Games & Puzzles Verdes Innovations Gets Geometric
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erdes Innovations will expand its V-Cube puzzle cube line this year with two new products. V-Cube 8, an 8- by 8- by 8-inch layered cube puzzle, will challenge players more than ever. Additionally, V-Cube is set to launch the V-Cube 6 Pillow to complete the biggest cube collection with both flat and pillow cubes.
Nut Island Knows New York
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Know New York, from Nut Island, is a challenging multiplayer game for teens and adults ages 16 and up that explores fun and unique facts about the state of New York. Two to 12 players test and expand their knowledge of the Empire State through multiple-choice questions on an array of topics, including geography, people, history, sports, arts, natural history, and pop culture. The game is both competitive and informative and includes multiple categories, such as “Know It All” for brainiacs, multiplechoice for more timid players, and “Raider” for more competitive people. The game is manufactured in the U.S.
Smart Toys and Games Builds Kids’ Brain Power
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ew to Smart Toys and Games’ IQ series is IQ Steps. Players ages 8 and up are challenged to fit the eight puzzle pieces into the right layout. The pieces are double-layered, so players have to figure out the ultimate final placement as well as the sequence in which they are placed. The portable game board features 120 increasingly difficult challenges. With Brain Cheeser, players ages 6 and up attempt to arrange the 14 magnetic cheese pieces on the folding game board so that mice peek through the holes in the cheese. Brain Cheeser comes in a portable booklet that buttons shut and includes 48 challenges ranging from easy to difficult. Players ages 7 and up can test their planning and directional skills while they create routes for different travelers to get to their destinations with City Maze. Doublesided puzzle pieces, two booklets that offer a combined 120 challenges, and a portable board unite in this travel game. Kids ages 7 and up can create their own personal Quadrillion game board by clicking four magnetic grids together in any order in an attempt to fit in 12 colorful puzzle pieces.
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FEBRUARY 2014