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Boardgame lovers and retailers - use our site to view the latest games
from Independent board game inventors. Suppliers - here is your target
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Our mission - to be the resource for inventors to show their board games
to game retailers and game lovers. Retailers need new products, so here
we are. In between inventors and retailers are game suppliers, reps, agents
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It is just hard (maybe harder) to get your game out there in the market place as it is
to develop it! After networking with other board game inventors I knew I was not alone.
That is how Discover Games evolved. Mary Couzin

In 1974, Ralph Anspach, a San Francisco State University Economics professor, invented
a game in which players attacked big business monopolies. Appropriately, he named it
Anti-Monopoly. Read more...

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Wicked Words - Move over 25 Words or Less, Taboo, Beheaded, Wicked Words challenges your team to guess words in categories by giving clues. We tell children they should say thank you and _____?
Power-Stat Football - Fantasy Football in a box! Play your favorite matchups or start your own league. Predict the outcome of big games. Power-Stat Football, "in a league of it's own!
Duoword - At last! A word game that gives the players the opportunity to play long words regularly. Enormous word protential, attacking strategies, progressive educational entertainment.
CHIP-A-TAK- Capture the most chips and win! This game's black and white checkered board is the batteground for numerous captures, losses and recaptures.
Movie Buff - Prove how big a Movie Buff you are by guessing four movie titles and the name of an actor or actress.
Building a Pyramid - Five different levels are available to meet your level of math ingenuity! Whether you are a beginner or an Einstein, Py will match your wits!
The Cigar Game - Fast paced strategy card game by making cigars and owning cigar stores.
Versa-Tiles - If you love scrabble, you'll love this word/number game!
Finish Lines - Where players compete to finish famous lines."So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Flux - Flux is the card game with ever - changing rules. Flux is wacky and unpredicatable.
Feeding Frenzy - Eat your way to the top in this fast fun, frenzied card game!
What About Baseball - It's About Fun...It's About Time! Step up to the plate and experience the true essence of Baseball in this new fun board game.
Y2K Connections - Develop personal flexibility and community resourcefulness as you problem-solve realistic Y2K scenarios. Big Bubba's Redneck Trivia - What was Opie's job in the Wildcats club?

Printing, Packaging, Warehousing and Fulfillment Information
What will my game cost to manufacturer? Learn how to avoid graphic design errors. What size should my game be? These are some of the questions you'll face while getting your game to market. Get the full scoop. i

Licensing Information
Get Your Toy or Game Idea to Market - The first of a two part series, Carol Rehtmeyer talks about what it takes.
Licensing vs. Self-Production of Your Toy or Game - Part two of Getting Your Idea to Market.
T.G.I.F 2000! - The Annual Toy & Game Inventor's Forum sponsored by Rehtmeyer Design & Licensing.

The Retail Report - What Makes a Good Game? Pam Canfield (That Game Lady) gives us a short no-nonsense look at game design.

Credit Cards and Seasonal Business - Our first year went well, but we had a few a customers who asked if we could accept credit cards...

Licensing Information
Get Your Toy or Game Idea to Market - The first of a two part series, Carol Rehtmeyer talks about what it takes.
Licensing vs. Self-Production of Your Toy or Game - Part two of Getting Your Idea to Market.
T.G.I.F 1999! - The Annual Toy & Game Inventor's Forum sponsored by Rehtmeyer Design & Licensing.

You Should Know
Game Creation - A nice article from Tim Novak of HAE Games. Make sure you visit their cool skateluge site!
"No one licenses an idea...If you do not have the time, money, skills, or commitment to build a prototype of your idea, the odds of your ever licensing it are reduced to pratically zero." Richard Levy is a professional inventor/marketer with more than 95 licensed products, including the best selling game Adverteasing. Visit the Discover Games bookstore to read more about this great book!
For your convenience, we now have an index page of articles.

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