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The fox plays an important role in a number of societies' folklore and mythologies. It is frequently characterized by intelligence, cunningness and beauty.

Created in 2000 with the fox in mind, FoxMind launched its first two games; Squad 7 and Crazy Circus. Squad 7, a highly original game, won, upon its launch, the Game of the Year prize in France. This helped to pave the way onto stores shelves and into playrooms around the world.

In 2003, FoxMind established a foothold in Canada, with the aim of offering the North American market games that embodied its philosophy - games that are easy to learn and quick to play.

Today, FoxMind continues to publish and distribute family and educational games internationally. With a line that helps to develop reasoning skills, verbal expression, creativity and the ability to think strategically, FoxMind quickly became the favorite of parents and teachers.

WuddlyWorld, home of the adorable black and white characters Dot and Dudly, is launched

Born from the imagination of British nurse Fiona Neilson, after seeing how her baby son delighted in the fun black and white toys

Fiona Neilson, who currently lives in Kansas City, created the characters after seeing how much her baby son enjoyed seeing shapes and faces in black and white. Fiona knew from her nursing experience that babies’ underdeveloped eyes enjoyed looking at the high contrast colours.

“When James was born, I noticed that he loved black and white shapes but there were no fun black and white toys I could find, so I made my first black and white character and was absolutely amazed at how it captivated him!” says Fiona. “

Inspired by the reaction of her first toy, Fiona made Dot and Dudly: Dudly is square and Dot is round, and both have big eyes and bright smiles.

After seeing how much her family and friends’ children loved Dot and Dudly, Fiona has now launched WuddlyWorld, so that youngsters everywhere can enjoy these fun toys.

“Currently Dot and Dudly are the only occupants of WuddlyWorld but my dream is to expand it into a captivating world full of black and white characters

Find out more at wuddlyworld.com

At Waboba, our entire mindset is offering our customers the best performing, fun, and unique products; at the best prices; backed by a national branding effort to grow Waboba and drive more customers to your stores.  

When you buy Waboba, you not only get the best water bouncing balls and accessories, the name consumers are now demanding more and more, but you buy into the Waboba lifestyle – fun, fitness, and style!  You also get the benefits of a national branding effort.  Our balls that bounce on water have been a tremendous impulse seller for our customers!  Our new STREET ball has been a hit for land play!  Now we are expanding our line to include other products for our valued retailers.

Our company philosophy is simple:

We innovate – we don’t copy others! We strive to create new and innovative products and put them in the best retail packaging for you’re in store sales efforts!  This is what consumers are looking for in a brand.  We are not some company that just knocks off others at lower prices.  We provide the best product for the consumer – one we would buy ourselves.  Our Extreme, Surf, and Pro balls offer real WOW factor to consumers!  You will see your sales grow as they spread the word of where they purchased their Waboba balls!

We also now proudly introduce the TOSY AFO!  The new “Alien Flying Object” has bright LED lights which make it look like a real UFO in flight!  Kids can have fun both indoors and outdoors with it!  The AFO will boomerang back to you, fly horizontally straight, or vertically!  Challenge your friends in a contest to see how long the Tosy will “hover” in the air, or just compete on distance flown!  The unit is shipped in a brightly colored clam shell that will peg and be sure to attract attention.  It is packed in 12 pc masters with 6 red and 6 blue.  DVD’s of the item in flight are available for those who have in store TV’s to use to feature certain products.  Item # is 574.  

The new Tosy AFO is sure to be a holiday hit with kids!  Order your stock today!  Call Waboba at 561-693-2411 or fax your order to 561-282-0825 or email it to aekeith@waboba.com.  Visit our website at www.waboba.com to see all our great products!

Deception Dice - A new party game is a “roll of the dice”
Steve Maling knew he had a great idea for a board game, but the expense and uncertainty of bringing it to market was his primary concern. In late 2010, he decided to roll the dice on his invention.

Maling, of Landenberg, PA was granted a U.S. and international patent and trademark for his game “Deception Dice®.” It’s a game he says that has great family appeal and is easy to play.

“Everyone that has played Deception Dice has really enjoyed the competition” Maling said. “It’s easy to learn and it’s fun to play.”

The game is a variation on the “Liar’s Dice” game which involves strategy, however this version incorporates a luck factor, both good and bad, therefore all skill levels have an opportunity to be victorious. Three to eight players can participate and the game is recommended for ages 10 and older.  The game name was selected with the consideration of the tag line “No One Likes to be Called a Liar!”

Each player starts the game with five colored dice. A game is made up of multiple hands where a player can lose one die or two dice for a hand.  The objective of the game is to be the player with at least one die at the end of the game.  

Ones are wild most of the time.  Each player rolls dice in a shaker cup and throws down onto the playing surface with the dice remaining hidden from the other players. Bets are made based on the probability that the quantity and die value bet will be supported by all the dice in play along with the wild ones.  Players look at their five dice and bet accordingly. As an example, a bet of “8, fives” is based upon all the hidden fives and wild ones in play. The next player has to increase the bet by keeping the same quantity of dice and betting a higher die value “8, sixes” or the player can increase the quantity of dice and use any die value 2–6, i.e. “9, fours”.  Eventually a challenge will be made and the reveal of the dice will determine the loser for the hand.  

When making a bet, deception becomes a big part of the game.  The unique feature of the game is the Deception Dice cubes.  These get rolled into the “pit” by the loser of the previous hand.  The red DD cube establishes how many dice are at risk to the loser of the next hand and the green DD cube indicates the format of play for the hand.  The format could be a reverse direction, ones are NOT wild, or a no look hand, etc.  There is a red “DD” and green “DD” on the respective cubes that are the luck factor and these have an affect on the player should either of these indicators appear.  Once a player loses their dice, they are eliminated from the game.

“Inherent to the game is an educational factor that involves a bit of mathematics, both simple division and probabilities, at the start of each hand.” Maling says, “The players that pay attention to the total dice in play are typically successful, however the luck factor can often be a game changer.”

Maling got the idea for the game after playing a variation of Liar’s Dice with his neighbors.  Knowing that there was a new game ready to be developed, it wasn’t until he played another popular board game that his idea finally took shape. The uniqueness of the game board and the Deception Dice cubes are the key to this entertaining game.  

After seeing his game in a dream, he bought the materials and built a prototype. He then attended educational seminars and trade shows to learn about the gaming industry.  As folks played his game he knew he was onto something because everyone who played it loved it. Maling pursued, and was granted, a U.S. patent and trademark for Deception Dice.  

In late 2010, he had 1,000 games manufactured in NJ and he is presently selling the games online via his self-produced website.  Ultimately his plans are to get the game into retail outlets via a license agreement with a game manufacturing company.  
“It’s not a matter of if Deception Dice will be successful, but when it’s going to hit,” he said. “There are not many party games that are eight-player participation nor that have the immediate cross-over potential to segue into additional market segments.”

“Party games and card games have always been a part of our family entertainment,” Maling said, “its very rewarding to have created a game of my own.”

The transition into other markets will be spurred by technology. He believes that his game has the potential to cross over into smart phone applications, interactive on line game play via gaming consoles and via websites, and eventually electronic table game play at casinos.

“The big prize is to get this game into the casinos,” he stated, “many gaming tables now are totally automated and virtual dice games and Deception Dice could easily be developed.”

Right now, Maling’s game, which is made in the U.S., is available only on the internet at www.deceptiondice.com Price is $39.99. He said he could get his price down to $30 retail by having the game manufactured in China, something he may consider depending on how well the game sells.

“I’m excited about how easy the game is to learn along with the entertainment value and lots of laughs” Maling adds “my game is interactive and fun to play for all ages and genders.”

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TAOC® The Art of Conversation Creates Games that Teach Communication Excellence for Successful Living and Learning.
This creative and successful independent publishing company began in Australia and it's titles are now distributed internationally. TAOC® is distributed in the USA through Publisher Services Inc., Norcross, GA.

TAOC® is passionate about the myriad benefits of developing effective communication.

Teaching children to communicate, learn more about themselves and others, empathize, think independently and enjoy rich, strong and beneficial relationships for life is surely the most valuable and fundamental education we can provide!  

TAOC® resources are fun and simple to use. The resulting benefits positively contribute to life-long living and learning. Each TAOC® title has been carefully researched and developed by Keith and Louise, along with other education and health professionals. TAOC® is thoroughly trialed and tested by core representative groups prior to publication, so we know it works!!

We are proud that TAOC® is now being incorporated into many and varied education and health programs world-wide as well as being played in hundreds of thousands of homes every day!

Louise Howland  
Louise is an Australian who has traveled widely and worked in many fields, including as a psychiatric nurse and teacher. Amongst her loves are nature, books, writing, music, art and travel. She is currently undertaking a Master’s Degree researching children’s communication and integrated education.

Keith Lamb
Keith migrated from England to Australia in 1970 and formed the successful, multi-cultural glam-rock band Hush. As lead singer and co-writer for much of Hush’s material, he led the band to great national success. After Hush, Keith produced many successful albums for other artists, and wrote songs for other performers, e.g.  Status Quo. He is a creator, an artist and an extraordinary communicator.
TAOC® is suitable for all ages.

The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to TAOC® is your own life experiences, interests and ideas.

TAOC® may be used hundreds of times with continuing interest and pleasure.

For all ages, adult and children (may be played at various levels).