58 SECTOR GUIDE GAMES & PUZZLES GEN42GAMES
Gen42 Games is now distributing its own games in the UK. The plan is to introduce one game at a time until the company has incorporated a whole line. Over the last ten years Gen42 has established a growing successful international market and says it would now like to transfer that success to the UK, starting with the introduction of a
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new travel version of its star product Hive, simply called Hive Pocket. Hive Pocket was recently added to
Gen42’s line of strategic board-less games, debuting at the Nuremberg Toy Fair earlier this year. It is the seventh addition to the Hive family since the first wooden edition of this successful game back in 2001. Since then Hive has seen many incarnations, from an iOS App to a black and white classic edition. Hive Pocket includes the two expansions to the game, The Mosquito and The Ladybug, which would normally be sold separately. Apart from that it is the very same
award-winning game, but just smaller and cuter.
FLAIR
Flair has a board game based on the hit Nickelodeon TV show – House of Anubis. It is in fact the first House of Anubis product in the toy category in the UK.
The game board echoes the English
boarding school from the TV series. The rooms and corridors are pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle, so the game is different every time.
The aim of the game is to collect the
hieroglyph tokens while avoiding the creepy caretaker and other pitfalls. The first player to collect six tokens and get back to their bed is the winner.
DKL
DKL’s Wonderworld range offers quality toys made from rubber wood. The eco- friendly games and puzzles aim to educate children about the environment and the impact it has on the planet. Wonderworld also has a top range of eco teaching games, including Eco Town. Small wooden models are included so children can build their very own mini eco town, complete with bicycles, trees, a rainwater tank and recycle bin. Similar to Eco Town is Village 3D
Domino. Children can create a fantasy village using the wooden domino-style pieces provided. It can also be used as a jigsaw puzzle. Transport 3D Domino is an additional game involving cars that can be paired together on a road map board.
CLARENDON GAMES
Clarendon is focusing on three products – Perigon, Perigon Marble Set and Market Meltdown.
Instead of watching a financial crisis wreak havoc, in Market Meltdown (£29.99) you get to actually be one of the daring, high-flying traders. It’s game only for those with nerves of steel – are you slick and cool enough to resist the widespread panic and make a fortune?
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Perigon (£39.99) is a two-player strategy board game which combines the complexity of Chess with the accessibility of Backgammon. ‘Perigon’ means a 360-degree angle. Set up the game’s unique board and players will quickly get drawn
into an ‘enthralling world of angles and edges requiring all-round foresight and tactical imagination’. A special Marble Set of Perigon is available for £498.
However, it is not that easy. Draw an action card on each turn and use it to help yourself or sneakily obstruct your opponent.
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Safari Puzzle, made of chunky wood with a friendly animal face. Children from 18 months plus can get to grips with problem solving through trial and error and hand eye coordination. As with all DKL Ranges, Wonderworld is supported by an in-store programme including dedicated planograms, a high- profile marketing campaign and extensive social media activity.
020 8643 0320 HABA
Traditional gameplay from Haba continues to thrive in 2012 with many new popular puzzles and jigsaws. For a rainy day
activity, Haba has a range of ‘beautifully illustrated’ My First Games which are suitable from age two and up. New for this
year is Fish Catching, a
wooden fishing game where children use the rod to catch the many sea creatures in the aquarium. This joins Ding Dong Forest, which is a musical game where little mouse Mia experiments with sounds and rhythms to decide which instrument she should be playing.
COILEDSPRING GAMES
Coiledspring Games says it is thrilled to announce the exclusive UK launch of a new collection of Wrebbit 3D puzzles with a magical twist. Just in time for the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the new The Lord of the Rings 3D jigsaws are ideal for all enthusiasts who want to create the magic of Middle Earth in their very own home.
Coiledspring is also supplying
Ligretto Football from Schmidt. The brand new game combines the best features of Ligretto with the excitement of a real football match, to create a team game everyone will have a huge amount of fun playing. In the fast-paced game, teams must
race against each other to score goals on the card pitch. Meanwhile, the Think Fun range of family games is now exclusively available from Coiledspring Games and
GIBSONS GAMES
Fans of Downton Abbey are in for a treat, as Gibsons has announced the launch of the new 1,000 and 500-piece Downton Abbey jigsaw puzzles. They depict favourite scenes from the
show including cast members Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville. The company says its first Downton
Abbey puzzle – which launched last autumn – was ‘literally swept off the
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shelves’ and similar demand is expected with this latest launch. Gibsons’ Limited Edition Proud To Be British jigsaw puzzle commemorates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend, and features some of the most memorable highlights of the occasion, including the Red Arrows fly-past and the 1,000 boat flotilla. Each Proud To Be British jigsaw puzzle comes with a serial number certificate creating a highly collectable, patriotic souvenir. The Queen was also reportedly spotted with a 1,000-piece Gibsons jigsaw while on holiday depicting a 1950s shopping basket. Also new from Gibsons is the annual Christmas Limited Edition 2012 Jigsaw Puzzle Christmas Shopping depicting the local department store where shoppers are laden with parcels.
includes the Zingo line of games.
Coiledspring also has a new addition to Rory’s Story Cubes Max, and releases from Gigamic and Gamewright.
steals them.
The stimulating game is ideal for solo play or co-operative activity for smaller groups of children. Available as either a Giant Floor
Puzzle, card game or Discovery Puzzle, the Orchard collection caters for all types of gameplay.
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range also includes a vast array of cards, puzzles and
educational games that are designed to stimulate a child’s development. Suitable for
children aged from two years old, My First Orchard includes large fruit pieces and colourful trees, from which fruit must be harvested before the hungry crow
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