Options

#	Edition	Year	Year	Logo	Color	Author	Type, Comments
1	1.	1970	f:- b:- r:70	block logo	green	?	Prototype/Testcopy No picture on front/back

OPTIONS: The strategic game of numbers

Options is a 3M bookcase game which was unknown until December 2013 - a real surprise!
It was sold on eBay for about $1700 and at the moment(end of 2013) only this one copy is known.
Similar to the Mad Mate or Jati, it is a prototype, which was never sold.
There is no picture on front and back of slipcase, so it looks like the development of the game was stopped in an earlier phase.
I got some additional pictures and infos from Paul Spreitzer, the new owner:

The slipcase and box are exactly the standard 3M bookshelf game format (dimensions and materials). The box color is the same green as the typical green-box Jumpin or Quinto. Also, the bars above and below the spine title are about the same as those on Jumpin (Quinto's are narrower).
The pieces are identical to Quinto tiles. There are 22 black and 22 brown tiles (2 sets numbered 0-9, with an extra 3 and 7 tile in each color) and 4 red tiles (blank). The extra 3 and 7 tiles are marked red, and it appears to have been done by hand with a marker (!)
The copyright date is 1970, as you can see in the closeup of the rules. There are no other dates anywhere.
The only serial number is on the scorecard -- C-B210SC. The "sample game" sheet has neither date nor serial number.
(The code B210 is from Ploy bookcase game)
There is no information about the original owner of the game; the author is unknown, too.

Some years later I got an eMail, with some backround information about this prototype:
'' ... I found your page about the 3M game Options. I think my family was the original owner of this game. I find it fascinating that this game was unknown until 2013!!
The game belonged to my stepmother, Joan Huber, who died in June 2013. She owned a market research firm and worked for a number of big companies. I can only guess she did some market research for 3M because we had every single one of the 3M bookshelf games, and she was all about getting stuff for free. ... ''

Have a look to the pictures below and keep your eyes open for additional copies - let me know!

Options

(Author: ?)