Mensa judges were drawn to Yikerz, a magnetic strategy game, and have named it a Mensa Select winner for 2010. This is our second Mensa award.
Yikerz features magnetic pieces and a customizable game board. It was developed in partnership with AB Games. Eye Know, the visual trivia betting game, won a Mensa Select award in 2008.
American Mensa names only five games as Mensa Select winners each year. Mensa members choose award winners during an annual Mind Games competition, which has been held since 1990. This year’s Mind Games event was held April 16 to 18 in San Diego, Calif., where over 200 players tested and rated 49 game entries.
Yikerz can be played solo, head-to-head or in teams. Players strategically place five different shapes and sizes of magnets on a four-piece game pad and use the magnets’ natural forces to defeat their opponents. The game, sold in a zippered travel pouch, can be played anywhere.
The game is available at specialty game stores in the United States, Canada and Australia and is also available from Amazon.com.
For more information contact Don Reid don(at)dontquoteme.com
Kids are challenged to go green in a playful way with Eco Squad from Wiggles 3D. This Green Solutions Card Game offers young players a fun way to learn about Earth's air, water, energy and fossil resources. The four members of the Eco Squad–a lizard, an insect, a fish and a bird–teach them ways they can make environmentally positive choices in their own homes.
Players race against each other as they try to match the green solutions to the environmental threats facing cities, factories and homes. The player who solves the most problems wins the game.
The game contains 120 cards. Eco Squad is ideal for play at home or in learning setting.
For ages 8+. 2-6 players.
Lexigo is a challenging new game for word lovers from Wiggles 3D. Players add letter tiles to a grid to spell out words. What's unique about this game is that words can be spelled in any direction–forwards, backwards or in a twisting path.
Players can also bump each other's pawns off tiles to gain an edge in this fast-paced game. The game is simple to score–the first player to use up their tiles wins the game.
Sold in a hexagon shaped tube, the game contains 100 plastic letter tiles and a cloth travel pouch.
Wiggles 3D announces that the new interactive Don’t Quote Me puzzle – QuoteSlide(tm) has been added to the Shockwave.com game portal.
Use your word puzzle skills to uncover a famous quote in this daily word game. Choose letters that appear in each column and row to solve the quote. Then unscramble the answer to a final trivia question to complete the game, stop the clock, and get your score. The faster and more accurate you are, the higher your score! With two difficulty levels, a new puzzle every day, and tokens to win, QuoteSlide™ is quote a lot of fun!
Shockwave is a leading destination for on-line games including free games, free downloadable games and activities. Shockwave, started in 1998 and became a Viacom company in 2006.
Wiggles 3D, developer of the Pass the Popcorn game is pleased to announce that a mobile version of the game is now live on the Apple app store for the iPhone and iPod touch devices.
The mobile game follows the board game design of providing hints of the cast, character, story and quotes as players gain points for correctly identifying the movie name. Nicely designed by our mobile partners Skava, the game is selling for $.99. Included in the mobile app are 250 great movies and a fun bonus round where players connect a series of movies and actors. Search for Pass the Popcorn at the app store.
Pass the Popcorn board game is sold in stores nationwide and is also featured at www.guessthemovies.com.
For more information contact Don Reid don(at)dontquoteme.com
Wiggles 3D announces the launch of a new promotional website, www.GuessTheMovies.com.
Visitors to the site can view short videos of performers delivering lines from their favorite movies. Viewers then play along buy guessing the movies that the quotes are from. Developed in conjunction with Oktane Micro Media this site will be promoted on all major social networking sites and select entertainment websites beginning on August 17, 2009.
For more information contact Don Reid (519) 641-3266
London, ON Canada – July 17, 2009 – Today, Canadian Game Developer Wiggles 3D launched a dynamic new board game to the Canadian Market to be sold exclusively at Scholars Choice stores in 2009.
In Yikerz, opposites really do attract. Players strategically place 5 different shapes and sizes of magnets on a four piece game pad and use their natural forces to foil opponents.
Sold in a handy zipper pouch, the game can be played anywhere, anytime, in solo, head-to-head or team formats. There are over 20 custom board layouts and players can design their own for endless variety. Yikerz takes less than a minute to learn and is easy to play yet very hard to master!
Yikerz represents great play value in this economy and at only $19.99 it offers portable fun for at home or on the go play. For ages 14+.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to exclusively offer Yikerz in our stores this year, we believe it will be as big as another megahit – Bananagrams.” reports Jaime McCauley, buyer Scholars Choice
Visit www.YikerzGame.com for more game details.
Wiggles 3D is now available on mobile devices. Through licensing with mobile development company Skava, Inc. the USA TODAY Don’t Quote Me game has been introduced to mobile devices including i-phones and Blackberry handsets. Players identify the speaker of famous quotes from pop culture, the arts, history, sports and literature.
For more information contact Don Reid (519) 641-3266 or visit USA TODAY.
Villa Paletti, the game of construction chaos has a rich pedegree of awards in Europe. Now the game has garnered recognition on this side of the Atlantic as well. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio has awarded Villa Paletti their gold award for excellence in a toy.
“Villa Paletti features a rich and rewarding game play experience for all ages”, says Bill Payne creator of Villa Paletti. “We are delighted that Wiggles 3D is promoting the brand in North America”.
LONDON, Ont., Canada – July 30, 2008 – Wiggles 3D and USA TODAY today announce a co-branding and licensing agreement for the Don’t Quote Me® brand of games and syndicated services. This deal brings the fun of great quotations to USA TODAY readers in a whole new way and further extends the reach of both brands through syndication and licensing of the Don’t Quote Me® games.
USA TODAY will feature the Don’t Quote Me syndicated newspaper puzzle as a new entry on the popular USA TODAY puzzle page beginning in August. The companies are also introducing the roll-out of a syndicated radio program featuring daily quote vignettes for on-air play along with an online version of the game.
Don Reid, President of Wiggles 3D – “We are extremely pleased to be working with USA TODAY to bring the fun of Don’t Quote Me to the USA TODAY readers. This opportunity allows us to work with an outstanding media company who is as focused on delivering great value to its readers as we are in creating engaging and informative entertainment.”
“We think readers will really enjoy the addition of the Don’t Quote Me puzzle to our puzzle page and we look forward to furthering our partnership with Wiggles 3D,” said Christy Hartsell, director of brand licensing for USA TODAY.
London, ON Canada – 2008 -
Eye Know, a new trivia board game created and developed by Canadians, has been named a Mensa Select winner for 2008. It is one of only five games honored and the only Canadian game to win this award in 2008.
Eye Know - the Visual Trivia Betting Game – introduced at the 2008 Canadian Toy Fair is published by London, Ont.-based game development company Wiggles 3D. The game, which blends images, trivia and betting, was created by Paul Berton, editor-in-chief of The London Free Press, and George Sinclair, a technical writer. Berton is son of the late Canadian historian Pierre Berton.
Eye Know was the only Canadian winner of the prestigious Mensa Select award in 2008. American Mensa names only five games as Mensa Select winners each year. Award winners are chosen by Mensa members during the annual Mind Games competition. The 2008 Mind Games competition was held April 11 to 13 in Phoenix, Ariz. At the event, over 210 players tested 54 game entries.
Eye Know was also named Creative Child Magazines – GAME of The Year – Trivia Games.
Eye Know is trivia with a poker twist. It combines the best of trivia and poker in a game where cards and game chips are collected throughout as players identify amazing visuals, answer compelling trivia questions and place strategic bets on what they think they know about the topic.
The game is available across Canada at Scholar’s Choice stores and select specialty toy stores.
