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Most-Viewed Articles (last 3 months)

1.New Toys This Week: Rio Grande Games, Starlux, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created, MasterPieces
Six new picks from Rio Grande Games, Starlux Games, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created Resources and MasterPieces, from a Cold War strategy game and a UV-light maze to Cat Fluxx and a 1,000-piece puzzle, with ages, prices and pros and cons...

10/4/2026



2.New Toys This Week: Playper, DSS Games, Educational Insights, MasterPieces, Elmer's, Asmodee
Six toys and games recently added to TDmonthly's New Toys listings, from a Mo Willems Pigeon story game to a cooperative clock puzzle, each with price, age, pros and cons...

11/1/2026






Most-Viewed Articles (last 12 months)

1.New Toys This Week: Rio Grande Games, Starlux, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created, MasterPieces
Six new picks from Rio Grande Games, Starlux Games, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created Resources and MasterPieces, from a Cold War strategy game and a UV-light maze to Cat Fluxx and a 1,000-piece puzzle, with ages, prices and pros and cons...

10/4/2026



2.New Toys This Week: Playper, DSS Games, Educational Insights, MasterPieces, Elmer's, Asmodee
Six toys and games recently added to TDmonthly's New Toys listings, from a Mo Willems Pigeon story game to a cooperative clock puzzle, each with price, age, pros and cons...

11/1/2026







Additional Articles (from most recent)

1.New Toys This Week: Playper, DSS Games, Educational Insights, MasterPieces, Elmer's, Asmodee
Six toys and games recently added to TDmonthly's New Toys listings, from a Mo Willems Pigeon story game to a cooperative clock puzzle, each with price, age, pros and cons...

11/1/2026



2.New Toys This Week: Rio Grande Games, Starlux, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created, MasterPieces
Six new picks from Rio Grande Games, Starlux Games, Looney Labs, Didax, Teacher Created Resources and MasterPieces, from a Cold War strategy game and a UV-light maze to Cat Fluxx and a 1,000-piece puzzle, with ages, prices and pros and cons...

10/4/2026



3.Puzzles 10/14/2024
Amazon.com: TOP SELLING BOARD GAMES LINK Sports Illustrated The Plucky Squire review: “made for kids” but still great fun for anyone The Plucky Squire strikes a difficult balance between a game that was created with kids...

10/1/2024



4.JAKKS Pacific Launches New Toy Line This Week for Disney’s “Encanto”
The line coming to retail on Oct. 3 features interactive playsets including the Magical Casa Madrigal, Singing Mirabel and Magic Butterfly doll, Sing and Play Mirabel doll, Mirabel and Isabela fashion doll assortment, Mirabel’s Musical Accordion, 7” key character plush assortment and character role play dresses. The product assortment plays original scores from the upcoming movie and includes interactive elements that bring the plot of the movie to life...

10/1/2021



5.MasterPieces Adds Three New Licenses
Smokey Bear 550-piece puzzle U.S. Navy 1000-piece puzzle Mossy Oak 1000-piece puzzle New Products Feature Smokey Bear, U.S. Navy, and Mossy Oak   We're passionate about building a well-rounded and diverse product line for our consumers. We're proud to feature some of the most...

6/1/2021



6.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
Puzzles are a developmental powerhouse, teaching kids about shapes, patterns, and developing spacial reasoning and fine motor skills...

8/1/2015



7.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
If you're trying to puzzle together which toys to carry in your store, you've come to the right place...

8/1/2014



8.2014 Holiday Preview: Games, Puzzles, Science, Music
The Back-to-School countdown has begun, which means one thing to retailers - the holidays are right around the corner too!...

8/1/2014



9.TDmonthly 2014 Top Toy Debut Award Winners
The following outstanding toys have been nominated for Top Toy Debut Awards based on editorial review and retailer feedback...

5/1/2014



10.Travel Fractiles Bend Time
Travel Size Fractiles-7 – a magnetic tiling toy from Fractiles Inc. – is a sneaky way to keep kids learning about math, science, engineering and technology (STEM) even as they ride in the car to grandma's or hang out on the beach...

5/1/2014



11.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
TDmonthly Magazine interviewed retailers in July 2013 to find out about their best-selling puzzles. RAVENSBURGER was the most popular puzzle manufacturer, followed closely by MELISSA & DOUG...

8/1/2013



12.Q & A With Michael McGinnis, Inventor of Perplexus
TDmonthly had the chance to interview Michael McGinnis, inventor of the popular Perplexus 3-D maze game and a 2011 TAGIE Awards Rising Star nominee...

7/1/2013



13.TDmonthly Seal of Approval - Games & Puzzles
See the TDmonthly Seal of Approval winners for the Games / Puzzles category...

1/1/2013



14.Q&A with Andrea Barthello, Co-Founder and COO of ThinkFun
When Andrea Barthello was young, she was always asking, "why?" As she grew older, this natural curiosity and desire to find solutions to problems eventually led her to co-found ThinkFun...

11/1/2012



15.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
Retailers weren't puzzled when we asked them about their best selling puzzles — MELISSA & DOUG and RAVENSBURGER were each named top-selling brands...

8/1/2012



16.Puzzles
Check out these recently added specialty and mass market puzzles...

8/1/2012



17.Interview with Tom Sebazco from ENI PUZZLE
In a market saturated with electronics and flashy licensed toys, it can be hard for a specialty toy company to get their products on store shelves. Below, Tom Sebazco from ENI PUZZLE told TDmonthly about the struggles his company has faced, how they've gotten this far, and what makes their specialty puzzle different from others on the market...

8/1/2012



18.Q&A With Anka Schmollinger of Ravensburger
Ravensburger has been a best selling brand of puzzles, according to specialty retailers in our Top-10 Best Selling Puzzles articles, for years. TDmonthly wanted to know more about the history of this iconic puzzle company...

8/1/2012



19.ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees - Game Play - Brainteasers
Take a closer look at ASTRA's Best Toys For Kids Nominees in the Game Play - Brainteasers category...

6/1/2012



20.Recently Added Puzzles and Skill Toys
Check out these recently added mass-market and specialty puzzles and skill toys and games:...

5/1/2012



21.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
When TDmonthly Magazine interviewed 12 retailers about their best-selling puzzles in Summer 2011, items from Melissa & Doug and Ravensburger were far and away the favorites...

8/1/2011



22.How to Make Money Without Really Trying
What would you say if someone invented an inexpensive, braintwisting puzzle that came in a multitude of designs that appeal to players from 4 to 104...

12/1/2010



23.Top-10 Most-Wanted Puzzles
Ravensburger is the resounding favorite brand in puzzles, a survey of 40 specialty retailers told TDmonthly Magazine in summer 2010...

8/1/2010



24.Top-10 Toys at ASTRA 2010
Games were a hit with buyers at the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association's annual Marketplace in June, a post-show TDmonthly Magazine survey revealed...

7/1/2010




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