TOY FAIR NEW YORK 2019
UNIVERSITY GAMES University Games introduces Tip of the Tongue, a fast-paced party game for players ages 12 and up. In this game, players take turns answering two-second trivia questions and receive points for each correct answer. Sort It Out is a game in which players ages 12 and up race to put things in order, such as the biggest, fastest, loudest, smallest, and longest in different categories. University Games expands its line of Rubik’s games with Rubik’s Match, a thinking card game in which players work to replicate unique Rubik’s patterns with their cards to win each round. This game is designed for kids ages 7 and up. University Games also expands its BePuzzled line with Pocket Puzzlers, a collection of brain teaser puzzles with quirky themes geared toward kids ages 8 and up. The collection will launch with four titles, including Mouse, Dancers, Numbers, and Tangram.
FAT BRAIN TOYS Fat Brain Toys introduces Morphy, a game in which kids ages 6 and up compete to collect discs. Players start with the ball on one peg over one disc. Then, they try to find another disc that’s different by only one attribute—color, pattern, or center circle size—and continue collecting them. The player who collects the most discs wins the game. Morphy will be available this spring. Jixelz are puzzles that look like works of pixel art when assemJixelz bled. Kids can build two small designs with the 700-piece sets, or choose between four small designs or one giant design with the 1,500-piece sets. All Jixelz hold together without ironing or adhesives. Jixelz are designed for kids ages 6 and up.
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BRIARPATCH Briarpatch expands its line of Play ’n Learn games for preschoolers. Play ‘n Learn is the company’s leveled learning system designed to offer parents products matched to kid’s learning needs. The First 100 Words Activity Game, designed for kids ages 2 and up, is based on the First 100 Words book series. This active play game challenges kids to collect words and images that are linked to the world around them. Chowasaurus is a game for kids ages 3 and up in which each player is a hungry dinosaur racing to eat shapes and colors. This game helps kids learn numbers, shapes, and colors, and promotes social interactions and fine motor skill development. Briarpatch will also expand its Pete the Cat line of games with the Pete the Cat Wheels on the Bus Game. In this game, kids work cooperatively to build a puzzle bus while singing and acting out parts of the “Wheels on the Bus” song.
