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November is a couple months away, but it’s the right time to start planning your trip to TAGIE and ChiTAG! And guess what? I’ve worked out a discount for all readers of The Game Aisle! Write “The Game Aisle” on your registration form (or download the one below) and get $75 off the full registration cost!*
What are TAGIE and ChiTAG?
TAGIE is the Toy and Game Inventor’s Expo and it is the best place for new and experienced toy and game inventors to meet industry experts and expand their knowledge of …
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A: Apples to Apples
B: Backgammon • Backseat Drawing • Balderdash • Bananagrams • Big PayDay • Blurt • Boggle
C: Can’t Stop • Chicken Cha Cha Cha • ChickyBoom • Chips • Cinq-O
D: Double Shutter • Dweebies
E: Easy Come, Easy Go • EXCAPE
F: Find It
G: GiftTRAP • Gobblet Gobblers • Guillotine
H: Halli Galli (Holiday Theme) • Hisss
I: In A Pickle
K: King Me
L: Last Word
M: Mille Bornes
N: Name 5
O: Order’s Up
P: PayDay • Pentago • Pickomino • Pit
R: Ratuki • ReFraze • Rummikub • Rush Hour
S: Shut the Box • Stix & Stones
T: There’s a Moose in the House • TriBond
W: Wits & Wagers • Wits & Wagers Family • Word on …
Featured, Game Industry Events, My Two Cents »
Periodically I get an email, a comment, a Facebook or LinkedIn message asking me if I can help a someone get a meeting with Hasbro’s inventor relations department. Typically I say, “Sorry no, I would be seriously damaging my relationship with Hasbro if I did that” (which is the truth) and politely point them in the direction of the TIA’s (Toy Industry Association) website which talks about agents and other options.
What most beginning game inventors don’t realized is that there is a large group of professional inventors out there, commonly …
Featured, My Two Cents »
Ever notice how books, movies, video games, etc. are all reviewed — but you never see reviews on games you’d find in the game aisle? It’s a problem right? Most people now walk into their local Big Box store, Toys ‘R US, Barnes and Noble or small mom & pop toy store have to rely on cool box art or classic brands to pick a game. They know NOTHING about half the games in there. I find this sad.
So, since I am the type of person who will recommend games …
