that Odette Willis left for me (filed in I-S box in basement). She decided to hold Al Richter's QUADRUME and TRY-ANGLES a little longer.
(cont. on 6/5)

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