62 SECTOR GUIDE GAMES & PUZZLES JOHN ADAMS
John Adams continues to offer an extensive portfolio of games. Telestrations is the ‘laugh out loud’
party game that has players simultaneously drawing what they see, then guess what they saw, to reveal hilarious and unpredictable outcomes. With a huge marketing campaign and 2,400 words to choose from in the game; casual, family, party and strategy gamers alike will be sharing the laughter and spreading the fun. A new game for autumn/winter is Othello (£24.99) – the internationally acclaimed fast-paced strategy game for two players. The aim is to trap and
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The Dr Baffler’s 24-piece wooden jigsaw lets kids assemble the large chunky wooden
pieces back into the fun picture, then break it apart and start all over again. The puzzle comes on a wooden backing board with a recessed frame to help youngsters position pieces easily.
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capture your opponent by placing your disks on the board and then ‘sandwich’ at least one of your challenger’s pieces to turn their disk to your colour. Dragon Chase (£17.99), the new
children’s action game, also offers great family fun. Players must escape with their treasure and avoid the wrath of the Dragon’s swooping head. It’s for two to four players aged over four years old. Other John Adams games include the Classic Rubik’s Cube, Rubik’s Race, licensed ITV product The Cube, The Chase, Don’t Panic and Dream Phone, where users have to listen to clues and find out who has a crush on who.
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Also available is a wooden shelf display to hold up to eight puzzles, including the Muddle Puzzle range. Each of the four puzzles has a child-friendly design featuring animals and people. Themes include Princesses, Knights and Dragon, Farm and Wild Animals. The puzzles are the younger cousins of the Dr Baffler muddle puzzles with colourful repeating patterns. Dr Baffler Muddle Puzzles are
illustrated with a choice of Knight,Princess, Sealife and Farm designs. Each theme comes as either a nine-piece or 22-piece set.
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Marbel continues to expand its games and puzzles portfolio with Hape’s educational range. ‘Love Play, Learn’, Hape’s new brand message, sums up the nature of its range of 36 bamboo games, puzzles and toys. Hape says it works to very high standards with ‘exceptional’ attention to detail. Hape Bamboo has minimal environmental impact. Hape’s Magnetic
CHEATWELL GAMES
Animate It! is the DIY stop- animation game developed by Cheatwell Games, in association with Aardman Animations. A finalist in The Licensing Awards 2012, Animate It! allows novices to create animations on their own computer that will astound both family and friends. Other new products just
launched for the Christmas season include Giant Games, a series of heavyweight party games in stylish
Mosaic (£29.99) has won two awards on its own. The toy offers an activity involving design, shapes and colours to create a decoration or picture, using different coloured mosaic bamboo tiles. These can be placed on the magnetic metal board. For two players there’s Pallina (£32.99), which is inspired by an old classic. Hape has made the toy in bamboo for younger players. Coloured balls and coloured sticks make it an attractive game for ages three and up. Then there’s Rapido (£19.99) which
doesn’t give as much time for puzzling – it’s a race against time to match colours. With an emphasis on motor skills, colour recognition and hand-eye coordination, this one will get players racing against each other to match the colour sticks.
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packaging and at a cracking price, and Mini Masters Puzzles. These are tiny but taxing jigsaws featuring classic masterpieces. Create Your Own Jigsaws is for the very young. And there are new styles in the hugely successful 3D Magna Puzzle range. With Tension still one of the nation’s favourite board games and Plop Trumps
catching up fast, there’s more than enough to raise a Christmas cheer from Cheatwell Games.
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The return of Poppin Hoppies was a winner at Toy Fair 2012.
The action game – aimed at five to
nine year olds – features spring-loaded characters that are pushed down, then randomly pop into the air to be caught by players. University Games is investing in a TV campaign during the autumn, complemented by a three- month autumn sponsorship deal with the children’s channel Tiny Pop. University Games’ established
favourites, 5 Second Rule and Smart Ass, will also be supported by TV ads. The celebrity specials of BBC1 hit quiz
show Pointless has increased demand for the board game. And the launch of the travel version of the Pointless game with 120 new questions has given consumers more options and driven sales. The Gruffalo Word Rhyming Game is a
high volume seller, and the New Hide and Seek Mini Game will be introduced for A/W 2012.
GOLDEN BEAR
Golden Bear’s dominoes and jigsaw puzzles combine traditional favourites with top children’s licences. The company says they are ‘perfect’ for pre- school game playing.
The game of dominoes has been a
favourite pastime for generations and Golden Bear has a collection of high quality wooden sets that will last for years to come. Each set comes with the necessary 28 chunky wooden pieces ideal for small hands. Available in Banana in Pyjamas, Ben and Holly, Peppa Pig and Poppy Cat guises, Golden Bear says there is
ASOBI
Asobi says it is delighted to be the official UK and Ireland distributer of Boikido, a French brand of modern, wooden toys. Bokido toys are ‘as solid and well- made as they are long-lasting and colourful’.
Boikido believes children need simple
toys that encourage them to actively use their imagination and develop through active play, stimulation and fun. The bright and engaging range has set out to offer parents a fantastic
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Ants In Your Pants is a colour matching and counting game, and While the Cat’s Away is a numbers game. The range also includes What’s in the
Fridge?, a memory game for two to four players, and Gone Shopping, which designed to help young children develop memory skills and encourage language development. All Aboard includes two games in one, while Pirate Pursuit has its own pirate galleon to sail around the treasure island. Finally, Whatever Next offers
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The Scotchi range of brightly coloured and illustrated games and puzzles feature pieces that are not only washable and flexible, but also have a clever hook and loop fastening for secure attachment. The pieces are large and easy for little hands to hold, and are a fun way for children to learn about everything from recognising first colours to understanding the world around them, playing on their own, with other children, or with their parents. Many of the Scotchi products are suitable for youngsters aged 18 months and over, including the Shapes and Colours set which gives an early introduction to the concept of different colours and shapes, and how they are found all around us. The range features storyboards depicting different scenes and games including Animal and Opposites Lottos, Supermarket and Fishing Games and the giant-size My First Clock.
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something to appeal to everyone, so hours of fun can be had playing this numeracy developing game.
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variety of wooden toys, to suit children from one to five years of age. It gives them hours of fun, while also teaching them valuable lessons such as how to count, make music and tell the time among others. Boikido’s collection of bright puzzles
is guaranteed to keep children entertained for hours, as they put the pieces together that will help them learn how to tell the time, fit shapes together, geometrics, how to count and the alphabet.
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‘hours of fun for all the family’ with over 200 hilarious activities.
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