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Let us show your game(s) at game shows/conventions, be part of mailings to catalog houses, media and retailers, network with other Independent Designers and much more. Details... Our mission - We are the resource for toy and game inventors to learn about the industry and show their products to board game retailers, manufacturers & licensors and game players at fairs and expos around the world, e-newsletters, co-op mailings and website listings. Retailers need new products. In between inventors & retailers are game suppliers, reps and agents. We bring everyone together and promote toy, card and board game inventors as the celebrities they are. See Chicago Tribune article announcing our debut 10 years ago!
BOARD GAME INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS: Attend our
Toy and Game Inventor Conference! Speakers
including Richard Gill, Emmy Nominated Executive Producer of syndicated
television and interactive gaming platforms, who built Pictionary® into a global
brand and helped build Trivial Pursuit® into a $100 million dollar international
brand. The list only begins with Richard Gill, there are top executives from
Hasbro, Mattel, TIA, authors, retailers, consultants, media and more.
www.toyandgameinventors.com
Join us at the sixth
annual Chicago International
Toy and Game Fair! Richard J Daley, Mayor of Chicago, has
been named Honorary Chair of the 2008 Fair at historic Navy Pier. The Chicago
Toy and Game Fair showcases product from around the world to the public and
media just before the holidays. Events and activities for all ages. Exhibit
space still available. Nov. 22 – 23.
www.chitag.com
Toy and Game Inventor of the Year Awards
– Nominations are now open for Toy and Game Inventors of the Year. A magical
evening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Nov 21st honoring toy and
game inventors generously sponsored by Hasbro as our premier sponsor and Mattel
as our supporting sponsor. Never have so many inventors been in one place before
and you able to meet them. www.toyandgameinventors.com
There are four interesting blogs for game inventors, check them out
and post your thoughts:
Game Critics/Inventors as Celebrities,
The Soul of the Industry,
Why Board Games are Important and
Chicago Toy and Game Fair: One Big Focus Group.
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Wal-Mart - a new book hitting the shelves that is an adaptation of articles written by toy/game industry expert and commentator Richard Gottlieb. The book encourages readers to imagine new ways to out compete the competition. Also check out Richard's new blog "Out of the Toy Box" on www.playthings.com filled with great ideas, as well as unique and sometimes humorous look at the industry. A recent topic is Adults Who Play with Toys: An Untapped Market.
For the best and most interesting resource anywhere on the history of toys and games, go to http://www.theplaymakers.com and order a copy of Timeless Toys (formerly The Playmakers). Tim Walsh, inventor of Blurt! and co-inventor of TriBond does a superb job of documenting the history of our industry.
Join AGPC today!
The Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors
is the only international organization for collectors and researchers who share
a common interest in the history and preservation of games and puzzles of all
types. Go to www.agpc.org for
more information. DiscoverGames attended their convention in
Inventors Digest, the magazine for idea people, is offering subscription discounts for DiscoverGames and Inventor Forum members. Through November 2008 receive 25 percent off on one, two or three-year subscriptions. http://www.inventorsdigest.com/chicago/
Ron Weingartner and Richard Levy wrote the book! The Toy and Game Inventor's
Handbook, our industry's bible. It is available at
GreatIdeaGear.com and there
is a terrific article about
Ron in
Knucklebone's January
and March issues.
Playing with games puzzles and toys makes for better executives; who knew? - Richard Gottlieb, Playthings Blog Even with the Internet, Board Games are Still in Vogue - Ruth Solomon, SunTimes Media Group How the board game Monopoly helped free POW's in World War II - Brian McMahon of Mental Floss 2006 Board Game sales $802.2 million - Boston Globe November 29, 2007 Ellen Degeneres Loves to Play Games - Denise Hughes, USA Today Kinesthetic Marketing/Hands On Marketing - column by Richard Gottlieb, author and consultant, in Playthings June 2007 Board Game Sales Up 13% - Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press Writer Ball State Daily News - Samantha Zilai writes about college kids playing games. (pdf version)
BoardGameNews.com
- Scott Tepper interviews Mary Couzin, founder of Discover Games and Chicago
International Toy and Game Fair Boardgames.about.com - Erik Arneson interviews Mary Couzin about Chi-Tag and posts a slide show from Chi-Tag! Outside the Box - Bruce Whitehill, Knucklebones Magazine
How to Sell Your Idea for a Video Game
- by Tom
Sloper,
works for board game inventors as well. Archived Stories about Board Game Sales
WHY SHOULD YOU PLAY BOARD GAMES? Games Played in Olden Days, Too - Board games were as important to their social life and culture as they are to ours - Cinnamom Bair, Polk Chronicles The four challenges that games provide - Yehuda Beringer How (any why) to play with your child in six steps - Yehuda Beringer Play
and a Child's Development
- Marianne M. Szymanski, Toy Tips, Inc.
Don Meyer - Dream Weaver
Glenn Drover - Turning PC titles into board games.
INVENTION CORNER - KIDS
Kids Invent the
Darndest Things
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INDUSTRY LEADERS SPEAK OUT
HMMM...
GERMAN GAMES OR DESIGNER GAMES? WHAT ARE THEY?"
BOARD GAME DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN The Designer’s Perspective, The Whole Package - by Matt Nuccio of Design Edge Planning for Success – Identifying and evaluating your options - by Kim Becker of Gamebuilders Eleven Principles of Game Design - Andrew Looney of Looney Labs Game Design Considerations - Greg Aleknevicus, Editor of The Games Journal
PRICING STRATEGIES Art or Science? A deeper look at pricing strategies- Richard Gottlieb
PRINTING,
PACKAGING, WAREHOUSING AND FULFILLMENT INFORMATION Self-production vs Licensing - Mary Couzin
THE RETAIL REPORT Nielsen Reveals Hispanic Consumer Shopping Behavior Insights He's Got Game - Gordon B Lugauer, 'the' Board Game Barrister talks about his business in Enterpreneur.com Game Store Proprietor Speaks Out
- Katherine Newkirk of The Game Perserve dispenses sage advice. THE
LEGAL BRIEFCASE From Concept to Contract: Making a Successful Product Pitch
- Although aimed at computer designers, card and board game inventors
will find similarities - David Mullich YOU SHOULD KNOW Choking
Hazard Regulations by US Consumer Product Safety Commission - regulations
regarding game parts provided by Morris Kyrollos Marketing Your Game Online - Scott Perowitz
Let Children Win at Board Games - Theresa Foy DiGeronimo
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