Talk:Games Research Inc

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Games Research Inc licensed Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger's favorite game, in 1960 after the board game's creator unsuccessfully tried to get multiple publishers to accept it?

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  1. Fox, Margalit (2013-03-06). "Allan Calhamer Dies at 81; Invented Diplomacy Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

     The article notes, "In 1959, after Diplomacy was rejected by several game publishers, Mr. Calhamer had 500 copies produced at his own expense, selling them by mail for $6.95 apiece. It was acquired shortly afterward by Games Research and has since passed through many corporate hands, including those of Avalon Hill and Hasbro."

     The article notes, "Released commercially in 1959, Diplomacy has sold more than 300,000 copies. It was reported to have been a favorite game of Henry Kissinger; John F. Kennedy and Walter Cronkite were also said to enjoy it."

  2. "Diplomacy". Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original on 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

     The article notes, "Diplomacy was developed by Allan B. Calhamer who was studying European history and political geography at Harvard in the 1950s. Calhamer's finalized his game in 1958, but like many others, the game was rejected by the major game companies, consequently Calhamer published 500 copies at his own expense in 1959. In 1960 he licensed it to Games Research Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts ..."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Art of Losing (The Anchoress album)

5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 09:54, 15 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I'm guessing you want to insert the word "to" before "accept it" in the hook. This is such a minor issue, I'm just going to do it myself, per WP:IAR. If I'm wrong, of course, please do say. A somewhat more important issue is - what happened to the company? We use the past tense throughout, implying it's not around any more, so really should say. There is a sentence that says "Games Research was acquired by Avalon Hill", but it doesn't say when, and doesn't say that the name was no longer used after that time. We should say both if at all possible. This isn't a DYK blocker, but is the most obvious lacuna. GRuban (talk) 18:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)