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After Half a Million Downloads, the Founders Are Ready to Turn Their App Into a Party Card Game on Kickstarter
Drink and Tell has triggered over half a million conversations amongst people, all while getting them drunk. After much demand from users, the founders are turning it into a party card game, with the help of Kickstarter, their large community of users, and an exciting competition. - October 16, 2017 - Drink and Tell
Mad Moves™ Boogies to Kickstarter
Toy Industry Phenom Ashley Mady to Launch an Insanely Fun Party Game. - October 14, 2017 - Mad Moves
Kvellix™ Announces the Appointment of Ascender Studios as Agency of Record to Help Launch NUTSO™ at the Second Annual Play Fair
Kvellix now working with Ascender Studios on the goal of making NUTSO™, a new poker styled card game, a disruptive force in the gaming industry. - October 11, 2017 - Kvellix
Hey There Fatty Nominated for Best Multiplayer Experience at DreamHack 2017
Chocolate Crackers, a Colorado based company, is proud to announce that their premier game, Hey There Fatty, has been nominated as a finalist for Best Multiplayer Experience at DreamHack 2017 - October 11, 2017 - Chocolate Crackers LLC
The Gamefolio System 2.0 Launches on Kickstarter. The Highest Crowdfunded Gaming Bag Ever is Back.
InIt Gear, creators of The Gamefolio System, a modular tabletop gaming bag, have just launched their 2nd Kickstarter campaign and are aiming to top their previous record-breaking run. - October 07, 2017 - InIt Gear
Crazy Commute Live on Kickstarter
Your commute is about to get more fun. New design studio, Sheep Tree Studios, is proud to announce the launch of their Kickstarter campaign for their new game, Crazy Commute. About the game: Crazy Commute is a card game playable from 3 to 5 players and suitable for ages 7 years old and older. It... - October 06, 2017 - Sheep Tree Studios
Classic Folk Song Brought Back to Life in Haunting High-Tech Fashion
Centuries-Old Tale of Woe Reemerges as 3-D Halloween Prop - October 05, 2017 - Night Frights
Bob Ross Game to Release on October 1st at Target
Big G Creative is releasing their new board game title, Bob Ross Art of Chill as a Target Exclusive on October 1st, 2017. Players can earn “chill points” in the board game by painting landscape features like Happy Little Trees and Almighty Mountains using colors and brushes that Bob... - September 21, 2017 - Big G Creative
Kvellix Inc. Announces the Upcoming Launch of NUTSO™ at Play Fair in NYC November 4th
NUTSO™ is a high energy, gut wrenching poker styled card game design to bring back family game night. Soon you can be part of Kvellix Inc.'s new NUTSO nation family. - September 19, 2017 - Kvellix
Cary Tagawa, Adrianne Curry & Ice-T's Wife Coco Are Cast as New Super Heroes Based on the Comic Book, Gekido, by BeyondComics.TV Creator Graig Weich & B.Wilson
Ice-T's super model wife, Coco (Coco Austin), Adrianne Curry and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat) are now officially licensed for the 1st time as fully posable 1/6 scale 12" action figures with "real synthetic skin" (& 28 points of articulation with a steel skeleton inside), based on the comic book, Gekido. They are empowered new super heroes: www.BeyondComics.TV, created by celebrity artist of the stars Graig Weich (Poster Artist: Spawn #30) seen on TV's E!, Huff Post, AMC, HBO & 20/20 ABC. - September 15, 2017 - BeyondComics.TV
Custom STEM/STEAM Classroom Kits Now Available for Teachers
STEM Discovery Boxes announces new customized STEAM Classroom Kits making it easier for teachers to build a personalized curriculum for their students. - September 14, 2017 - STEM Discovery Boxes
Anton & Company Announces Selling 2.5 Million Christmas Trivia Games After Being Told It Would Never Sell
The classic and original version of the Christmas Trivia game is played by millions of Americans each year. Just updated. Available at fine retailers everywhere including gift stores, toy stores, Christmas stores, Hallmark, home decor retailers, craft stores, grocery stores and more. Plus many more games like Christmas Bingo, Carols & Songs Game, 12 Days of Christmas Golf Balls, and much more. - September 14, 2017 - Anton Publications
Owlbear Prints Set to Bring a New Industry to Calgary
Owlbear Prints hopes to take a love of gaming and wood crafting to create magic for many. - August 28, 2017 - Owlbear Prints & Collectables
Independent Artists, Unusual Themes Take Center Stage in New Offbeat Line of Jigsaw Puzzles, Now Available on Kickstarter
Artists from the USA, France and Canada embrace nostalgic pastime with unconventional themes of naturalism, surrealism, mythology, Slavic folklore and the visual style of the retrowave music genre. Live on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/368838497/bone-owl-jigsaw-puzzles - August 24, 2017 - Bone Owl Puzzles
Big G Creative to Introduce Four Game Titles at GenCon50
Big G Creative will be formally introducing their company and first four board games to the gaming world at GenCon 50 2017. - August 18, 2017 - Big G Creative
Golareh Safarian's Children's Book "Gogi & Mogi Go to the Garden" Gets Another Four-Star Review
Gogi and Mogi’s adventure proves that, by working together, solving problems not only can be done, but can be fun. - August 01, 2017 - Gogimogi
Golareh Safarian's New Children's Book Gets Stellar Review
"Gogi and Mogi Go to the Garden is a story about finding inspiration in everyday places. Easy to follow and enhanced by clever and specific examples, this book will stoke the imaginations of young readers." -BlueInk Reviews - July 28, 2017 - Gogimogi
Kickstarter Gold: Chineasy Tiles. Learning Chinese is Easier Than Ever with a Hands-on Board Game.
Chineasy, the award-winning methodology that revolutionized how people learn Chinese, just launched its latest educational toy: Chineasy Tiles - a learning tool that makes learning Chinese fun and easy for all ages. In 2013, Chineasy successful raised over £190,000 in its first Kickstarter campaign to publish Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese. Today, Chineasy is back with a hands-on, multi-dimensional learning tool for learners of all ages to engage and play while learning Chinese. - June 28, 2017 - Chineasy
New Real-World Game: The Floor is Lava
The Puzzalarium opened a brand new real-world game called The Floor is Lava in Hillcrest this week. It is a hidden roles game for between 7-25 players at once. Players are dealt roles and secretly assigned to a team. Players must work together, lie, and cross-examine each other in order to figure out who is and is not on their team, all the while with players attempting to eliminate each other by making them step in the Lava. At the end of the game, the team with the most players alive wins. - June 13, 2017 - The Puzzalarium
Where Will You be When the Bombs Begin to Fall? Survival Board Game "Apochalyptica" Hits Kickstarter
New England based indie game development company, Psychotronic Studios, released their first game to Kickstarter earlier this week. Apochalyptica is an apocalyptic survival board game/rpg hybrid aiming to bridge the divide in the tabletop gaming community. - May 18, 2017 - Psychotronic Studios
One of the Millions of Online Retailers Net-Thrift.com Adds Local Pick-Up Option to Deal with Increasing Numbers of E-Commerce Competitors
Net-Thrift.com, a family-run online business out of Fort Worth, TX, sets out to test a local pick up choice to online store specializing in thousands of everyday pre-owned products. Ranging from health and beauty products, toys, pet supplies, home decor, small appliances to bulky furniture, Net-Thrift.com hopes to boost sales with local shoppers. - May 11, 2017 - Net-Thrift.com for Home and Business
Award-Winning Edtech Company Launches Personalized STEM Picture Book for Children
Zyrobotics released their first personalized picture book, The Name Game, a customized gift that includes an e-book to engage children in interactive STEM. - May 04, 2017 - Zyrobotics
Showing Off Our "Lady Bits"
Upstart FU_Network goes headlong into the digital culture war with new series by feminist thought leader/avid gamer Liana Kerzner. - May 03, 2017 - FUN - The FU_Network
"It’s A Squirrel’s Life™" Board Game, Inspired by a Rescued Tree Squirrel Launched on Kickstarter by Moxy Roxy, Inc.
Game helps children with math and negotiation skills, with some proceeds going to animal charities. - April 26, 2017 - Moxy Roxy, Inc.
Baby Cures Launches BabyCures.net
Baby Shower Gift Ideas, Baby Products and Articles for New and Established Parents. - April 16, 2017 - Baby Cures
Small Phoenix Company Awarded National Collegiate Product License
VM&RC Enterprises, an Arizona based toy and entertainment products company, today announced that it has negotiated a license from the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) to produce a first-ever, high quality mini-basketball backboard set, featuring the NCAA Division I Men’s and... - April 11, 2017 - VM&RC Enterprises
Apocalypse the Risen for 5E and Pathfinder - Kickstarter Opens Thursday 3/30
Apocalypse the Risen, a post-apocalyptic fantasy horror campaign setting for 5E and Pathfinder opened its Kickstarter campaign on Thursday, 3/30/17. - March 31, 2017 - Rusted Portal Games
Funky Bots Launches Atomic Bands for Smart Bluetooth Body Motion Gaming
Funky Bots announces the launch of Atomic Bands on IndieGoGo. Atomic Bands are smart bluetooth gaming and the first wearables for gesture based gameplay. They feature advanced bluetooth motion tracking, single or multi player options. No camera or remote control needed and most of all these bands teach players real skills. Features include: gesture recognition, haptics for advanced rhythm training and a rad wireless oracle charging station. Play augmented reality games and make fitness fun. - March 23, 2017 - Funky Bots
ArcStone Casting & Design Launches Talking Trump Toy on Kickstarter
Artist launches Kickstarter Campaign to help fund the release of his Humpty Trumpty figure which is available in both Democrat and Republican versions. - March 12, 2017 - ArcStone Casting & Design
A Look Into The Right of Kings, the New Kickstarter Board Game and Collectible Playing Cards
The Right of Kings brings your clan back to the table. The beginning of a gaming legacy that starts with ROK, a board game and set of collectible playing cards. - March 05, 2017 - The Right of Kings
Brand New BKServo DS-S-HT
New BK Servo Model DS-S-HT. BK Servo, a leading manufacturer of high end servos for the remote control hobby industry is pleased to announce a new servo made specifically for surface applications, including 1/8 scale off road vehicles. - March 03, 2017 - BK Designs LLC
Garagen1 Now Unveils State-of-the-Art Hoverboards
Garagen1, a renowned website dealing in hoverboards has now unveiled what may change how people view hoverboards and self-balancing scooters in general. The company has been known to be a market leader when it comes to the sale of high-quality hoverboards but in a bid to seek more leverage in this... - February 27, 2017 - Garagen1
New Children’s Toy Brand Puts the Fun and Carefree Spirit Back Into Playtime with Handmade, Brightly-Colored, Wooden Toys
Hudson’s, an online children’s toy brand, launched its store on Amazon.com in January 2017 with its first product; a handmade, brightly-colored, wooden glockenspiel xylophone. Designed for children three years and above, the instrument is perfect for mini musicians, and can also provide... - February 23, 2017 - Hudson's
The Right of Kings Playing Cards and Board Game is Launching on Kickstarter
The Right of Kings introduces a new set of playing cards, together with a new game called The ROK. - February 16, 2017 - The Right of Kings
iBUS Project Determines Customers' Choices for Toy Customisation
Market research conducted within the iBUS project highlights the types of toys consumers would prefer to customise. This study also establishes the customers’ technical and creative capacity for toy customisation and the extra-price they would assume for a unique product designed by them. - February 02, 2017 - AIJU - Technological Institute for Children’s Products and Leisure
Insult Party Game, Argle Bargle Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
Game designers and life-long friends, Simon Erich and Zeke Brill are proud to announce the launch of Argle Bargle: The Game Where You Insult Your Friends on popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. They are seeking funding for an initial print run. - January 25, 2017 - Argle Bargle
Husband/Wife Couple Raise $60,000 on Day 1 of Board Game Release on Kickstarter
A husband/wife team released their new game, Tortuga 1667, on Kickstarter. It has raised $60,000 in the first 24 hours and is still climbing. Here is the link to the project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travishancock/tortuga-1667-a-pirate-game-of-mutiny-plunder-and-d . - January 20, 2017 - Facade Games
Percentage of Insanitales Sales to Fund Scholarship
Despicable Bastards Entertainment giving back with proceeds of new game’s sales. - December 18, 2016 - Despicable Bastards Entertainment, LLC
New Supplies of Kiserena Loom Refill Kit Have Arrived on Amazon
Recent high sales have led to reducing stocks of Kiserena’s Loom Refill Kit. Kiserena is assuring customers that the product has now restocked its distribution warehouse in the last few days. - December 01, 2016 - Kiserena LLC
Post Election America May be Too Sensitive for Crowd Funding of Bad Words™ Adult Board Game
Game creators' feelings hurt over lack of media pickups -- Bad Words™ company completely offended by bloggers responding that their game may be too offensive to write about. - December 01, 2016 - Bad Words
Kiserena Upgrade Loom Kit Has Reached a New Sales Milestone
The Recently Improved Loom Kit by Kiserena is Getting More Popular - November 30, 2016 - Kiserena LLC
Kiserena’s Fuse Beads Kit Ready to Celebrate One Year on Amazon
First year on Amazon.com Kiserena’s Fuse Beads Kit ready to celebrate offering special deals - November 24, 2016 - Kiserena LLC
Traditional Toys and Games Market in US Estimated at $26.2 Billion in 2016
The Traditional Toys and Games Market in US estimated at $26.2 billion in 2016 and has experienced strong growth in the past two years. This trajectory is likely to continue into 2017 given the positive economic climate and the anticipated release of new installments in movie franchises popular with kids. - November 19, 2016 - Market Research Hub
Space-Based STEM Game Wins Good Housekeeping 2016 Award
Xtronaut Enterprises, Inc. Wins Good Housekeeping Award for Space-Based STEM Game Designed by Leader of NASA Mission. - November 17, 2016 - Xtronaut Enterprises, Inc.
YO-KAI WATCH Toys Launches in the Middle East
ToyPro Dmcc, a Dubai based toy marketing and development house, is making its first introduction to the market with the exclusive launch of the Yo-Kai Watch toys in the Middle East after a massive success in Japan, US and currently in the EU markets. Yo-Kai Watch is a smash hit series of... - November 08, 2016 - ToyPro
Kiserena Loom Refill Kit on the Verge of Reaching Its 1000th Sales Milestone
Kiserena reports about a new upcoming milestone that the Loom Refill Kit will be reaching in Amazon.com soon. - November 05, 2016 - Kiserena LLC
Kiserena Loom Refill Kit Awarded 4.7 Stars on Amazon as 1st Year Anniversary Announced
With its second Christmas season fast approaching, Kiserena announce the first year anniversary for their Loom Refill Kit on Amazon.com. - November 03, 2016 - Kiserena LLC
"Best Bookstore in Denver" Hosting 2 Year Anniversary Celebration
Friday, November 4th marks the two-year anniversary of Second Star to the Right Children’s Books, a locally-owned book and toy store, and you’re invited to celebrate their birthday. Join Second Star staff for a fun-filled, family-friendly evening of giveaways, raffles, cake and much more. In addition, local musicians will be joining the store for a neighborhood Disney sing-a-long. - October 27, 2016 - Second Star to the Right Books
New Children's Book Sparks Curiosity and Encourages Interest in STEAM Subjects
"Ms. Pearl Makes a Discovery" is a new children’s book designed to encourage curiosity and get children excited about learning! Readers will witness the adventures of Ms. Pearl and her animal friends, who all have a special interest in either science, technology, engineering, arts or math. Together, they explore the fascinating world of STEAM while inspiring the reader to recreate some of the amazing experiments performed in the book. - October 24, 2016 - Christina Washington
Bouncer Depot Launched Cheaper Production Line of Bounce Houses for Residential Use with Quality Identical to Commercial Inflatables
Bouncer Depot, commercial bounce house and inflatable water slide manufacturer, launched new and cheaper line of products made to meet residential needs and requirements. - October 13, 2016 - Bouncer Depot