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TDmonthly Magazine Product Reviews for OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING
Below are some of the products from OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING TDmonthly has reviewed.  Name: Party PooperCompany: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 12 and up Price: Not Specified Category: General Games Please click here to read TDmonthly´s Toy Expert review of this product. Learn more about Party Pooper  Name: Squint JuniorCompany: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 8 and up Price: $16.99 Category: General Games What Is It? In this family-oriented game, players use transparent shape cards to build simple pictures and then other players guess what the picture might be. Kids can learn how to create images from shapes and improve their perception skills. Adults just like the challenge. This game received Learning Magazine´s 2007 Teachers´ Choice Award for the Family. What We Thought The family who tested it for ToyDirectory has a 6-year-old who is just starting to learn to read, and now she wants to play Squint Junior every day! The unexpected bonus of the game is that the game is actually improving the little girl’s reading skills. Her parents also appreciate that it’s an easy game to clean up. Why They’ll Want It “Squint was very easy to learn and very entertaining for almost all ages — kids to very old people,” Dad assured TDmonthly Magazine. “It´s a great game.” — Alison Marek, 8/6/07 Learn more about Squint Junior Company: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 10 and up Price: $19.99 Category: General Games What Is It? 10 Days in Africa by Out of the Box Games is a strategy game where players plot their journey across the continent of Africa. Each player gets two trays of card-holders with spaces numbered for days 1-10. Then cards are shuffled and laid next to the board. Players draw cards and eliminate or replace them in the holders. Transportation cards and country cards facilitate connections from one country to another and the player able to successfully travel all 10 days throughout Africa wins! 10 Days in Africa is also the 2004 winner of the "Best Smart Play" award from Dr. Toy. What We Thought This game is intriguing to anyone who enjoys traveling and planning adventures. A definite amount of strategy and planning goes into placing each card, and plotting one´s trip. Geographical facts, like population and square footage are detailed on each card, for those who enjoy a bit of trivia. Why They’ll Want It With a full colored map of Africa, this game is an absolute geography lesson. It challenges even the most experienced traveler. Navigation is the key to the game and anyone who has ever found themselves inspired by Indian Jones will want to investigate this geographical game of distant lands.  Name: BasariCompany: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 10 and up Price: $19.99 Category: General Games What is It? What We Thought Why They’ll Want It --Jeremy Loudenback  Name: CityscapeCompany: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 8 and up Price: $29.99 Category: General Games Four players match wits as they build their dream-city skyline. Each player tries to create their vision in the 16-block city area by trying to determine how many buildings are visible from a certain vantage point and how to make landmarks like the tallest building and multiple buildings of the same height. Cityscape is a game that represents the best in multi-player competition. This is truly a game for players 8 and up because it challenges the mind of young and old. There is no wonder this game is raking in the accolades across the industry. This wooden game with fantastic European craftsmanship will be played often and is handsome enough to stay out on display even when not in use. Retailers will find Citscape easy to move out the door anytime of year, especially the during the holiday season.  Name: Fire & IceCompany: OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING Age: 8 and up Price: $29.99 Category: General Games Controlling one island will win you a battle, but in Fire & Ice, players must control the board to win the war. Two players are forced to use 3-D reasoning in a 2-D world by positioning their pins in certain patterns to control as many islands as possible. The catch is that every move you make creates a new move for the competition. This game is addictive from the very start. It is as if Tic-Tac-Toe went 3-D. The logic is like chess but the execution is in a world of its own. This is a must have game for any age! Fire & Ice is never tiresome, and the game is mathematically proven to have a winner every game. Once you play this game you’re hooked. Retailers should make this game available as a sample to play on the sales floor. There are those that will be addicted to playing it and will give the game as a gift if only to have more competition while traveling to see friends and family. |
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