SECTOR GUIDE SPECIAL: My favourite game… TACTIC GAMES
Fans of Matt Hatter, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and SpongeBob SquarePants are in luck with Tactic’s portfolio of games this year. The classic Kimble
Greg Burns, Sales Manager, Tactic Games
game is getting a new shell in the form of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Kimble Game. Boasting unique game pieces and a TMNT design, Tactic believes this Kimble version is ‘ready to conquer the world and its sewers’. The Ninja Turtles aren’t
the only ones to embrace Kimble this year, as brand new from September will be the SpongeBob SquarePants version. Again, it features special game pieces and a design inspired by the world and characters of Bikini Bottom.
PARRAGON
New from Parragon is Professor Murphy’s Emporium of Entertainment, a range of games which are designed to ‘motivate the soul’ alongside puzzles set to ‘stimulate idle minds’. Professor Murphy’s
Marble Mania box set gets players fl icking, bowling and knuckling down through 15 classic marble games. The set also comes with
a Marble Mania game book and 25 colourful glass marbles.
Consumers can also become a card game connoisseur with the help of Professor Murphy’s Card Games box set. The set features two
packs of playing cards, a score pad, pencil and a 32-page instruction book teaching gamers how to shuffle, deal and win over 25 classic card games and tricks. Away from the
traditional games sector, the Professor
Murphy collection also features Magic Show, Optical Illusions and Practical joke sets. The Magic Show set
features over 125 easy-to- learn tricks, the Illusionist set teaches consumers 60 different mind boggling tricks, while pranksters can get to grips with whoopee cushions, squirting pens and snappy gum with the Joke set.
01225 478 888 My favourite game…
Darren Witherall, UK Managing Director, Parragon
“It would have to be Cluedo. The library was my favourite place to hide – but I would say that given that I work for a publisher!”
“My favourite board game growing up was Battle of the Little Bighorn from Waddingtons.”
Elsewhere, the fi rm has
two Matt Hatter 3D puzzles, each made up of 200 pieces. Puzzle fans can don the special 3D glasses supplied in the box to see the 3D designs as intended. The two diff erent images are also available in the 500 piece versions.
Tactic Games believes the social and
educational benefi ts of games and
puzzles has helped the sector sustain its popularity with consumers of all ages. “Traditional
games and board
games continue to be popular with the consumer because,
as well as being fun and sometimes educational, they promote social adhesion and conversation, whilst still bringing out the competitive nature of individuals or teams,” Tactic Games’ sales manager Greg Burns tells T
oyNews.
“They can also nurture the social skills of the younger players. There will still be a
place for tech and app toys, but not to the exclusion of games and it is interesting that more and more game
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams continues to expand its games and puzzles portfolio, welcoming a raft of new additions including Pug Goes Pop and Rummikub, a game that has sold an estimated 50 million units in the last 50 years. Classic Rummikub,
available since August, will be followed with the rest of the range later in the year. Another new addition is Pig Goes Pop, a title the fi rm claims is ‘one of the most successful kids’ action games in the world’. It will be available later this year boasting a new and improved popping feature alongside family favourite Doh-nutters. Elsewhere in the action
games category is Pig Out, where players must roll ‘Pig
Out’ on the dice and strap on their pig noses to try and secure the most food in their snout. John Adams’ Think Words
was chosen as one of the Best New Toys at Toy Fair 2014 in the games and puzzle category and is based around the concept of word association. The company has also
given Linkee a refresh, complete with redesigned packaging and new questions, some written by celebrity trivia fans. Finally, the Rubik’s brand has been expanded with the addition of Rubik’s Void. Without the core, the classic puzzle gets harder, while the slick mechanics of the Cube allow players to corner cut much easier. 01480 414361
suppliers are looking at ways to combine the elements together.” 01483 332070
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