Gamewright, a leading family game manufacturer based in Newton, Massachusetts, is wrapping up the year on a high note. The manufacturer recently earned over 50 awards for all nine of its 2010 introductions. Highest honors include the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal for Take the Cake and Hide and Eeek!, the Mensa Select award for Forbidden Island, and Parents’ Choice Gold for Rory’s Story Cubes and Can You See What I See? Bingo Link. This marks the first time since 2001 that Gamewright has won Parents’ Choice gold, and the first time ever that two games won in the same calendar year. The Mensa award is one of the most coveted awards in the game industry.
Sounds Like a Plan, a hilarious party game that’s all about giving outrageous advice, is one of Gamewright’s top winners with a total of seven awards for the year. Other honors include the Gold award from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Dr. Toy’s 10 Best Games and Tillywig’s Laugh Out Load Award
Order’s Up!, a fast playing, diner-themed game is also recognized by Oppenheim Toy Portfolio with the Gold award, and Dr. Toy’s pick as a Best Vacation Product. Dweebies, a card game with a colorful cast of characters, received National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold and an iParenting Media Award.
The National Parenting Center, which was founded in July of 1989 with the intention of providing the most comprehensive and responsible, parenting advice, chose Take the Cake, Gamewright’s latest preschool game, to honor with its Seal of Approval.
About Gamewright
Gamewright, a leading manufacturer of family games, is best known for such household hits as Slamwich, Rat-a-Tat Cat, In a Pickle, and The Scrambled States of America Game. Gamewright prides itself on making games that foster laughter, learning, friendship and fun. Kids, parents, grandparents, and educators all agree that Gamewright makes some of the best games on the planet.
List of 2010 awards as of 11/1/10:
- Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
- Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Products
- National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
- Parents’ Choice Approved
- Tillywig Toy Award
Can You See What I See? Bingo Link
- Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Products
- Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence Award
- iParenting Media Award
- Parents’ Choice Gold
- Tillywig Toy Award
- National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold
Order’s Up!
- Creative Child Magazine Game of the Year
- Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Products
- iParenting Media Award
- Major Fun Award
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
- Parents’ Choice Approved
- National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors
Sumo Ham Slam
- Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
- Tillywig Sterling Fun Award
- Major Fun Award
- Dr. Toy’s Best New Products Picks
Dweebies
- Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
- Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Products
- iParenting Media Award
- Major Fun Award
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
- Parents’ Choice Funstuff
- National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold
Hide and Eeek!
- Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
- Major Fun Award
- Tillywig Best Family Fun Award
- Dr. Toy’s Best New Products Picks
- Parents’ Choice Recommended
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
Rory’s Story Cubes
- Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence Award
- Dr. Toy’s 10 Best Games of the Year
- iParenting Media Award
- Major Fun Award
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
- Parents’ Choice Gold
Forbidden Island
- Creative Child Magazine Game of the Year
- Mensa Select
- FunFare All Star Award
- FamilyFun Magazine Toy of the Year Award
- Parents’ Choice Recommended
Sounds Like a Plan
- Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
- Major Fun Award
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
- Dr. Toy’s 10 Best Games
- Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products
- Tillywig Laugh Out Load Award
- Parents’ Choice Approved
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