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Oppenheim Toy Portfolio

CRANIUM WHOONU

Your dad likes poodles more than pickles? Your best friend likes bubblegum more than museums? Whoonu! In Cranium Whoonu, you're sure to have unforgettable fun as you reveal your favorite things, share hilarious stories, and bond over surprising connections. You'll be amazed at what you'll learn about your friends and family - especially those you think you know best!  Whoonu is easy to learn and quick to play, so it's the perfect game for any occasion. And best of all, it's just as fun to play with people you've known for 5 minutes as it is with people you've known forever!

Contents of Cranium Whoonu:
300 game cards
36 scoring tokens
1 secret envelope
Instructions
CURSE OF THE RUBY RHINO

Before you stands the Ruby Rhino, the most sought after treasure or the ancient world! Although it is just inches from your grasp, a curse makes it almost impossible to obtain.  Roll the dice and do your best to capture the elusive jeweled prize.  A mother load of fake gold will try to stand in your way.  But if you manage to hang on to the coveted Ruby Rhino all by yourself, you've broken the curse and won the game!

Contents of The Curse of the Ruby Rhino Dice Game: 
20 Fake Gold Coins
2 Custom Dice
2 Dice Roll Legends
1 Ruby Rhino
Rules in English and Spanish
DREAD PIRATE - BOOKSHELF EDITION

Dread Pirate - Bookshelf Edition is the ultimate family adventure game! Buried treasure, desert islands, treacherous seas, hungry sharks, and of course, pirate battles all await you in this exciting game. Choose a ship, a port of call, and set sail in search of treasure - gold doubloons, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. Trade for treasure or sail broadside to another captain and take your best shot! Watch out for Shark's Tooth passage where the flip of a card may seal the fate of your entire crew. Be the first to collect every kind of treasure, reach Dread Island, and you will be the winner!
This Bookshelf Edition comes in a high quality wooden storage case that looks like an antique book and measures 11" by 10 1/2" by 3".  The game is played upon a wonderfully illustrated and aged cloth map with cast playing pieces, real metal replica doubloons, and beautiful pirate treasure. Journey back with your family for a high seas treasure hunting, pirate plundering adventure!

Contents of Dread Pirate - Bookshelf Edition:
Cloth playing map
3 wooden dice
50 "gold" doubloons
100 jewels
4 treasure bags
52 dread pirate cards
1 wind die
4 die-cast ships
1 Jolly Roger flag

Awards won by Dread Pirate:
Family Fun Magazine "Toy of the Year 2003"
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio "Gold Seal Award 2003"
National Parenting Center "Seal of Approval 2003"
Parent's Choice "Recommended Award Winner 2003"
2003 Gold National Parenting Publication Award Winner

FUNNY BUNNY

Funny Bunny is a race to a juicy carrot at the top of a hill full of surprises!  Each player gets 4 bunnies and draws cards to either move their bunnies up the hill or to turn the carrot at the top which opens holes that the bunnies can fall into.  If a player loses all 4 bunnies, they are out of the game.  But if one of their bunnies makes it to the top, they win!

Contents of Funny Bunny: 
1 Green Hill With a Rotating Carrot
16 Bunnies in 4 Colors
24 Cards
I SPY MEMORY GAME

This is a memory matching game, based on the popular I SPY books. Lots of ways to play! Word games and cooperative games are included. This game helps kids develop thinking and social skills as well as respect for others and sharing. I Spy Memory Game is fun and rewarding for the entire family!
QUACK QUACK - THE CALL OF THE FARM GAME

The farm animals are out in the field, but they need you to call them back to the farm. A clever and amusing family game, Quack Quack The Call of the Farm Game will have you shouting out animal names or mooing like a cow. Players roll dice and match colors to corresponding animal cards. The first person to call out the correct animal sound earns a coin for their scoring board. Collect four markers to become the winning Farm Helper. The colorful game pieces are all made of smooth, sturdy wood that will last through several generations of young farmers!

Contents of Quack Quack The Call of the Farm Game:
8 Animal Cards
3 Color Dice
4 Scoring Boards
16 Scoring Coins
Drawstring Storage Bag
Wood Storage Box with Sliding Lid
Rule Sheet

THREE OF A CRIME

Winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award, Three Of A Crime makes for a great Whodunit game!  One player starts the round as the eyewitness while the rest play as the detectives. (Note: there are two variations for two player games included in the instructions). Each card contains a trio of suspects and the detectives must  ask questions, applying deductive reasoning and logic, in an attempt to correctly solve the case. The witness then places a token down indicating how many suspects he/she guessed correct. Each person takes turn as the eyewitness and the first player to compile three suspect cards is the winner!

Contents of Three of a Crime: 
35 Suspect Cards
20 Numbered Tokens (seven zeros, eight ones, and five twos)
WHO, WHAT, WHERE? - JR

Who, What, Where? - Junior is the funny drawing game for kids!  To play, just sketch the funny scenes found on your cards.  You might get a bear riding a bike in a cave, a cow jumping rope on a train, a dog playing soccer on the moon, plus thousands of other fun-to-draw combinations!  Other players try to guess what was drawn for points, and the player with the most points wins!

Contents of Who, What, Where:
Who cards
What cards
Where cards
Tokens
Drawing pad
Timer
Instructions
YOU'VE BEEN SENTENCED!

You've Been Sentenced is seriously hilarious! This game utilizes a unique deck of pentagon-shaped cards featuring funny words, famous names, and familiar places. Players use these cards to create sentences, which challenge their imagination and ingenuity in a fun, competitive environment. The deck contains over 2,500 individual words and Wild Cards, which ensure that you get unlimited play and it never gets boring or repetitive!         
Awards: 
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, Best Toy 2007
iParenting Media Award Hot Award
Dr. Toy Best Product 2007
Spewgilist.com 2007 Best Family Game
 
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