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Childhood memories…

Joke — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:37:17 +0000

Do you still remember from childhood – back drawing? Children love drawing on people’s backs! Our game Rückenmaler with 12 coloured finger-tracing cards offers the perfect tools for this. Released today at Toy Fair Nürnberg! An experience game for old and young using actions that develop sensory perception and spatial intelligence in a quiet atmosphere.

Rückenmaler

2-4 players

Selecta Spielzeug

Rückenmaler at Selecta

Rückenmaler at Amazon

Fun is the Keyword

Joke — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:21:37 +0000

Put away your smartphones and game tablets, and gather round the table with family or friends for a game of Keyword!
Our newest release is launched today at the Toy Fair in Nürnberg. It’s the most challenging word puzzle game: all players play simultaneously, without having to wait for their turns. Tactics are involved too: the code is cracked by collecting the right letters for the keyword. The game is ready to order online through www.spellenrijk.nl and in stores soon!

Keyword

8+
2-4 players
White Goblin Games

Keyword at Spellenrijk
Keyword at White Goblin Games

New halls and new games at Spiel 2013

Joke — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:38:16 +0000

Autumn time = Spiel time! But this year in new halls, so finding our way was a game all in itself! A nice mixture of old and new, as were all our appointments. Meeting up with old friends and meeting new ones and learning even more about the wishes for the future games. And in between the meetings we have already stocked up on game components for our prototypes and just as well! Now we are done with playtesting and pitching, we need to build all those prototypes that have been requested!

Glue and fresh paint

Joke — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:52:49 +0000

Another round of building prototypes has come. The response at the Nürnberg Toy Fair was quite good, both from our existing partners and new prospects. This month is dedicated to getting all the prototypes and presentations to all partners. An honourable job! We have the sound of the printer in our ears and smell like glue and fresh paint.

All worries disappear in Nürnberg

Joke — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:51:43 +0000

Though Nürnberg is cold, inside the fair buildings the heat is on! We have spent a few hectic days, going from one appointment to the next and trying to scout the innovations in-between. Among the toys, we have seen pluche Buddhas, several Lego-adaptations, and loads of quadrocopters.

Some game trends: learning games for under 2 years, and many toys and games with App companions or App integration. Most of those are still based on very familiar concepts; the real innovation is rather technical than playwise.

One of our favourites is Schmidt’s ‘Sorgenfresser’ line: pluche toys with a zipper as mouth, happy to eat up al your worries.

Making videos full of fun

Joke — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:50:01 +0000

With a few weeks to go, we are preparing the materials to show our business partners at the Nürnberg Toy Fair. Editing the videos of all the play-testing with children is a fun but time-consuming activity. We’re quite happy with the way some of the games have evolved in a few rounds of testing and improving – lots of happy faces in our videos. We wished we could share them on our website… but you’ll have to wait until the games are in the toy store.

new release: Face2Face, fun for young kids

els — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:42:13 +0000

We proudly present our new release: Face2Face! Simpler than the average memory game, and more fun. It’s as simple as turning over a card with a hole, then one without a hole, and putting them on top of each other. Does a complete animal face appear? You win the set. Is the combination wrong? Have fun looking at the strange animal!

Face2Face is published by White Goblin Games and will soon be available in better games stores and toy chains.

SPIEL: celebration of games

els — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:37:12 +0000

Last weekend we visited the SPIEL fair in Essen again, meeting old acquaintances and making new contacts. This year, there were contracts to sign, too. Though our schedule was quite full, we also got a chance to see some of the new releases. Action games are still hot, cooperative games a must for almost each publisher, and snack games too.

And with a large crowd assembling at the fair to play all these games, SPIEL is a true celebration of games!

Nurnberg Toy Fair

Joke — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:29:37 +0000

We just got back from our first visit to the Nurnberg Toy Fair, which was really, really impressive. Quite different from Essen, much larger, more toys of course and essentially no players. That last one is a bit weird at the start, but it also means you get to see everything quite well. There’s two big halls for game publishers and the focus is more on children’s games and family games and less on expert games. Which is interesting for us, as we always have a lot of child game concepts. The rest of the halls was also inspiring to see, there were even more game publishers to be found beside a lot of exciting ideas, game components and mechanics. And who wouldn’t want to see a life-size pluche dinosaur?

Observing the players at the Essen SPIEL fair

Joke — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:00:09 +0000

Last week we visited SPIEL, the famous fair for board and family games. Although our schedules are filled with all the appointments we have, we also try to take a look at the new releases. And, as Spiel is essentially a consumer fair, it’s interesting to see families play various games. At some booths, they have to read through the game rule leaflets or helplessly wait for assistance from a host. At other booths, all players are fully engaged in play. Occasions like this prove the value of clear, compact rule sheets!