TDmonthly's ToyFair 2006 Preview--Card Games Product Category

Armadora by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Armadora is a 2-4 player area control game. Your objective is to claim the biggest portion of the dwarven gold mines. Each turn, you will choose to either place one of your tokens facedown to claim territory, or place a palisade to divide existing territories in two. The player with the highest strength in each territory wins its gold at the end of the game. The player with the most gold wins. 9/30/2015 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Stack Attack by PATCH PRODUCTS INC.

Play it risky or play it safe. Either way you just gotta stack it! Roll your dice and stack matching numbers on the dice tower. Just don't be the player who knocks down the tower because you'll score a big fat zero! But if you get all of your dice on the tower before it falls, everyone else loses out! For 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up. 9/30/2015

INK'D The Tattoo Guessing Game by HAYWIRE GROUP

This isn't your grandma's drawing game, this is INK’D™ - the drawing game where your body is the canvas. Choose an INK card, a BODY card, and then choose the player you want to ink. That's right, you're gonna draw a tattoo on their body! Players race to guess the tattoo to earn points. In the party game where everyone gets to TATTOO and be TATTOOED, HOW WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR MARK? 3/18/2015 (Price: $14.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Zombie Run by HAYWIRE GROUP

Zombies have taken over the town and they're EVERYWHERE! Can you be the first to escape the town and get to safety? The player with the lowest number of zombies chasing them after five rounds wins and successfully escapes the town. Zombie Run!™ combines memory with luck and is the ultimate card game for kids with braaaaaaaaaaaaains! For 2 or more players.
Awards: 2014 Creative Child Preferred Choice Award 3/18/2015 (Price: $6.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

FrankenWords by HAYWIRE GROUP

FrankenWords™ is the fast-paced matching game that puts a thrill into making new words!  Stitch two words together to create new meanings and watch vocabulary come alive in amazing ways. Encouraging kids to be inventive and experiment with compound words, FrankenWords is the exciting word laboratory of electrifying play! For 2+ players. 3/18/2015 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Games for Girls by SUGAR LULU

Two new titles have been added to our bestselling Games for Girls line—also packaged in pretty patterned collectible tins of course! Perfect for sleepovers, camp, parties, and more!
Any girl can be a drama queen when she wants to be. With Drama Queens, girls can be silly, crazy and wacky as they act out what’s written on their cards. It’s a super sweet spin on the classic game of charades.
Your classic deck of cards just got 10 times better! Decked Out includes 52 pretty patterned classic cards, with instructions for tons of ways to play fun games!
Other games include: Truth or Dare, M.A.S.H., This or That and Fortune Teller 1/7/2015

Blurble by BERNARD GAMES

Blurble is a hilarious, fast-paced card game that is great for nearly all ages and group sizes. Flip over a card and be the first to say a word that starts with the same letter as the image on the card. Proper nouns, numbers, and words with fewer than three letters are not allowed. The winner of each card moves on to challenge another player, and the player with the most cards at the end is the winner. Aside from the hilarious gameplay, Blurble is also a great educational tool for children. 12/11/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

SWITCHEROO! Game by ENDLESS GAMES

SWITCHEROO! Is the quick-thinking category game that is fast, funny and frenetic! Players try to get rid of their cards first by responding to hilarious subjects. Slap the timer to pass the subject to the next player. But be careful, a SWITCHEROO can happen at any time changing the subject, just when you had a great response in mind! 11/13/2014 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spit it Out by R&R GAMES INC.

ANSWER 6 EASY QUESTIONS WRONG TO GET IT RIGHT. Sounds easy? Well, it should be – except that there is a short time limit and that our brains are wired to give the right answer to an easy question. Still sounds easy? Well, then let’s add a rule that each wrong answer can only be given once. What!? Still too easy? Okay, then sometimes you have to give the right answer and sometimes the wrong answer. That should make it hard enough for you! 11/12/2014 (Price: $19.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Clumsy Thief by MELON RIND

Can you make money stacks that equal $100? If you can, you take the money. Big money's up for grabs and every player joins the fun. This game requires addition skills, strategy, luck and a great sense of humor!

How To Play: Players make $100 money stacks from their dealt cards. Steal a stack if you have a card equaling $100 when added to the top card of your opponents' stack. But that's just the beginning! Thief cards steal money cards. Jail cards stop thief cards. In the end the player with the most money wins. Contents: 94 cards and game rules. Playing time: 15 minutes. Ages: 8+. Players: 2-6. 10/2/2014 (Price: $13.50) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Hare and The Tortoise by IELLO

The Hare and the Tortoise is a card-driven betting game about animal racing loosely based on one of Aesop's Fables.

 6/19/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spot it! Freeze by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Everyone’s favorite card game has gone sub-zero! Spot it! Freeze pits players against an electric timer and heats up the match fueled frenzy with three new games. Players race against the clock as they search for matches between temperature charged symbols, all while looking for their chance to freeze their opponents. Depending on the game, the clock can grant an advantage or cause a hair-pulling drawback. Beat the freeze to win! The handy timer opens up to store the playing cards. 5/14/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Scheming and Skulking by GRANDPA BECK'S 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! 4/1/2014 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Quiddler Jr by SET ENTERPRISES INC.

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!

 3/26/2014 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Quiddler Deluxe by SET ENTERPRISES INC.

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.

 3/26/2014 (Price: $26.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Paddy O'Shea's Golf Card Game™ by PADDY O'SHEA'S GOLF CARD GAME LLC

"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. 2/12/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

KARMA™ – What Goes Around Comes Around!™ by SET ENTERPRISES INC.

Social and competitive players alike will enjoy the clever nuances of this game. KARMA is an elimination game where everyone wins – except the last player holding cards. Each turn play a card of equal or higher value to avoid picking up the entire discard pile. Move through your cards faster by playing doubles or triples. KARMA CARDS can get you out of a jam, but be careful because WHAT GOES AROUND…COMES AROUND!

 2/3/2014 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Deer in the Headlights by UNIVERSITY GAMES

Be the first to get rid of all your cards, but watch out! If you roll a ‘Deer in the Headlights’, your progress stalls. 7/30/2013 (Price: $13.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spot it! Party by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Ready for the ultimate Spot it! session? Party box accessories inject a whole new factor of frenzied fun into the smash hit game. Spot it! Party has all new symbols to rev up the challenge. Discover never before-seen-ways to play and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for your chance to snatch or pass the Hand Mascot—it can make or break a win! With 6 mini-games to master, this party box will hook everyone for hours of electrifying fun! Launch date: July 2013. 5/29/2013 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Ooga Booga by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Get ready to party like a caveman with a memory game of prehistoric proportions! Gather the clan to perform the sacred chant known as Ooga Booga. Each card has either an ancient word or wild gesture. Players take turns laying down a card to add on to the chant. You have to listen closely and follow the clues to recite the chain without a mistake. As the voices of the tribe rise into a sidesplitting song, the sharpest memory will determine the new chief. Ooga Booga is a memory game you’ll never forget! 3/20/2013 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

ifs & Butts by LION RAMPANT IMPORTS

ifs & Butts is the hilarious party game where you find out your friends are nuts. During each round, players write crazy responses to an if scenario and perform silly activities called Butts. 2/4/2013 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pantone Color Cards: 18 Oversized Flash Cards by ABRAMS BOOKS

These flash cards are an engaging invitation for children and parents to explore color together in a whole new way. This 18-card set focuses on 2 tones of each of the 9 basic colors. When you flip the card over, additional colors in the same color family are introduced in the context of an illustrated pattern, and the child is prompted to pick out the right color. These innovative flash cards are both practical and stunning, making them an irresistible addition to any child’s toy box, bookshelf, or wall. "Pantone is the world’s most powerful and influential brand in color, trusted by artists and designers for decades. These flash cards will bring the colors to a younger generation," Jason Wells from Abrams told TDmonthly. Launch date: March 2013. 1/8/2013 (Price: $14.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spot it! Basic Spanish by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Learn Spanish with Spot it! Basic Spanish! This educational game features universal images and Spanish words. There is always one, and only one, matching symbol between any two cards. Spot it to win. Players search for matches between a word and its corresponding picture, between two pictures, or between two words. While the repetition solidifies word recognition, the pictures support reading comprehension. Spot it! Basic Spanish aids learning for Spanish speaking emergent readers and second language learners of all ages. 1/8/2013 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spot it! Basic French by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

Learn French with Spot it! Basic French! This educational game features universal images and French words. There is always one, and only one, matching symbol between any two cards. Spot it to win. Players search for matches between a word and its corresponding picture, between two pictures, or between two words. While the repetition solidifies word recognition, the pictures support reading comprehension. Spot it! Basic French aids learning for French speaking emergent readers and second language learners of all ages. 1/8/2013 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Spot it! Golf by BLUE ORANGE GAMES

This golf card game features more than 50 different images of things one would see on the course. One, and only one, matching symbol exists between any two cards. Spot it to win. Spot it! Golf can be played five ways. For newcomers to the sport, this card game is a great way to become familiar with golf terms and lingo. 1/8/2013 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]