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Square Shooters Game (and Rolling Contest)
Lakewood, OH – (November 1, 2011) – Heartland Consumer Products today announced that its highly anticipated new game, Square Shooters®, which received several awards and immediate mass merchant orders when it debuted at the International Toy Fair in New York City last February, is now available nationwide at major retailers just in time for the holiday season.
Backing the launch of Square Shooters, Heartland set up a national, social media video contest, Square Shooters “That’s How I Roll™”, which invites anyone to show off his or her hilarious or dramatic rolling style using the new patented Square Shooters dice. Anyone who uploads a video of them rolling the Square Shooters dice has a chance to win part of the $2,000 in holiday shopping cash or prizes. See www.thatshowirolldice.com for contest details.
Square Shooters (MSRP $13/Basic Set and $20/Deluxe Set) is the new family game featuring the first deck of cards printed on dice! The patented configuration of different numbers and suits of a deck of cards on nine traditional six sided dice has been called “amazing” and “mind-blowing” by the National Parenting Center, and has received multiple other awards, accolades and endorsements. Since the Square Shooters dice have been strategically engineered for all 52 cards, plus two jokers, it allows players (one or more players ages 8 and up) to achieve every possible 4-of-a-kind and straight flush combination, making the dice suitable for playing almost any card game including poker and rummy.
“Square Shooters is more than just one great game,” says the game’s inventor, Carmelyn Calvert. “When you’re done playing the feature Square Shooters game, you can endlessly play dice versions of other card games.”
“The game’s versatility has been the key to its success with buyers,” says Tom Donelan, Heartland’s President & CEO. “For consumers, parents are learning that Square Shooters can bring different ages and generations together. Playing Square Shooters can be as simple as a matching game for kids, or it can also be a game of chance for adults. It plays well at both the kitchen table and the party table.”
Square Shooters is now available nationwide at Wal-Mart, and at other retailers such as Bed, Bath & Beyond, Books-a-Million, and Calendar Club.
About Heartland Consumer Products
Founded in 1999, Heartland offers playing card products for all occasions. Its flagship Vegas® Brand is a casino-quality card enjoyed by serious and recreational players alike. The company’s new Square Shooters dice game is a natural extension to the company’s playing cards business and extends its product line into the arena of proprietary game play.
For Heartland Consumer Products Sales, Contact:
Tom Donelan – 440-725-8797 | td@heartland-products.com | www.heartland-products.com | www.squareshooters.com
Square Shooters® is a registered trademark of Carmelyn Calvert, and under license by Heartland Consumer Products, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Square Shooters® game is copyrighted by Carmelyn Calvert, and under license by Heartland Consumer Products, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Catan News
March 15, 2011
New Games Coming this Spring!
The Struggle for Catan™ is coming this May! This is a fast-paced card game between the 2-4 factions developing newly settled Catan.
The Struggle for Catan™ is the perfect way for 2-4 players to swiftly and casually explore, settle, trade, and build on the beautiful and ever-changing island of Catan.
MFG3141 The Struggle for Catan™ $15.00
Ages: 10+, Players: 2-4, Playing Time: 30 minutes
Designer: Klaus Teuber, Art: Michael Menzel
Made in: U.S.A.
The Catan Dice Game™ Standard Edition is coming back in Q2 of 2011. This dice-based Catan experience is a fast, fun way to experience Catan on-the-go, anywhere and anytime, even all by yourself! You can play it in only 15-30 minutes! It’s a great casual introduction to the world of Catan.
MFG3108 Catan Dice Game™ Standard Edition $15.00
Ages 7+, Players: 1-4, Playing Time 15-30+ minutes
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Made in U.S.A.
Welcome to Mayfair’s FunFair Games!
I’d like to introduce myself; my name is Bill Fogarty and I am the new Sales Manager for FunFair Games. FunFair is a brand new game line that we at Mayfair are introducing this year. Our products will be designed for friends and family play, playable in under 60 minutes, retail for reasonable prices, and be produced domestically. Most importantly they will be a blast to play and can be enjoyed by the entire family.
Earlier, we had announced our freshman line-up of six titles. We have decided to scale back that number to three in order to better market and support the individual titles as well as the new FunFair line. These titles include Badger! Badger!™ (a fun forest foraging game for young badgers), Rocket Jockey™ (a fast-paced space race), and Whitewater™ (a semi-cooperative, wild, whitewater ride). Because of the diversity of the Mayfair line, we have titles in the Mayfair family of games that will bolster the FunFair line; these titles will also be offered as part of Mayfair’s commitment to great family games at FunFair prices.
We will be announcing additional FunFair titles in the next few months. Look for these announcements (as well as information about Mayfair Games) in our free monthly e-newsletter. If you would like additional information on FunFair please feel free to contact me directly at billf@mayfairgames.com or 813-707-6659.
We look forward to partnering with you in 2011.
Thank you!
Bill Fogarty
Sales Manager
FunFair Games
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Gen42 Games March 2011 Newsletter
Announcing the exclusive NEW Army Of Frogs® app for the iPad, iPod and iPhone
Here is a sneak preview of the New Army Of Frogs® iPad, iPhone & iPod touch game due to be released in May 2011.
In a small pond with a population of frogs that is constantly growing, the fight for territory and the best possible location is always a battle.
Army Of Frogs® is an exciting fun board game by the award winning games designer, John Yianni.
The game is for 2-4 players (human or AI) with each player in control of a group of 10 frogs, which connect to the other player’s frogs to form an island.
The shape and size of the island is constantly changing as players add and jump their frogs about in an attempt to rally them into one large group to win the game. The player’s frogs are also introduced to the island by the other
players, who will most definitely add them in difficult locations and use them to block the movements of the other frogs: so winning is not as simple as it may first appear.
Marbles – The Brain Store now stocking Logan Stones®
We are very proud to announce that Marbles the brain store, a one-of-a-kind store chain who have made it their goal to bring the smartest and most engaging selection of brain training products to as many people as possible are now stocking our memory game, Logan Stones®.
Logan Stones which uses the Rock-Paper-Scissors
mechanism and encourages memory and tactical thinking, is played without a board, using 18 tactile pieces that are etched and painted on both sides with different symbols.
The game has simple rules, is quick to play and very
entertaining.
Along with Hive®, Logan Stones® will prove to be a very snug fit within Marbles line of brain games.
Hive® is now available in online stores at Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, the largest book store chain in the USA which has been stocking Hive® our award winning game for the last year has now stepped up their commitment to the game and are now stocking the game online as well as expanding the game to more of their stores for 2011.
This makes Hive® even more available in the USA.
March 2, 2011
Coffee Talk by Richard Levy and Gary Carlin
Richard reports:
I am proud to announce that our newest game, Coffee Talk, co-invented with Gary Carlin, has a Facebook page and URL. Pls check them out and become a fan of the game on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/coffeetalkgame
www.coffeetalkgame.com <http://www.coffeetalkgame.com/>
The trade reaction to Coffee Talk at New York Toy Fair was as strong as a triple espresso. We even picked up two foreign licensees, one for Germany and the other Austria. Others are percolating. Our licensee is Pressman and we could not be more delighted with the relationship and teamwork.
It has been said that coffee is a social binder, a warmer of tongues, a soberer of minds, a stimulant of wit, and a foiler of sleep if you want it so. In our case we hope it is also the “grounds” for a hit game.
Feb. 28, 2011
New Releases
The Rivals for Catan – 2 Player Card Game
In Stores Now!
Build your domain to best your rivals.
Build your domain to best your Rivals.
The Rivals for Catan puts you in charge of one of the two factions developing newly-settled Catan. Use your under card mix to create your own principality. Explore and settle new lands, acquiring resources through card play and the luck of the dice. Use gold, response combinations, and trade to develop your domaine. Expand your settlements and cities recruit heroes, and defend your lands through politics, invention, and intrigue. Your cunning and a dash of luck decides who will be Prince of Catan.
MFG3131 The Rivals for Catan $20.00
Ages 11+
For 2 Players
Playing Time 25-90 minutes
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Read this great review of Th Rivals for Catan by the OpinionatedGamers.com:
http://opinionatedgamers.com/2011/02/13/game-review-the-rivals-for-catan/
Upcoming Releases
Coming in Q2 The Catan Dice Game™
Standard Edition!
The Catan Dice Game™ Standard Edition is coming back in Q2 of 2011. This dice-based Catan experience is a fast, fun way to experience Catan on-the-go, anywhere and anytime, even all by yourself!
You can play it in only 15-30 minutes! It’s a great casual introduction to the world of Catan. With 6 colorful, high quality, embossed 16mm plastic dice, a generous pad of full color double-sided score sheets featuring two maps for alternate play. You can roll-and risk your way to victory. So get ready to toss! Challenge the odds and discover a fresh way to master Catan! Perfect for a quick, portable Catan adventure!
Catan Dice Game™ Standard Edition contains:
6 high-quality, embossed plastic 16mm dice, each with 6 colored images
Pad of 2-sided, full-color Catan maps with score tracks, so you can play 2 different scenarios
Game rules.
MFG3108 Catan Dice Game™ Standard Edition $15.00
Ages 7+
For 1-4 Players
Playing Time 15-30+ minutes
Designer: Klaus Teuber
The Struggle for Catan Coming this May!
The Struggle for Catan™ is coming this May! This is fast-paced game between the 2-4 factions developing newly settled Catan. Manage your resources to build settlements, cities, city improvements, knights, and roads that generate victory points or special abilities. While your settlements, cities, and city expansions remain yours, valuable roads and knights change hands. Varied expensive city improvements give you additional victory points and lasting advantages, so they’re generally key to victory. As in The Settlers of Catan® board game, you win by being the first to acquire and play 10 victory points.
The Struggle for Catan™ is the perfect way for 2-4 players to swiftly and casually explore, settle, trade, and build on the beautiful and ever-changing island of Catan.
MFG3141 Struggle for Catan™ contains:
· 67 Resource Cards
· 42 Building Cards consisting of:
· 9 Road Cards
· 14 Settlement/City Cards
· 5 Knight Cards.
· 9 City Improvement Cards
· 4 Building Cost Cards
· 1 Destiny Card
· full-color rules
MFG3141 The Struggle for Catan™ $15.00
Ages: 10+
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 45-60 minutes
Designer: Klaus Teuber
Game News
2/08: Catan Marathon – Scenarios Selected in Poll
You helped select the new scenarios for the Catan Marathon. Read the story to find out what they are.
2/09: Update: Saving Your Personal Chat Log
It’s now possible to save your personal chat log in the COW. There are more details about this update in the story.
2/14: Catan Online World – Game Moderator Team
We’re putting together a team of moderators to help maintain and grow the community on PlayCatan.com.
You can always play The Settlers of Catan base game online for FREE on PlayCatan.com. Please stop by and join us for some online fun!
http://www.playcatan.com
125,000 Likes for Catan on Facebook
Just one month later – 25% more people – 125 thousand “Likes” for Catan on Facebook!
This is beyond awesome! … And as we are typing this, this is already old news…the most recent number is just a hair above 130k:)
“Like” us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/settlersofcatan
Colonos de Catan on Facebook!
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Spanish language Catan Facebook fanpage!
This month we worked closely with our Spanish partner Devir to bring Colonos de Catan(The Settlers of Catan, Spanish Language Edition) to Facebook.
Become a fan now, check out the latest Catan news in Spain – and win a whole set of 5 Catanimals by the end of the month!
“Like” Colonos de Catan on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colonos-de-Catan/199507693396375
Gaming Events
Catan Tournament of Masters at GenCon Indy 2011!
To celebrate fifteen years of Catan, and as a special thank you to the players who have made Catan Tournaments so enjoyable and exciting, Mayfair Games will be hosting the Catan Tournament of Masters Invitational at Gen Con Indy on Thursday, August 4 and Friday, August 5, 2011. This tournament is limited to thirty-two (32) players. Participants will receive a 4-day Gen Con Indy badge just for playing and the winner of the tournament will get a seat in the NACC Tournament being held on the Saturday and Sunday of Gen Con 2011.
If you have been a semi-finalist in the United States, Mexico or Canada for any North American qualifier (top 4) or World qualifier (top 16) tournaments from 2006 on, you may participate. Send your name, contact info and the year(s) for which you qualify, to events(-at-)mayfairgames.com (put “MASTERS” in the subject line, please). All participants must be 18 years or age or older and non-U.S. citizens must have a valid passport. Mayfair Games will check the records, and if you qualify, we will assign you a spot in the tournament and a 4-day badge to Gen Con Indy 2011.
This offer is open to the first thirty-two (32) players who qualify. Later submissions will be placed on a waiting list. All submissions must be sent to Mayfair Games by June 30, 2011. For any additional questions about the tournament, please email events(-at-)mayfairgames.com (put “MASTERS” in the subject line please).
Rio Grande Newsletter
Feb. 8, 2011
Dominion continues to grow in popularity and size: by the end of 2010, we had sold over one million copies of Dominion in its various langauges and expansions. And, we have two more expansions and another promo card planned for this year.
In 2011, we plan to begin releasing our line of new designer games. These are the result of several design contests we have sponsored in the past few years and our attempt to encourage new game design in the US. Of course, we will continue to support our existing game lines and partnerships with new products. For example, this spring we will release Dominion: Cornucopia, Carcassonne: 10 year edition, Carcassonne Dice game, and Carcassonne translucent follower pack (with rules for their special use). We are also very close to completing Arctic Scavengers, our second deck-building game. In the next few months we will release Rails of New England, Heavens of Olymous, Cavemen, Airlines: Europe (Alan Moon’s latest take on Airlines/Union Pacific), Carcassonne: the Castle Falcon expansion, Carcassonne: City 2 (same insides as Carcassonne: the City, but in a cardboard box), Those Pesky Garden Gnomes, Rattlebones, Credit Mobilier, Mogul, Monster Factory, and several others.
Jay M Tummelson — Rio Grande Games
