A Word game for poker players

This is a challenging contest that will have you reaching for you chips AND your dictionary! This game follows the same basic structure as Texas Hold'em (combine the cards in your hand with the face-up cards in the "flop" to make the strongest poker hand), only the playing cards also have letters on them. You must use your cards to spell a word, and then make the best possible poker hand using only the cards in the word.  On The Spot Games feature intuitive game design for quick learning, engaging play with a pledge of “guaranteed fun,” face-to-face interaction, and portability, Rob Mathewson of On The Spot Games told TDmonthly.

Can you predict the trends of your friends?

Hilarious party game for couples and singles. Here is a party game that tests your ability to stay with the mainstream. Players use their voting wheels to register secret votes on poll questions. The object is to select the most popular choice and stay in The Mainstream. After revealing their answers, players who are not in The Mainstream get a strike. First player to register 5 strikes on his or her scoring wheel pays a penalty for being Passé. The group chooses a penalty before play begins, such as clucking like a chicken or singing, "I write the songs" by Barry Manilow.

Can you Zero In™ on the names of your favorite celebrities?

Listen to clues and try to Zero In™ on the names of the celebrities that they describe. Players take turns posing as celebrities, giving other players clues so that they can guess the celeb's identity. Watch out! The clue can be tricky and you only get one guess for each celebrity. A player reads clues for other players until someone guesses the celebrity's name or clues are exhausted. If you're the first one to Zero In™ on the celebrity name, you win the points for the last clue read. The first player to reach 12 points wins.

Kotsuku is a grid-based game with an added competitive dimension as players vie to be the first to complete a word in the grid. Players take turns placing letters in the grid one letter at a time. Each letter in the alphabet may be used once per game. The object is to be the first person to complete a word of three or more letters. Words may be vertical, horizontal, diagonal either frontward or backwards. Use your letters wisely and be sure not to leave an opening for your opponent!

A wonderfully simple game that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. Whether spending time together at home or on vacation, families and friends can have a few laughs together sharing their own life stories by answering the questions on the DidYa Know cards. Things really get interesting when players swap cards and then attempt to re-tell each other’s stories. Handy game tins make it easy for you to bring the game along wherever you want to go. New packaging options for 2006 include stand-alone boxes!

DidYa Know is a game that gets the whole family involved in the conversation. The games’ story cards have topics for Grownups, Kids and even Teenagers. It’s a great game for family travel and holiday get-togethers. Vol. 2 Grins and Giggles has just been added for even more storytelling fun. Launch Date: September 2006.

The award winning DidYa Know® games for families; Grins & Giggles� and Belly Laugh�