The Toy Man Product Guide 2007      The Toy Man Online

          Anagramania by: Rev. James G.W. Fisher - The Toy Man

Anagramania is an entertaining new board game for 2-6 players that really puts your brain to work! There's no being lazy here if you want to win, you have to use your brain and THINK!

   ANAGRAM - What's An Anagram?

Anagram - A word or phrase formed by re-arranging the letters of another word or phrase. An anagram is the basis of the concept of the creation of this game. You see, until now, anagrams have always been a simple concept which was designed to be figured out by one individual person at a time. Anagramania takes this concept of the anagram and evolves it into a multi-player game of education and fun!

Anagramania brings Anagrams to a whole new level of challenge and creativity! Unlike typical anagram word puzzles, the clues in Anagramania are not just the source word or words from which the answer is derived. Instead, the anagram clues do contain the source words, but they also provide a hint or definition of the correct solution. Now that is an added twist that creates a whole new level of challenge and understanding.

In the review of Anagramania, we submitted it to a group of teachers in a local school system to get their input from an educational standpoint. The response was overwhelming! As one teacher expressed it, "Creative thought pattern development is a primary concern in students today." "Finding effective tools to assist a teacher in helping the children develop their creative thought patterns to a greater degree are quite limited it seems today." "Anagramania is without question on my list to recommend for purchase in our school district."

As you can clearly see, this teacher provided a powerful testimony as to the potential held within this product; Her fellow associates were in full agreement with her evaluation.

Caught By Surprise...

Here is a product that has not been around a whole lot of time and which is developed by a small new start-up company. We never imagined a newbie such as this would have enough branding established yet, to even begin to have a chance to be on this list. Obviously our assumption was wrong. Kudos to the creators of this fabulous new creation!

Newer Editions To Consider...

JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE EDITIONS These newer Editions of Anagramania include an added dimension of fun with an alternative method of play called the "Spoke 'n Word" game. Using a 30-sided letter die and an enhanced board design (picture at left), the Spoke 'n Word game offers more tactical board play than the Original Edition. But the new board also allows you to play using the original rules if you prefer! It's your choice - you get two games for the price of one!

If this isn't good enough, Karmel Games was the recipient of The Toy Man Seal of Approval and Award of Excellence and was also voted as our readers favorite educational game at Dexcon 8 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. To put the icing on the cake, Karmel Games, the creators of Anagramania have been blessed with Anagramaina being inducted into the "Readers Choice 2005" list by voting from our readers! That is a difficult task to accomplish, yet Anagramania has risen to the top and is now one of the winners to be a part of "Readers Choice 2006". The bottom line...Anagramania is by far, one of the very best products we have reviewed to date when it comes to educational board games.