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A Northern Ireland based father of 14 and co-creator of the children’s book and animation Shelltown (www.shelltown.tv) Bernard Sparkes has developed the additive new board game CONVOY™ THE CARD STRATEGY GAME.

Galt Toys has launched a new board game, Pirate Pursuit, designed to help young children learn to count whilst having fun.

Planning to Fail (Spectacularly) revolves around an independent and ambitious gaming store that’s drowning in debt and inadvertently gets bought up by a corporate gaming conglomerate!

This Kindle Ebook outlines 55 Features that Top Selling Board Games might have. Designed as a quick reference tool, (not a long story), it's short in length but long in insight and value to the reader. Expert Steve Reece shoots straight from the hip.

Gryphon Games presents its third Kickstarter board game project, Mirror, Mirror. In this new board game Mirror, Mirror, you are a suitor who has entrusted nine courtiers to deliver a beautiful love letter to Princess Persephone.

Gryphon Games announces that their fun new game, The Road to Canterbury, has blown by its $10,000 goal with over $18,000 pledged on Kickstarter.com, the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world and benchmark for success.

The holiday season brings with it some traditional travel traumas, especially when children are involved, such as forgetting a favourite toy or running out of snacks at a critical moment.

A Northern Ireland based father of 14 and co-creator of the children’s book and animation Shelltown (www.shelltown.tv) Bernard Sparkes has developed the additive new board game CONVOY™ THE CARD STRATEGY GAME.

Galt Toys has launched Really Rotten Experiments, a new science kit from its Horrible Science range.

Galt Toys has launched a new board game, Pirate Pursuit, designed to help young children learn to count whilst having fun.

Planning to Fail (Spectacularly) revolves around an independent and ambitious gaming store that’s drowning in debt and inadvertently gets bought up by a corporate gaming conglomerate!

This Kindle Ebook outlines 55 Features that Top Selling Board Games might have. Designed as a quick reference tool, (not a long story), it's short in length but long in insight and value to the reader. Expert Steve Reece shoots straight from the hip.

Preshias Harris makes country edition of multi award-winning educational game first priority; intends to devote her time and talents on a full-time basis as a representative of McNeill Designs, creators of the You’ve been Sentenced! word game.

Crowd-Funding website, 8-Bit Funding returns backed by new management and popular indie game websites, DIY Gamer and Indie Game Mag.

McNeill Designs recently announced that an agreement has been reached between the firm and Synergetic Publications to promote of its award-winning, educational toys and games within the education space.

McNeill Designs’ award winning educational word game You’ve been Sentenced! was recently honored with The Toy Man with a “Fifty Best” Award.

WiseMoney is an educational board game for ages 13 and up that instructs the entire family about managing money. Players compete by answering financial-related questions and face real-world situations

This year, for the very first time, a backgammon Olympics will be held.

The latest board game from Stratus Games is debuting on the popular crowdfunding website, Kickstarter.

Kids today have so many toys that we probably never imagined would exist when we were young. Stores are filled with countless video consoles, interactive toys, online virtual games and portable computer tablets that make their version of playing

Educational toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs recently supported eight exceptional teachers at North Side Elementary near Harrisburg, PA with an $800 donation of educational games for each of the school’s fourth and fifth grade classrooms.

McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds’ award-winning memory game Twisted Fish was recently included in the Top 100 Board Games for 2011 by The Dice Tower.

‘Scenarios’ the world’s first ever halaal integration board game recognised for Excellence and Innovation, given away for FREE to readers to helps in the integration between Muslims and non-Muslims.

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds inks agreement with HSA, Nashville to develop and promote a line of games specifically geared toward Country Music fans.

The You’ve been Sentenced! word game by McNeill Designs recently received national recognition from the toy and game industry with the coveted The Toy Man Seal of Approval.

Seattle based iOS game developer, Trouble Brothers, LLC, offers three socially-interactive games for the iPad and iPhone. They've released two classic, fully-original board games, Cargo Runners & Wizard Hex, & soon visual-trivia game, Match-O-Matic.

More than 8 out of 10 parents and grandparents say playing entertaining family board games is a great way to teach children and grandchildren about better money management.

The You’ve been Sentenced! word game, flagship offering from game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, recently received the Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA™) Winner’s Seal of Approval.

Double 2011 Origins Award Winner Moves Beyond RPGs with Family Adventure Game

Wi$eMoney, The Town of Financial Literacy is a board game for ages 13 and up that teaches the entire family about banking, investing, budgeting, payday, financial responsibility, financing, credit, and identity protection

Gryphon Games presents its third Kickstarter board game project, Mirror, Mirror. In this new board game Mirror, Mirror, you are a suitor who has entrusted nine courtiers to deliver a beautiful love letter to Princess Persephone.

Cosmic Enterprises, a company formed by a team of 11 school girls from Oxford High School stormed to victory at the Young Enterprise South East regional finals with their environmental board game Emission Impossible.

You’ve been Sentenced! was recently added to fundraising giant Buyer Topia’s product roster, dovetailing perfectly with the product mix of books, calendars and CDs used to help schools’, groups’ and clubs’ fundraising efforts.

Littlewoods Europe has launched a new range of outdoor children's toys for summer 2011

Gryphon Games announces that their fun new game, The Road to Canterbury, has blown by its $10,000 goal with over $18,000 pledged on Kickstarter.com, the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world and benchmark for success.

McNeill Designs’ award winning educational word game You’ve been Sentenced! was recently honored by DadDoes.com with a Dad Does Approved Award for toys and games.

The Parents' Choice Foundation has honored Stratus Games' tile-laying mining game as one of the top games for Spring 2011.

The You’ve been Sentenced! word game was recently received a coveted Parent’s Choice Award for Spring 2011. This is the 11th national industry award for the game, which was launched in May 2005.

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of its new interactive website. The site contains a wide range of information, links and special tools for students, parents and teachers.

Board Games Critic (BGC) is growing at an exponential pace and the V2.0 is alive and kicking and it's growth is as fast as ever.

May 5th 2011 marks the anniversary of the launch of the popular word game You’ve been Sentenced. The game was the first offering from McNeill Designs, which now boasts a roster of nine award winning toys, games and children’s products.

Nashua, New Hampshire 03060: Owners, Patricia Dillingham and Leonard Van Hirtum announced today the establishment of new business partner relationships with several great recreational products companies

New 2011 jigsaw puzzles and games from British jigsaw puzzle manufacturer Gibsons Games. New titles includes My Lotto and My Dominoes. Toys and puzzles for children from 18+ months upwards.

Stratus Games has released online videos containing complete instructions on how to play their current game titles, Gold Mine and Launch Pad.

Business owners increase their bottomline by playing games

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of the site “ENGLISH is a funny language.” The site is designed a portal for valuable information for English teachers.

The Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors, the world’s foremost organization dedicated to the collection and preservation of games, mechanical puzzles, and jigsaws, will hold its 27th annual convention in Lancaster, PA from April 29-May 1, 2011.

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that it has surpassed the 1,000 store mark, by adding a slew of new, independent toy and game retailers to its’ store roster.

HILEA Enterprises recently launched a new game set that offers an enormous number of entertaining & educational word game for kids & adults to play with. The co. is also donating major portion of game set’s online sales for youth projects worldwide

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the addition of Michael Chaney to the team. Chaney will head up the Sales Department as Sales Manager.

Game development firm McNeill Designs recently announced that the Brain Busters add-on deck is now available. The add-on deck features challenging words (A-L) and is designed for use with the popular language game You’ve been Sentenced!

Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the addition of George Sergio to the team. Sergio will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the firm.

Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of the new NASA Space Terminology Deck, an add-on deck designed for use with the popular language game You’ve been Sentenced!

The Toy Man Product Guide has honored Stratus Games’ new tile placement board game, Gold Mine, as one of the top 50 products of 2010 and one of the top 10 products of the 4th quarter.

Socialspiel, a new social gaming startup, today announced the launch of their competitive board game Push on hi5. With today’s launch, the game is now available to the millions of players on one of the world’s largest social entertainment sites.

Socialspiel, a new Vienna based social games development studio founded by game industry veterans, today announced a new Ranked Match feature in their September released title Push on Facebook.