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

Warzone: A Game of Dynamic Strategy by WARZONE ENTERTAINMENT

The strategy game comes with a clipboard for a real battleship effect. It also comes with Bermuda triangles and atomic mine chain reactions. “Kids choose Warzone over other games because there is nothing else like Warzone available,” Warzone Entertainment Creator Scott Watkins told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 1, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $60.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

PreSchool Improv-Ability by OUTCAST! PRODUCTIONS LLC

The two-in-one role-playing game has kids memorize cards and act out activities. The game encourages the imagination and features brightly colored cards that will attract and keep the attention of children. Launch date: April 15, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $15.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pirates' Gold by CARSON-DELLOSA PUBLISHING

The game is designed to strengthen strategic thinking, basic counting, skip counting and addition skills. The first player to collect six gold cards wins the game. “Kids love pirates and puzzles,” Carson Dellosa Publishing Co. representative John Russell told TDmonthly. “Pirates’ Gold combines the fun of building a 3-dimensional puzzle that turns into an easy-to-play game board filled with swashbuckling pirates and a bounty of shiny gold.” Launch date: September 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $14.99)

Mind Benders A1-A2 Software Track & Field Complex by THE CRITICAL THINKING CO.

The deductive thinking puzzles help children develop the logic, reading comprehension and mental organization skills vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. “They're also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills,” Nile Duppstadt II, vice president of sales and marketing at The Critical Thinking Company, told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 16, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $25.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fancy Nancy Posh Bedroom Game by BRIARPATCH INC.

Players help Fancy Nancy transform her bedroom from plain to posh, by bringing in her boas, ribbons, tiaras and more. No reading is required. The game comes with a color die, four bedroom game boards and 40 Posh Cards, including 14 purple "Let's Get Fancy!" cards, 18 pink "Accessories!" cards and eight blue "Oops!" cards. 5/30/2008 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beddy-Bye Baby™ Game by BRIARPATCH INC.

The game has kids dashing to tuck baby into bed by collecting a teddy bear, pajamas and bottle. No reading is required. The game comes with a game board, 48 playing cards, four tokens with stands, a rattle, die and rules. 5/30/2008 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

I Spy 15th Anniversary Memory Game Limited Edition Silver Tin by BRIARPATCH INC.

Beginners search for matching pairs while advanced players solve riddles. No reading is required, and there are eight different ways to play. The game includes 60 memory cards and 16 challenging riddle cards. 5/30/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Wok N' Roll by INTERNATIONAL PLAYTHINGS LLC

Two to four players race to pick up “food” with special kid-friendly “chopsticks,” as the wacky Wok shakes and rolls.  As children pick out the “food,” they place it in special, colorful bowls. “The Wok n' Roll is brightly colored and is a challenge in dexterity,” International Playthings Inc. Representative Nicole Tiedemann told TDmonthly. “Individual or team play is encouraged, and the whole family can get involved.” Launch date: February 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $19.99)

Up the Water Spout by INTERNATIONAL PLAYTHINGS LLC

Players spin the spinner, and move up the “spout,” watching out for the “raindrop” that could wash their spider out. The first player to get two spiders to the top wins. “The game is uniquely simple to play, yet includes an element of surprise as children wait to see if the 'falling raindrop' will knock their spiders off the board!” International Playthings Inc. Representative Nicole Tiedemann told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $14.99)

ACHIEVE-Ability™ - Ancient Egyptian Treasure Search by WORLD CLASS LEARNING MATERIALS INC.

The four-level game has players comparing and ordering decimals through an ancient Egyptian treasure search game. At the same time, it teaches them about the different wonders of the world, such as the Nile River, the Sphinx and the Aswan Dam. “It is hard to find intermediate level games that can still capture a student who is at an older age,” World Class Learning Materials Product Development Manager Alyssa Brown told TDmonthly. “Students will love this fun and unique way of identifying greater than and less than decimals.” Launch date: January 1, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Goofball Rally by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.

The game teaches color recognition and enhances logical thinking skills. “Kids will love the fast-paced game,” Educational Insights Advertising and Public Relations Coordinator Heidi Bultman told TDmonthly. It’s “very easy to understand and [there is] no reading required.” Launch date: January 31, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Air Traffic Control Tower by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.

The game is great for travel and brain exercise. The game features 48 different puzzles at differing levels of difficulty. “Kids will also like it because it has planes,” Educational Insights Advertising and Public Relations Coordinator Heidi Bultman told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 31, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Giant Blokus by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.

The strategy game teaches spatial reasoning and critical thinking skills. “Giant Blokus is fun to play, easy to learn and has huge games pieces,” Educational Insights Advertising and Public Relations Coordinator Heidi Bultman told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 31, 2008. THIS PRODUCT IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTED BY EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS. 12/4/08. 5/30/2008 (Price: $169.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pirate-Opoly by LATE FOR THE SKY PRODUCTION

This property trading game is specially designed for small children. Players can choose parrots, purchase pirate friends, collect skulls and crossbones, get pirate loot and sail the high seas with a band of pirates. Launch date: June 1, 2008. 5/30/2008 (Price: $15.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Imaginiff 10th Anniversary Edition by BUFFALO GAMES INC.

Imaginiff 10th Anniversary Edition offers all of the play value and classic elements of the original Imaginiff with 100% new content and some new hilarious “categorical” twists. Players just imagine what the other players are most like. Imaginiff your best friend were a theme park ride, which would he/she be? Bumper Cars, Splash Mountain, Tunnel of Love, Merry-Go-Round or a Roller Coaster? While everyone gets to vote, only the most popular answer wins. This is a great way to get to know what your friends and family really think of you! Assuming you do want to know, of course. Packaged as both a board game for your home and card game for the road, this game can be played anywhere...imaginable. 5/30/2008 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Six by FOXMIND GAMES

Six is an elegant and subtle game of shape and strategy, where the goal is to be the first to form one of three winning shapes with one’s pieces. The game comes in a box cube and features high quality, red and black hexagonal wooden pieces. The game is great for travel. Launch date: June 2008.
Awards: Excellence Consumer Guide of Canada 5/30/2008 (Price: $24.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pass the Pigs by WINNING MOVES GAMES

In this classic party game, two or more players roll the dice to score points and try to avoid “pigging out” so they don’t lose their points. It comes with two pig dice, a score pad and guide, two pencils and a plastic carrying case.
— “Every time we get it, it's crazy,” Donna Cole of Kaleidoscope Toys in Salida, Colo., told TDmonthly in May 2008.
— “Our best-selling game has always been Pass the Pigs,” said Joel Hardy, co-owner of Magpie Toys in Red Lodge, Mont., noting that they “display it vertically on a shelf.”
— In a late Summer 2012 survey, Mike Castor, owner of Pentwater Toybox in Pentwater, Mich., told TDmonthly that Pass the Pig was their second-best selling card game. 5/29/2008 (Price: $12.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Saturday Matinee by SUPERFROG GAMES

This game can be played with up to 20 people. Its 12:30 and time to head to the matinee.  What’s playing? Comedy?  Adventure?  Draw a tab from the popcorn carton and find out.  First to have a ticket for all the movies on their card wins the game. 5/23/2008

Madam Zora's Fortunes by SUPERFROG GAMES

Draw one of the colored stones from the pouch, choose a number and Madam Zora will predict  your fortune.  Money, love, luck, destiny, surprises and your wishes are all included. 5/23/2008

Math Dice by THINKFUN

In this captivating 3-D game of mental math, players try to get closest to the target number by creating different equations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and even powers. Launch date: 2004.
— Terry Myers, owner of Kaleidoscope Toys in Round Rock, Texas, told TDmonthly in a Fall 2012 survey that Math Dice is one of their top-2 best selling educational products. 5/23/2008 (Price: $4.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Professor Noggin's Rainforests of the World by OUTSET MEDIA

The game has two levels of difficulty for kids of all ages. Kids will hone their communication skills while learning about monkeys, rubber plants, jaguars and more, as Professor Noggin takes them from the forest floors of Africa to the canopies of the Amazon Basin. The material covers both tropical and temperate rainforests. Launch date: June 2008. ( Watch Video) 5/22/2008 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Professor Noggin's Extraordinary Women by OUTSET MEDIA

The game has two levels of difficulty for kids of all ages. Kids will hone their communication skills while learning about extraordinary women in the field of science, art, politics and more. Launch date: June 2008. ( Watch Video) 5/22/2008 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Mumbo Jumbo by FUNDEX GAMES

The fast-playing adult social game features five categories: humming, charades, word relationship, seven-word clues and the big question. It’s a mix of acting, guessing and thinking. The game includes 40 action and category discs, two die, a 30-second spin timer and instructions. Launch date: June 2008. 5/22/2008 (Price: $15.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

One Word by FUNDEX GAMES

Teams race the clock to come up with one answer for two different sentences. For example, the word “roof” is both part of a house and the noise a dog makes. The team with the most correct answers wins. The game includes five score markers, a timer, category cards and instructions. Launch date: June 2008. 5/22/2008 (Price: $15.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sketchy by FUNDEX GAMES

Players race the clock drawing items in a given category and then try to determine which of their partner’s drawings actually matches theirs. The team with the most matches wins. The game comes with category cards, sketch pads, pencils, die, spin timer and instructions. “These games are perfect for people on the go and have busy schedules,” Fundex Games Ltd. Marketing Specialist Katie Hemlock told TDmonthly. “They play in half the time and are twice the fun.” Launch date: June 2008. 5/22/2008 (Price: $15.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]