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The Toy Man® News & Views
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Product Reviews / Evaluation Report Summaries (ERS) |
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Induction Certificate Number:
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74020120106-547
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Induction Date:
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January 06, 2012
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Certificate License
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Tsuro - The Game of the Path
by:
Rev. James G.W. Fisher - Editor / Product Evaluation Expert
Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) Date:
01/06/2012
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path is a tile laying game we found to be quite easy to learn. The gamePlay™ is simple. The tiles show paths and on your turn you must lay a tile next to your pawn. If the path leads you into another person’s pawn or off the board you lose. The last player on the board wins! It can't be much more simple than that. [ Please refer to A-2-Z Company Index for contact information.]
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Primary Usage
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Target Age / Max. Weight
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Target Gender
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Family Board & Table Top Games |
2011 |
Consumer/Education |
8 years + |
Female/Male
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Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) - Index
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Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) Category Rating Scores |
Category rating scores are based on scale from 1 to 5. Rating score must be 3 or higher to pass in each evaluation category.
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Creative Agenda |
Ease of Use |
funQuotient™ |
Marketability |
Skill Development |
Overall Visual Appeal |
5 |
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5 |
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4.5 |
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Final product / service rating is averaged from the sum total of ALL applicable evaluation category scores. Only scores of "3" or higher are published.
There are a total of 357 evaluation categories which are used in our evaluation process.
(NOTE: Not all categories are applicable to any one product or online service.)
Only 6 of the evaluation category rating scores for this New Inductee's evaluation are featured for public view.
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Critical Evaluation Information These icons represent important attributes with which this product / service
is associated, contributes to, or encourages development of.
Select any of the unique icons below to learn more about the specific attribute it represents. |
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Trade Industry Sales Types
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Safety / Quality Classifications
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CE Marked | UL Approved | JPMA Certified |  | (Not Applicable) | (Not Applicable) | | ASTM Compliant | eco-Friendly | eco-Conscious |  |  |  |
UPC Code / ISBN# | Manufacturer SKU | Age Grading | 845866000203 | CLP020 | Labeled/Appropriate |
Manufactured In | Safety Hazard/Warnings | China | WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD--Small parts Not for children under 3 yrs. |
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About Our New Inductee
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Before you buy a product, it's generally common practice to be familiar with what it does, the branding, and other details. We feel that the same rule applies to our "New Inductees" we announce each week, so this section is titled "About Our New Inductee." The information in this section will provide you with a quick yet accurate glance of what the product or service is all about.. |
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One of the more "unique" products ever to be with
inducted into The Toy Man® Product Guide is a fascinating new tile based board game called Tsuro - The Game Of The Path. Nothing special
in the title of this game but the game itself both in visual appeal and gamePlay™ create a new experience altogether.
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path is a fast paced game where no one is ever bored stiff, waiting for the next game to play again. The game is a perfect example of simplicity combined with visual appeal like no other game we have seen to date. |
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Additional Details & Perspectives
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While it's great for some people who just want a cursory glance at what a New Inductee is all about, there are many others who have a greater appetite for more information. This section is titled "Additional Details & Perspectives". and will provide you with additional details and perspectives associated with the product or service being featured here. |
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From the very start of the game, Tsuro triggers instinctual motivation to succeed. What creates the greatest challenge is the balance of a fast-paced game combined with the need to observe the other players gamePlay™ simultaneously.
Each turn for a player may be but a few few seconds of activity, yet those few seconds can determine whether you will block an opponent's potential gainful advances, make a strategic advance, or end up out of the game. |
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Independent Evaluator Reports
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In this section we have called upon the assistance of top industry professionals to evaluate the product in this evaluation summary.
These scholars form their own opinions from extensive analysis and produce detailed, in-depth reports connected with their own personal study and evaluation of the products submitted for independent evaluation.
The information to follow is comprised of excerpts from the independent evaluator reports that have been paraphrased, posted verbatim, or a combination of both in order to encapsulate an accurate presentation of the primary details conveyed in each report. This approach provides a completely independent perspective in the evaluation each product. |
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Initial Report Outline |
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PRODUCT : |
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The Tsuro - The Game of the Path |
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PLATFORM:
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Table Top Tile Board Game |
CONTRIBUTION: |
Active Thought Processing |
TARGET AGE: |
8 years+ |
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This Week's Independent Evaluators |
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Ph. D., E. D.
Director of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Studies
* SUMMARY CODES: SN - Special Needs, AS- Asberger Syndrome
"Whether the player is child or adult, Tsuro - The Game of the Path helps to encourage problem solving and many other developmental skills through abstract symbolic and spatial reasoning, matching and sorting. The game demonstrates its greatest value in how it contributes to an individual's basic mental abilities used to think, study, and learn with each tile piece placed and the results from that action."
"Tsuro - The Game of the Path exercises the task to recall information from memory, make associations between different tiles, and maintain concentration on specific tasks to complete the game whether winner or not. In our working with our SN children, we found this to be especially true."
"The game was contributory to sensory skill and self-play development with all of our SN children, with more evident response and results with our two AS children. The diversity of combinations in which the tiles could be laid provided a stimulation of challenge which encourages a greater level of progression in our work with many of our SN children participating in this program."
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* PLEASE NOTE: At the request of our independent evaluators their names are not disclosed to protect their personal and professional privacy. Their labors are provided at no charge to assist us in providing a well-balanced and accurate product or service evaluation summary. All opinions and or statements from the independent evaluator(s) featured here do not represent the opinion of The Toy Man® Product Guide, any member or division of Epiphany Communications and the International Parenting Institute, Inc..
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Consumer Hands-On Evaluation
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Nothing is more powerful than hands-on experience by a consumer with a product when it is under evaluation. Based upon that fact we put a number of products we currently are slated to evaluate at the mercy of consumers in a hands-on evaluation where anything goes. The information to follow will explore the responses from the participants in our spontaneous hands-on consumer evaluation of the products available for their review. |
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When it comes to game at our spontaneous consumer hands-on evaluation, Tsuro - The Game Of The Path "...was the bomb!" as one of the teenagers shared in his feedback form.
Every participant that played Tsuro - The Game Of The Path walked away talking about the incredible art designs and how they'd "...not seen a fast play game be so much fun before." |
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A Sampling Of Our Evaluation
Category Ratings
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The rating of a product is useless if you do not fully understand and comprehend how the ratings is reached or what the value of the rating represents. This need for clarity encouraged us to have this section titled "A Sampling Of Our Evaluation Category Ratings." To assist you in gaining a greater understanding of the evaluation category ratings we use, a small sampling of the individual category titles & rating
scores from the complete product review itself for
this product or service are featured here.
The categories which have been selected to be
featured in this evaluation report summary for public view, specify some of
the primary points of how and why each specific rating score was reached. |
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The Featured Category Ratings Sampling For This Evaluation Summary Are Listed Below: |
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CREATIVE AGENDA: Rating Level - [5] 
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path was pulling strong when it comes to CREATIVE AGENDA. The creative agenda of the game delivers
a guarantee of a strong narrative progression and prompt response
level with its progressive learning structure. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path undoubtedly delivers a strong narrative development progression which leads to the development of creative strategy. The game moves fast and encourages a prompt response with every action.
The CREATIVE AGENDA of Tsuro - The Game Of The Path provides the challenge needed that influences the probability of recurrent game play. In every evaluation, the game was played in sets with a minimum of 4 recurrences of Play. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path pulled a perfect score of [5] Stars
in this evaluation category for CREATIVE AGENDA. |
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Ease Of Use:
Rating Level - [5] 
Ease of Use was a common characteristic of Tsuro - The Game Of The Path. The ease of use and minimal learning curve made it easily adaptable to both home and educational facility use. The game proved to even be applicable for use with SN children. It is a perfect fit for both home and educational use.
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path clearly proved it met the criteria to pass this evaluation category with the greatest of ease.
The literally endless number of narratives which could be developed
within each game, serve as a catalyst to create plenty of recurrent competitive
challenge. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path pulled a perfect score
of [5] Stars in this evaluation category for Ease of Use. |
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funQUOTIENT™:
Rating Level - [5] 
funQuotient™ is an evaluation category
where Tsuro - The Game Of The Path wasn't lacking. It is a perfect fit for both home and educational use in creating plenty of funQuotient™
in the experience.
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path has all of the right elements to create the strongest
level of funQuotient™.
The fast paced structure of the game incites plenty of excitement combined with loads of positive energy that results in nothing but a fun game experience. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path managed to grab the brass ring with a perfect score
of [5] Stars in this evaluation category for funQuotient™. |
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MARKETABILITY: Rating
Level - [5] 
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path proved to be of no challenge in our evaluation of its rating in regard to MARKETABILITY. There were many variable attributes to be considered in the evaluation yet each one proved to do nothing but enhance and support everything else established prior.
We easily established that Tsuro - The Game Of The Path appeals to a vast range of age groups. To add even greater value to it, the game is a true hybrid product. We were quickly able to streamline this portion of our evaluation and establish a well founded determination in the final evaluation rating.
It was clearly established in our evaluation that once a consumer gets their first experience with Tsuro - The Game Of The Path ,
they most likely will not only play the game again but will share the delight
of their experience with others again and again. This contributes substantially in a positive favor in the marketability rating.
The end result is that Tsuro - The Game Of The Path came through
in this evaluation category with a perfect score of
[5] Stars in this category for MARKETABILITY. |
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SKILL DEVELOPMENT:
Rating Level - [4.5] 
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path possesses all of the right elements
to create a progressive rate of skill development and improvement
for players of all ages 8 years of age and up. One of our independent evaluators expressed it so well in his own words quoted below.
"With each game played, exploration of each and every facet of the game board grid and peripheral details was common. The game proved to be not only entertaining, but was found to influence development of desire for the challenge. The game presents a recurrent and constantly evolving activity that assures competitive strategy skill development."
It is more than obvious to
see that Tsuro - The Game Of The Path makes
a substantial contribution to skill development in this evaluation
category. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path races to the finish line with a
final almost perfect score of [4.5] Stars in this category for SKILL DEVELOPMENT. |
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OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL: Rating
Level - [5] 
OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL posed a very strong challenge for us in our evaluation. It was just too easy to determine! With Tsuro - The Game Of The Path, the developers raised the bar and practically set a new standard in board game design from the visual perspective. Every element of the game proved to be stimulating to the eyes engaging your full attention.
From the Japanese inspired style of artwork to the incredible mixture in the color scheme, Tsuro - The Game Of The Path maintained the highest quality.
Tsuro - The Game Of The Path is a masterpiece of conceptual design in a board game. Tsuro - The Game Of The Path came
in with a perfect score rating of [5] Stars in this category for OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL. |
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