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TDC Games, Inc. • 1456 Norwood • Itasca, Il 60143 |
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Since it was founded in 1984, TDC Games, Inc. has established an international reputation as the producer of innovative, trend setting, if somewhat zany, board games and jigsaw puzzles. True to its eclectic style, TDC enters its 23rd season with new and completely diverse collection of home entertainment products: New For 2007MAN LAWS and WOMAN RULES is the hame of life's unwritten rules. Players attempt to predict what other player's believe to be these laws specific to each gender and also who actually follows them. A provocative conversation game for 2 or more adults aged 17 or older. Suggested Retail Price - $29.95 JIGSAW PUZZLES FOR DUMMIES are a series of 1000 piece poster-sized puzzles designed in collaboration with self-help's most famous brand. These are "puzzles by number" in which each piece is numbered on the back and a map is provided as a guide. The difficulty is determined by the puzzle maker. Suggested Retail - $16.95 ------------------------------------------------ VISIBLE PUZZLES are a series of 300 BIG piece poster-sized puzzles that are easy to see for the vision challenged, Each puzzle also includes a full sized 3x magnifying glass. Suggested Retail - $15.95 ------------------------------------------------ Current TDC Game ProductsCHESS FOR DUMMIES is the first chess trainer officially licensed by the world famous "For Dummies" line of self help guides. Each set contains a specially designed training game board that keep the potential moves of each chess piece right in front of you. Thisi sthe ultimate starter chess set. Suggested Retail Price - $26.95 MAKE YOUR OWN-OPOLY is a kit that contains everything needed to produce one custom designed property trading style board game. There have been various City-opolys, College-opolys and Sports-opolys. Now you can have your own opoly by using a computer with any black & white printer or just a pen and scissors to create the board game you wish. Suggested Retail - $29.95 REMINISCING, The New Century Edition is also called "The Game for People Over Thirty,"and has been a best-seller among the "thirtysomething plus" set for over 15 years. Originally designed exclusively for players with more advanced experience at life, the game has now been expanded to include events, fads and memories from 1939 to 1999.. It continues to challenge players to remember facts and events from their own personal past. Age is a distinct advantage playing REMINISCING. Although it now invites "anyone old enough to have a past" to play, it remains the one game on the market that proves "older is better." New Century Edition - Suggested Retail -$ 24.95 DIRTY MINDS, The Game of Naughty Clues has been TDC’s best-selling mega-hit since1990. Test if you have a dirty mind, from the following clues: 1) It’s a four letter word. 2) It’s a name for a woman. 3) It ends in U-N-T... If your answer wasn’t "Aunt", you have a Dirty Mind and will lose this game, because although the clues are highly suggestive, the answers are totally clean. Suggested Retail - $ 20.00 MORE DIRTY MINDS, Volume Two, is the sequel to 1990’s DIRTY MINDS and contains more of the same funny, yet slightly off-color clues to the cleanest of answers. Example: 1) Swartzenegger has a long one. 2) Spike Lee has a short one. 3) The Pope doesn’t use his. If your first thought wasn’t "Last Name", you have a dirty mind. Suggested Retail - $20.00 DELUXE DIRTY MINDS, is the 15th Anniversary edition of the world's cleanest "dirty" game. This contains even more creatively wicked clues, along with the cleanest of answers. This one also includes the new catagory of "Dirt Deeds" to add to the fun. Suggested Retail - $34.95 SENIOR MOMENTS. You Can't Remember the Last Time You Played a Game Like This is a memory game for those who might need the practice. Since you're never too young to have a senior moment, the game is suggested for all ages and also contains some hilarious senior moments contributed by people of all ages. Suggested Retail Price - $24.95 CARIBBEAN STUD- TEXAS HOLD'EM POKER HOME GAME is the first time two of these popular casino table games have been available to play at home. Each set contains a full sized felt table layout for each game, along with chips, cards and instructions to play ten different poker games. Suggested Retail Price - $34.95 LET IT RIDE- THREE CARD POKER HOME GAME introduces two more popular casino table games for home play.. Each set contains a full sized felt table layout for each game, along with chips, cards and instructions to play ten different poker games. Suggested Retail Price - $34.95 GREED has been one of the most addictive dice games around for almost two decades. TDC has reintroduced a highly affordable version of this classic scoring dice game that is now available on countertops from coast to coast. Players roll the dice to pile up the highest total score, but being too greedy can result in immedaiate disaster. Suggested Retail - $6.95 SIZE MATTERS is the game that lets you measure up!. Player advance their giant pawns on a a long game board by answering questions about he size of things. Big time fun for two to four players or teams. Suggested Retail Price - $26.95 SUDOKU 2 is the next generation of the Sudoku number craze that is sweeping the world. This one is actually a board game that play somewhat like Scrabble. There are no number puzzles. Each player receives number cards and tries to place them by Sudoku on a board number rules. The player that is left Suggested Retail Price - $18.95
Current Jigsaw PuzzlesThe Alphabet Murder Mystery Puzzle Series each features two 500 piece puzzles mixed in the same bag. Each puzzle represents the before and after picture of a crime scene. After assembling the puzzles, players must solve the crime. Suggested Retail - $14.95 DOG-SPIRATIONS PUZZLE SERIES are 1000 piece poster sized puzzles that each feature dogs as unlikely philosophers. Suggested Retail - $14.95 LOST, Mystery of the Island Jigsaw Puzzles is a series of four complex 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles that are based on the hit TV series on ABC. Each of the puzzles reveal deep inner secrets about the show and actually bear the disclaimer, "Spoiler Warning: Secrets are revealed. Do not assemble these puzzles unless you want exclusive new insight into TV's most puzzling hit series." Suggested Retail Price - $18.95 NIGHT AND DAY PANORAMA PUZZLES each features two 500 piece panoramic puzzles of the same or related subject from different moments in time that have been mixed in the same bag to increase the difficulty. Suggested Retail - $14.95 PORTABLE PUZZLES are a series of 1000 piece poster-sized puzzles that each include a full sized felt puzzle storage roll-up for the same price. The inclusion of a puzzle roll-up with each puzzle, which can cost up to $20 dollars when sold separately, makes Portable Puzzles the highest value jigsaw puzzle product presently on the market. Suggested Retail - $15.95 ------------------------------------------------ More ProductsUNFORGETTABALL! Collectible Baseballs are a series of limited edition baseballs illustrated by Emily Wolfson presented in a collectible package. They cover subjects from classic sports stadiums to commemoratives of various cities and even dog breeds. Suggested Retail - $16.95 Pachislo Slot Machines are refurbished , authentic Japanese casino machines originally costing thousands of dollars that are niow offered for hundreds, Both token and coinless models are available. Suggested Retail - $399.00
Company HistoryFormed in 1984 by Chicago writers Larry Balsamo and Sandra Bergeson,
TDC Games, Inc. has established a reputation for creating innovative
board games with a zany twist. TDC’s games have become known not only
for their marketability, but also for a noticeably wry sense of humor
that runs throughout line. Currently servicing over 4,000 retailers both
large and small throughout the United States and Canada, TDC products
are also distributed throughout the United Kingdom, Australia and New
Zealand. Although most game and puzzle concepts are developed within the
company, successful licensing arrangement have also been arranged with
the NFL, NASCAR, Fox Television and ABC-Touchstone Televison, among many others. The TDC Creative TeamLARRY BALSAMO, President Creativity has always been second nature to Larry Balsamo. "I’ve never actually had a real job," he boasts. "I’ll write anything for money." Balsamo has founded a string of rather eccentric business ventures. He has designed and operated two rock night clubs, one of them world famous. He’s been a professional musician, then a stage magician. He founded an astoundingly successful singing telegram business which required the writing of over 50,000 personalized lyrics. He co-wrote the funny, but obscure, Preppie Comedy Album. Then, hoping to make a couple of bucks on the side, he co-wrote the ADULTRIVIA game. It went on to sell over 1 million units and established TDC GAMES as a true game industry presence. Over forty other slightly off-the-wall, somewhat counter-cultural game projects have followed. Although Larry’s approach to product design is cutting edge if sometimes controversial, and his methods considered somewhat eccentric, he says there’s just one thing that keeps him going through it all, "These darn things sell like crazy!" SANDY BERGESON, Creative Director Sandy Bergeson is a true virtuoso of the arts. She is a former member of the Chicago Lyric Opera and New York City Opera companies and has had a starring role in an Off-Broadway musical. Marriage, children and settling down to the Chicago suburbs led her to a creative association with Larry Balsamo at Hey Wires Singing Telegrams. Sandy churned out custom lyrics with Balsamo, while also performing the zany personalized messages to everyone from grease monkeys to the President of the United States. She also was a theater critic on the radio and an entertainment writer for Copley Newspapers, while writing the I Hate to Diet Dictionary in between. In 1984, she mentioned to Balsamo that an adult version of trivia might be a good idea. The rest is history... and TDC GAMES. The creative combination of Bergeson and Balsamo has accounted for the majority of TDC’s product success rate. Says Bergeson, who also found the time to pick up a Master’s Degree along the way, "We probably qualify as America’s most obscure successful writing team." TDC Game Product Chronology1984 ADULTRIVIA, Balsamo/Bergeson Address Information for TDC Games, Inc.HEADQUARTERS: 1456 Norwood Avenue, Itasca, IL 60143 MARKETING OFFICE:
3626 N. Hall Street
Suite 413
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: 214-922-8886
Fax: 214-922-8892
Public Relations ContactSandra Schaefer, 1-800-292-7676 # # #
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