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April 2014 New Specialty Toys — Card Games

By TDmonthly Staff

Scheming and Skulking
From: GRANDPA BECK'S GAMES

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Specialty: Yes (as of 2014)
Gender: Boys And Girls

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Card Games
General Games
Family Games

Scheming and Skulking, is an exciting card game where every hand can be a winning hand... if you play your cards right! It is a "trick taking" game, which means that each turn, each player, plays one card. The highest numbered card, or the most powerful special Pirate card played will win. This is called "taking a trick." Each hand players look at their cards and then create a Scheme as to how many tricks they will win. With a "Yo Ho Ho," players simultaneously bid how many tricks they will win. Those bids are recorded on the included score pad. Players continue to Scheme to make sure they win exactly how many tricks they bid. If you get your bid you score. If you win more, or less, than you bid, you loose points. You never know which cards are skulking out there that might thwart your scheme because there are always some cards not dealt out. The five powerful PIRATE cards, the adaptable TIGRESS card, and the all powerful SKULL KING card may, or may not be Skulking in another player's hand. There may be many, or few JOLLY ROGER cards dealt, which are the valuable trump cards. Getting your bid is a dynamic challenge that makes every hand of every game dramatic and interesting. If you have and escape card, it allows you to avoid taking a trick. This is especially helpful when you bid to win zero tricks. Yes, in this game you can win by loosing! Every hand, whether you have high or low cards, can be a winner, If you play your cards right! There are many ways to score bonus points that allow you to come back from behind, or to quickly shoot ahead. You are always in the game, no matter what cards you are dealt. Scheming and Skulking will become a new family favorite for you, just as it is the all time favorite of Grandpa Beck and his family. This award winning game will never cease to entertain and challenge. It is the winner of several awards and now licensed for distribution in a Euro version now available in Europe and Russia!

QUIDDLER JUNIOR is a great word game for early readers and word masters alike. It's easy to learn and fun for the whole family. Each card contains a kid-sized word and colorful pictures that make it fun and easy to play and learn. Scoring is easier and more fun when using point chips. Kids have fun earning, adding and exchanging their point chips. Earn points by arranging the cards in your hand into one or more words. Each round the number of cards dealt increases starting with two cards per person and going to seven cards per person. Get 5 bonus points by having the longest word in any round. The player with the most points wins!

QUIDDLER, the award-winning card game, is now available in a Deluxe version! QUIDDLER Deluxe includes the QUIDDLER card game, The QUIDDLER SHORT Word Dictionary, a score pad and pencil in a unique collectable tin. QUIDDLER is a delightful challenge for rookies and wordsmiths alike. It is the perfect family game and great for parties, too! The challenge is to arrange your entire hand into words. Draw and discard each turn. Try to use your high point letters, but don’t get caught with them in your hand. The game has 8 rounds. Each player has 3 cards in the first round, 4 in the second, and so on, up to 10. When a player goes out, everyone else has one last chance to draw and put down the words they can make. The QUIDDLER SHORT Word Dictionary is an extensive collection of only short words. It was created to increase your competitive edge while playing QUIDDLER, The SHORT Word Game. With over 10,000 short words, the dictionary is organized both alphabetically and by the number of letters per word to help you easily find the best two, three, four and five letter words. With the cards you are dealt and The QUIDDLER SHORT Word Dictionary as your companion, you'll be sure to dominate the short word bonus! Dictionary not sold separately.

"Paddy O’Shea’s Golf Card Game™," a new card game that is more fun than Uno and more challenging than Hearts! It is a great, new, unique game that golfers and card players find fun and challenging. It emulates golf in many ways; the lead goes back and forth; it is stimulating, exciting, at times frustrating and the object of the game is to score as few points as possible. The game is easy to learn, and unpredictable in its play. Strategy, skill, and luck are involved. The game consists of nine hands (“Rounds”) and usually takes 40 to 50 minutes to play a game. Most players want to play more than one game! Paddy O’Shea’s Golf Card Game is designed to be played by 2 to 6 players ages 10 and up.