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THAMES & KOSMOS Thames & Kosmos will expand its EXIT: The Game collection this year. EXIT: The Catacombs of Horror, which is made for players ages 16 and up, will launch this summer. The game challenges players to solve the mysterious disappearance of a friend in the catacombs of Paris. Players must navigate through the puzzling underground labyrinth and try to escape the caverns. The double-sized game has two separate parts. Two new EXIT games for younger players will debut this fall. In EXIT: The Haunted Roller Coaster, players must solve a strange riddle to escape the haunted roller coaster after the ride’s gates are locked tight. In EXIT: The House of Riddles, players are summonded to an abandonded house and must crack the case of an unsolved mystery to escape. Both games are designed for players ages 10 and up. Players ages 10 and up can compete as builders in Thames & Kosmos’ Imhotep: The Duel. In this game, players take on the roles of Nefertiti and Akhenaten, one of Egypt’s most famous royal couples. Players must strategically place game pieces so that they can unload the most valuable tiles from the six boats. While this is happening, each player builds his or her own four monuments in order to gain as many fame points as possible.
PLAYMONSTER PlayMonster introduces Yeti Forgetti, a two- to four-player memory game in which the yetis are hiding under igloos. Players draw cards that tell them to find a certain yeti, then peek under igloos or move the igloos around to try to remember which yeti is where. Players lose points if they accidently lift up the wrong igloo and find the snow crab. Designed for kids ages 4 and up, the game will be available in the fall. Butts Up is a twist on musical chairs in which all players sit in chairs, but one player remains standing. The standing player reads one of the 400 prompts from the electronic device, such as “Butts Up if you have gone zip lining.” If the prompt applies to the players, they must get up and race to another chair. The player left without a chair becomes the new standing player. This game is made for kids ages 7 and up and will be available in the fall. Meltdown is an unpredictable stacking game for kids ages 6 and up. Players shape the included putty goop however they want, place it on top of the tower, and then stick the balancing platform on the goop. From there, they take turns stacking their cubes on the slippery, always-shifting plate without letting them fall. If any cubes fall, that player has to add them to his or her pile. The first player to get all of his or her cubes stacked wins. This two- to four-player game is coming out in the fall. PlayMonster recently gained the license for The Logo Game and will release a new version of the game. The Logo Game will have all new content featuring new and nostalgic brands, with trivia about popular logos, commercials, facts, and more. Recommended for players ages 12 and up, the new version features 3-D pewter pawns of items and characters. Designed for two to six players, the game will be at retail in the fall. Kiss My Bass, designed for players ages 10 and up, features a 3-D electronic talking fish that dares players to touch him in different areas and responds whether the player does it correctly or not. Players take turns touching his fin or back, or kissing his lips or his “bass.” If he farts on a player during a smooch, that player is out. This game is for two or more players, and will be available in the fall. Burping SpongeBob SquarePants is the newest addition to the Stinky Pig line, designed for two to four players ages 6 and up and set for release this summer. SpongeBob plays a tropical tune while players pass him around. Whoever is holding him when he farts must take a token. The player with the fewest tokens in the end wins.
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