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Innovative New Companies at the 2025 Nuremberg International Toy Fair
The 2025 Nuremberg International Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) is gearing up to feature several new and emerging companies that are bringing fresh ideas and creativity to the toy industry. As part of the fair’s Petite Pavilion—a pilot program providing smaller, lower-cost exhibit spaces—these budding brands have a unique opportunity to showcase their products on a global stage...

3/2/2025



Best Christmas Board Games for Hours of Family Fun 2024
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11/1/2024



How to Host a Mock Election at Home with Your Kids
Make learning about democracy fun and engaging with this step-by-step guide to hosting a mock election using toys! Introduction Elections are a fundamental part of our society, shaping the leadership and direction of our communities and country. Teaching children about the election process early on can foster a sense...

11/1/2024



THE HEAR ME OUT CAKE TREND ON TIKTOK
Ad: Swiftie Side Hustles: Creative Ways Fans Make Money with Taylor Swift: Insider Stories and Practical Strategies for Making Money in the Taylor Swift Economy The 'Hear Me Out' Cake...

10/1/2024



PetSmart is hosting Santa Photo Days where pet parents can get a free picture of their pet with...
Holiday Pet Photo Contest For those interested in participating in holiday photos virtually, PetSmart is also hosting the #SantaAtPetSmart contest on social media, giving 30 grand prize winners a chance to win a year's supply of premium Hill's® Science Diet® pet food. Participants will be entered in a weekly drawing by posting a photo or video of at least one pet with a holiday component on their public Instagram or Twitter, mentioning @PetSmart and using the hashtags #SantaAtPetSmart and #Contest*. Find more information at petsmart.com/SantaPhotoDaysContest. PetSmart is hosting Santa Photo Days where pet parents can get a free picture of their pet with Saint Nick himself...

12/1/2021



Top 10 Board Games for 2020 Holiday Season
With so many different types of board games it can be hard to choose. Do you want a strategy game that will test the player’s ability as a thinker? Do you want a classic, like Monopoly, where the goal is to hoard the most money and property?...

10/1/2020



Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
There's nothing like a good board game to get kids through the cabin fever that sets in just before warm weather returns...

3/1/2015



Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
Video games and apps may be more popular than ever, but specialty store owners are seeing an increase in the popularity of traditional games, too...

3/1/2014



Top-10 Most-Wanted Travel Toys and Games
Summer vacation is coming up, so TDmonthly Magazine interviewed retailers to find out which travel toys and games will bring the biggest sales this season...

5/1/2013



Q&A w/ Dominic Crapuchettes of North Star Games
Dominic Crapuchettes, founder & co-president of North Star Games, entertained the idea of running a board game company when he was in college, but it seemed more likely that he would be come a literature professor and salmon boat captain...

9/1/2012



Zoch Verlag Teams Up With Lion Rampant Imports for North American Distribution
In 2012 Lion Rampant Imports has teamed up with Zoch Verlag to become an official partner distributor of Zoch titles in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico...

9/1/2012



ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees - Game Play - Brainteasers
Take a closer look at ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees in the Game Play - Brainteasers category...

6/1/2012



ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees - Game Play 3-7 yrs
Take a closer look at ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees in the Game Play - 3-7yrs category...

6/1/2012



ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees - Game Play 8 yrs+
Take a closer look at ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees in the Game Play - 8 yrs + category...

6/1/2012



Q&A With Rory O'Connor, Inventor of Rory's Story Cubes
Rory O'Connor, inventor of the wildly popular Rory's Story Cubes, talks about the importance of prototypes, forging strong licensing partnerships, and how his various studies in everything from puppetry to guided self-healing helped him achieve success...

1/1/2012



Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...

12/1/2010



Lego Toys With Hasbro’s U.S. Games Monopoly
For years, Hasbro has dominated the Games and Puzzles category by following a very simple strategy...

8/1/2010



Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...

7/1/2010



Top-20 Most-Wanted Games: Part 1
Enter 2010, and Bananagrams continues to hold steady as the No. 1 game among specialty retailers, revealed a survey of 38 specialty toy-store owners and buyers...

3/1/2010



Top-10 Most-Wanted Card Games
Set Enterprises still holds the best hand when it comes to card game sales in specialty toy stores. Nearly half of 38 retailers surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine named Set, Quiddler or Five Crowns when asked about their top sellers...

10/1/2009



TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
In January 2009, TDmonthly Magazine polled 56 specialty retailers around the nation about their sales in the games category...

3/1/2009



TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys: January 2009
Bananagrams, Blokus from Mattel and Bakugan Battle Brawlers from Spin Master Toys are still keeping kids busy with traditional games...

1/1/2009



TDmonthly’s Top-10 Most-Wanted Card Games
In August, TDmonthly Magazine spoke to 64 specialty retailers about their best-selling card games...

10/1/2008



TDmonthly’s Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
Most of the 63 specialty retailers recently surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine said their best-selling games are those that are educational...

3/1/2008



TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Card Games
Set by Set Enterprises dominates the card games category, according to 32 specialty retailers who recently spoke with TDmonthly Magazine...

10/1/2007



TDmonthly's Top-10 Pomona Picks
From an a-maze-ing marble-run construction kit to a whack-y ball that exercises the mind, the WTHRA show took buyers and reps into a creative realm of fun and interactivity...

4/1/2007



Top-10 Family Games at Games Expo 2007
Games Expo’s debut 2007 show in Las Vegas highlighted strategic board games, fantasy games and just-plain-fun games for the family...

4/1/2007



TDmonthly's Top-10 New Games
Enter the Valley of the Pharaohs. That's what specialty store customers are doing...

2/1/2007



TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
Blokus by Educational Insights and Apples to Apples by Out of the Box continue to dominate the games category...

2/1/2007



TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Games
Their broad appeal to both kids and adults is why games such as Educational Insights' Blokus and Out of the Box Publishing's Apples to Apples are best sellers...

11/1/2006



TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Card Games
Recently, retailers told TDmonthly Magazine that games of all kinds sold awesome over the holidays and through the month of January — more so, even, than in recent years...

2/1/2006



TDmonthly's Top 7 Most Wanted Board Games
The lasting appeal of board games makes them a profitable item for retailers to have in stock...

1/1/2005




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