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

Elvis Presley® DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Recapture and relive the life of Elvis Presley as you collect artifacts to create the greatest moments in Rock 'n Roll history. Collect artifacts that match up to the ones on the Elvis cards and make it back to Graceland to win the game. The game features authentic video footage, images and photos of Elvis that will take you from the Gates of Graceland to Heartbreak Hotel. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, DVD, Six-Sided Die, Ten-Sided Die, Tribute Cards, and Elvis Cards. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

US Open Tennis DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Players advance through the US Open Tournament by competing against their opponents in matches. Players make their way to the top to compete in the finals and become the US Open Champion. The game features tennis stars from the past and present and includes footage and images from some of the most memorable moments in US Open Tennis history. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, Coaching Pawns, DVD, Cards/Tokens, Twelve-Sided Die, Six-Sided Dice, and US Open Cash. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

TNA Wrestling DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Enter the world of TNA Wrestling and climb your way to the top by winning all of the TNA Championship Belts. Along the way you’ll hire TNA Stars & Knockouts as you create your own TNA Star and become the best in the industry. The game features authentic video footage, photos of TNA Stars & Knockouts, voiceover by Don West and unlimited game play. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Peter Puck DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Put your skating and goal-scoring skills to the test in this action-packed, interactive DVD board game. With Peter Puck as your guide, make your way around the board answering on-screen challenges and collecting cards while playing a game of hockey. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, DVD, Six-Sided Dice, Ten-Sided Die, Cards, and Pucks. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

KISS Bingo Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

The Classic game of Bingo meets KISS. Players choose a Bingo Card to begin the game. There are 24 numbers per card plus a free space in the center of the card. The numbers run from 1 to 75. Includes Tally Board, Bingo Markers, KISS Bingo Cards (20), Bingo Chips, and Drawstring Bag with KISS logo embroidered on it. For 2-20 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Edgar & Ellen DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Travel throughout Nod’s Limbs and race against opponents in a scavenger hunt to pull off the ultimate prank. Collect a variety of items from Edgar’s Satchel as you try to recreate Edgar & Ellen’s classic pranks by going from location to location and collecting the items you need to become a prankster. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, DVD, Six-Sided Die, Satchel Cards, and Prank Cards. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

American Kennel Club DVD Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

The race is on! Players compete against each other by maneuvering their way through an obstacle course and testing their knowledge with DVD Challenges. The first to the finish line is the winner! Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, DVD, Six-Sided Die, Dog Treats (playing pieces), Dog Bowl (for playing pieces/treats). For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $39.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Word for Word™ Junior Edition Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Players embark on a race of wits from one side of the board to the other with their pawns by correctly answering the designated, category questions. Armed with an arsenal of 1,500 razor-sharp questions, Word for Word challenges players to spell words, provide definitions, identify antonyms and synonyms and solve word puzzles hidden in rhymes and scrambled letters. Word for Word is simple to learn and fun to play. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, and Cards. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Word for Word™ Canada Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Players embark on a race of wits from one side of the board to the other with their pawns by correctly answering the designated, category questions. Armed with an arsenal of 1,000 razor-sharp questions, Word for Word Canada challenges players to spell words, provide definitions and solve word puzzles hidden in rhymes and scrambled letters. Includes Game Board, Playing Pawns, Cards. For 2-4 players. 12/10/2009 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pick Up Sticks by CHANNEL CRAFT & DISTRIBUTION INC.

Pick up as many sticks as you can, without making the other sticks move. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 (Price: $10.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Planet Sensory by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

Sensor, the sensory explorer, guides the players to an exciting planet: carrying out various activities all about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and moving, they get to know their senses better. Who, for example has ears like a lynx or a good nose? ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 (Price: $35.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Let's go shopping! by HABA USA/HABERMAASS CORP.

In four game variations the children will recognize the groceries by touching, ordering or assigning them as quickly as possible, all helped by a good memory. A game collection for two to four children. Also, the wooden groceries are perfect for "free play" games. ( Watch Video) 12/10/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Go, Matria! by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Go, Matria! is an educational word game based on the ancient Kaballah system of numerology, Gematria, where each letter has a numerical value based on its placement in the alphabet. As time begins, players roll the die and race each other to collect letters, but they must be careful – players can steal each other’s letters! Once a player collects ten letters they must yell out, “Go, Matria!” to be safe from having their letters stolen by another player. They then race the timer and each other to create as many words as possible with the highest point value, using each letter only once. For 2-4 players. 12/3/2009 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Word for Word Board Game by GDC-GameDevCo Ltd.

Enter the world of word strategy with Word for Word. Players embark on a race of wits from one side of the board to the other with their pawns by correctly answering the designated, category questions. Armed with an arsenal of 1,500 razor-sharp questions, Word for Word challenges players to spell words, provide definitions, identify antonyms and synonyms and solve word puzzles hidden in rhymes and scrambled letters. For 2-4 players. 12/3/2009 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

North Pole Camouflage by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.

With 48 game cards and six transparent puzzle pieces, this spatial reasoning game challenges kids to cover up arctic animals, making sure they don't overlap with people in the scenes. The single-player game has four levels of difficulty and built-in storage for all the pieces.
— "By the end of the month, I'll be selling 200 to 300 [of this game]," Lori Hershman, owner of Evan's Toy Shoppe in Camden, Conn., told TDmonthly in early December 2009. "It's very easy to explain and every age is attracted to it. Maybe it's because we (the staff) love it so much."
— Two of 44 specialty retailers named it as an overall best seller in late fall 2009. 12/3/2009 (Price: $22.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fifteen Puzzle by THINKFUN

This stainless steel puzzle features 15 number tiles that the player must slide into numerical order after scrambling. 12/3/2009 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sink or Swim by POPULAR PLAYTHINGS

This brainteaser puzzle includes 50 "mind-splashing" challenges set to the scene of a pool party. The goal is to move the puzzle pieces around in such a way that the boy on the red inner tube ends up next to the steps in the lower right corner of the pool. It comes with the swimming pool, 14 puzzle pieces, a storage bag and a challenge booklet with instructions and solutions. 12/2/2009 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Match It! Who Am I? by THE LEARNING JOURNEY INTERNATIONAL

This set of three-piece puzzle pairs features familiar characters and professionals. Children will learn to recognize many different people, such as a police officer, ballerina, and wizard. The colorful puzzle sets are self-correcting — only cards that belong together will fit together. Launch date: October 2009. 11/30/2009 (Price: $11.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Baffle! by FLYING RABBIT ENTERPRISES INC.

Baffle! consists of a 5 x 5 grid of 25 squares on the game board, plus 25 game pieces in five shapes and colors. The player strategically places and removes pieces to accomplish the goal of each particular game. In Baffle! Classic, he must end up with a configuration in which each row, column and diagonal has a piece of each shape and a piece of each color.
— At the Play House Toy Store in Durham, N.C., this game is a best seller, Owner Donna Frederick told TDmonthly in late November 2009. ( Watch Video) 11/30/2009 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Merbs™ - The Spoils of Civilization (Teacher Pack) by PRECISION MATHEMATICS CORP. / THE MERBS™

Winner of industry awards, this teacher's edition of the Spoils of Civilization is a math set for the classroom designed to motivate students to complete class and home work and improve class attendance and behavior through workbooks and class materials. Also includes a fun story about the Merbs™. 11/30/2009 (Price: $49.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Merbs™ - Triple Play "Educational Adventure Series" by PRECISION MATHEMATICS CORP. / THE MERBS™

Featuring the Merbs™, this set consists of 3 short and quick multiplication games. The games take you through a journey on land, at sea, and in the air.  Mastery of multiplication facts is the key needed to win. Practice basic skills with colored-coded dice and pawns. Improve recall of multiplication facts using positive and/or negative numbers. 11/30/2009 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Merbs™ - The Spoils of Civilization by PRECISION MATHEMATICS CORP. / THE MERBS™

The Merbs™ present the Spoils of Civilization, the "Original Token Economy". A game of diplomatic manipulation, it teaches United States geography, money skills, and basic economics. 11/30/2009 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Match It! Alphabet Memory by THE LEARNING JOURNEY INTERNATIONAL

This fun memory game will challenge problem solving and develop memory skills of young children as they try to find a pair of matching cards. Bright, colorful illustrations teach upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. It's a great family game for all ages. Launch date: October 2009. 11/25/2009 (Price: $11.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Whirled Peas® The Game by Peas-Corp

Whirled Peas® engages two teams in five challenges where everybody plays every turn. The object of the game is to earn and steal peas and be the winning team to fill its "PeaPod©". At the center of the game is the "PeaKing©" Spinner. He is the brand ambassador and symbolizes the party game atmosphere inherent in Whirled Peas. "The best part about Whirled Peas® is that sales will support our giving-based business model and help us build and grow our foundation, 'The Peas Project©'" Kevin Werntz, president of Peas-Corp, told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 13, 2010. ( Watch Video) 11/17/2009 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Ticket to Ride: Dice Expansion by DAYS OF WONDER

In this expansion, players still attempt to complete their Destination Tickets, claim routes, and block each other on the map, but rather than draw and collect Train cards, they roll five custom Train dice each turn. Depending on the outcome they can re-roll some or all, then use the dice to claim routes on the board, grab route Tokens for future use, or draw more Destination Tickets. "The Ticket to Ride: Dice Expansion makes for a shorter but just as intense Ticket to Ride game. It can be incorporated into any of the Ticket to Ride series games, and revitalizes them with elements of luck and strategy," Elizabeth Case, marketing assistant at Days of Wonder, told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2001. 11/16/2009 (Price: $20.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]