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You can read 2019 Toy Fair Trends Part 1 Less Gross and Dirty , Part 2 Survival and Adventure, Part 3 Speed and Observation, and Part 4 Shelf Laughs and Eye-Catching Licenses, Part 5: Extensions and Good Games Never Die. Snails, sloths, slow motion Here are some examples coming out this year: Brain Games, best known for Ice Cool, has new preschool offering as does Think Fun! Granted, Think Fun has the “must have game” for 18 month old little gamers, Roll & Play, but that has been in their line for a long time and they haven’t done much to expand that area — until now! Both Marble Circuit from MindWare and Tumble Maze from Blue Orange have the look and feel of a game you’d expect from Gamewright or SMART

But for some of these games it’s been ages since the first one came out, like Lost Cities Rivals (Lost Cities came out in 1999) and Rat-A-Tat Roll (Rat-A-Tat-Cat came out in 1995), Wicked to the Core – Ravensburger, Pictionary Air – Mattel, 2 New Very Hungry Caterpillar Games from University Games, Decrypto Extension – IELLO, Kanoodle Gravity – Educational Insights, 3 EXIT the Game extensions from Thames & Kosmos, Ubongo! Also the classic children’s game, Pretty Pretty Princess, is also no longer with Hasbro and now with Winning Moves and The Logo Game is now with Play Monster. Clockwise from top left: Pretty Pretty Princess is now with Winning Moves, The Logo Game is now with Play Monster, Abalone is now with University Games, 13 Dead End Drive is back and now with Winning Moves, Gulpin’ Guppies is back and now with EPOCH, Sort

You can read 2019 Toy Fair Trends Part 1 Less Gross and Dirty , Part 2 Survival and Adventure, and Part 3 Speed and Observation. Eye catching names and packages that immediately cause a laugh, that people are likely going to buy as a gift or for game night just to make everyone laugh. With some being based off trends like Beagle or Bagel, off funny references like This Game Goes to Eleven (out in late 2018), or just plain funny sounding like Kiss my Bass. Clockwise from Top Left: Beagle or Bagel – Blue Orange, Not pictured but of note: Jumanji Fluxx – Looney Labs/Cardinal, Villainous: Wicked to the Core – Ravensburger, BTS UNO – Mattel, Jurassic Park – Ravensburger