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WORLD’S LARGEST RETAILER ORDERS ANAGRAMPLUS
Wal-Mart sees opportunity in Prodijeux’s smart, fun educational games

Wal-Mart of Canada has ordered AnagramPlus and AnagramPlus Junior for its stores in Quebec, just in time for the holiday season.

The highly acclaimed games have been a hit with buyers.

“We’re very excited and proud of this opportunity,” said Prodijeux, the developer of AnagramPlus and AnagramPlus Junior. “Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is an ideal venue for the games. They are family friendly, reasonably priced and, especially now, make perfect gifts for the holidays.

“With Wal-Mart recognizing the popularity of the games, we expect sales growth to accelerate.”

With successful sales of the games in Quebec, plans call for expansion into additional Wal-Marts. The games have earned a bevy of prestigious awards from around the world. Hailed as educational yet fun, the object of AnagramPlus is to steal words by adding at least one letter to any word in front of an opposing player and rearranging the letters into a new word. But no word is safe, as players will only keep a just-stolen word until another player adds new letters to make a newer word and steal it a second time. The first player to complete six words wins. AnagramPlus and AnagramPlus Junior, for kids, are the French-language companions of WORDXCHANGE AND WORDXCHANGE Junior, the English-language versions.

WORDXCHANGE AND WORDXCHANGE Junior have earned more than a dozen awards from parents, educators and game professionals.

The board game, for two to four players, is elegantly designed and includes 126 letter tiles, 14 white plastic easels, black velvet bag, timer and game pad. WORDXCHANGE is also available electronically on CD and online at www.highergames.com.

WORDXCHANGE recently won Norway’s prestigious BSG Award, along with numerous other accolades and prestigious professional and parenting awards, including iParenting's Media Awards; Learning Magazine's Teacher's Choice Award; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio's Best Toy Award Gold Seal; Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award; Parent's Guide Award; Dr. Toy’s 10 Best Games, 100 Best Children’s Products and Best Vacation Children’s Product awards; Quebec Consumers Association Award; Canadian Toy Testing Council Award; and two Love at First Sight awards.

Prodijeux, Inc. (www.prodijeux.com), a subsidiary of Anagram Development Corp, is a developer of educational games that offer affordable, quality entertainment for the whole family.

In addition to making AnagramPlus and WORDXCHANGE, Prodijeux, Inc. is also the exclusive distributor of bioViva’s Nomad and Discovery series of educational games. The Nomad series (ages 7+), including “Nature Keeps You Guess,” “Betting on Nature” and “Families in Nature,” are fun and unique card games that take players on discovery tours of our planet and introduce them to the creatures who live there. The Discovery series (ages 3+), include “Frolickin,” “Fablekin” and “Puzzlekin” – magnificent, colorful board games that inspire the imaginations of players of all ages.