More Target Exclusive Games Coming Soon
Target continues to expand it's "Only-at-Target" exclusive board games.
On July 30th, Target announce that they will be "rolling out 130+ new games—including 95 only-at-Target finds" in the coming year.
“We’re continuing to see double-digit growth thanks to hits like Oregon Trail and our vast assortment of curated exclusives—and the momentum shows no signs of slowing,” said Scott Nygaard, Target Senior Vice President – Merchandising. “So, we’re going even bigger into the trend, working with the leading game makers, specialty shops—and even kid inventors—to create more unforgettable, exclusive games for Target guests to love.”
This Spring we saw the release of the "Only-at-Target" board games Ticket to Ride: New York (reviewed here) and Jurassic Park: Danger (reviewed here). Now they have announced "Only-at-Target" games from North Star Games, Big G Creative, Red Raven and Pressman.
Here are a few of them. I know that most of these may not be of interest to many of you, but it is interesting to see this happening at Target. When Star Trek Catan hit the clearance bins, I expected Target to see venturing into the hobby game market as a failed experiment. I was wrong.
Also, right now you can get 10% off a limited selection of games, one of which is the aforementioned Dude, with the code GENCON.
Dude - the game where you say dude
North Star Games
A card game celebrating the grammatical versatility of the word as a question, an objection, an exclamation, an expression of wonder, and more. Each player in dude has a set of cards that show the word “dude” used in 6 different ways. All the players sit around a table saying “dude” in the different ways, all at once. Players are trying to find another player who they think is saying “dude” in the same way as them, by matching intonation, pronunciation and body language.
August Release. MSRP $10.99
More Dude - another game where you say dude
North Star Games
In More Dude players say the word, but now they must imitate a robot, a surfer, or other crazy characters shown on the cards.
August Release. MSRP $10.99
Brady Bunch Party Game
Big G Creative
A whodunit deduction and bluffing party game, where Alice tries to figure out who is the "Troublemaker."
July Release. MSRP $24.99.
Monster Crunch
Big G Creative
Monster Crunch pits the classic "Monster Cereal" characters—Boo Berry, Count Chocula, Fruit Brute, Fruity Yummy Mummy, and Franken Berry—against each other to see who can eat the most cereal, by using their luck, strategy, and special abilities.
August Release. MSRP $19.99
Bob Ross: Happy Little Accidents Party Game
Big G Creative
Players create art by combining abstract shapes and squiggles, then award points for each others’ creations.
September Release. MSRP $19.99
Home Alone Game
Big G Creative
One player acts as Kevin McCallister who must try to defend his home from the other players, acting as the Wet Bandits gang, who are trying to grab as much loot as they can.
November Release. MSRP $19.99
Megaland
Red Raven Games
A push-your-luck adventure game set in a video game world, your character runs a level avoiding monsters and collecting treasure.
In stores now. MSRP $24.99
I love this. They are leaning too hard on novelty party games but some good choices.
p.s.
I still love cereal, but I often feel like the last of a dying breed. The kids don't eat cereal. Or so I am told. Do you eat cereal? Would you like to join my support group and/or subscribe to my newsletter?
fightcitymayor wrote: p.s.
I still love cereal, but I often feel like the last of a dying breed. The kids don't eat cereal. Or so I am told. Do you eat cereal? Would you like to join my support group and/or subscribe to my newsletter?
[rant]Supposedly millennials don't eat cereal because they don't have time to wash the bowl and spoon before going to work or school. That's some hilarious bullshit reasoning. I never had time to dishes in the morning either, but that didn't stop me from eating cereal. I do the dishes in the evening, and not necessarily every evening. If millennials don't want to eat cereal, that's fine with me, but they can stop bullshitting about it. Just own it.[/rant]
Gregarius wrote:
I think you're mistaken... I believe it *is* The Mind that Kwanchii illustrated.Michael Barnes wrote: There’s also a new Kwanchii-illustrated The Game, and a vampire edition of Nyctophobia. I would be shocked if we don’t see The Mind.
No, it’s a new version of The Game, without all of the weird Khorne-like graphic design. It’s colorful and bright.
Either that or he's set up a tent outside target and will not leave until the game arrives.
Also, only Barney would consider mini wheat a suitable cereal for a kid. Get her some Fruit Loops for the love of Christ.