McNeill Designs: Board Games for Brighter Minds

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that game inventor and lifelong space enthusiast Donald McNeill has been added to the NASA DLN webcast on April 19, 2011 for the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Detailed shuttle mission coverage is available online on the NASA site at http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/index.html.

Through distance learning technologies like videoconferencing and webcasting, the DLN connects students and teachers with NASA experts and education specialists. There are numerous modules in the Event Catalog for all grade levels featuring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and STEM content that highlights NASA research and missions like the Endeavor launch.

Endeavor's final launch, STS-134, coincides with the "launch" of McNeill's new NASA Space Terminology Deck, an add-on deck designed for use with the popular You’ve been Sentenced! word game. After brokering a Space Act Agreement with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), McNeill's firm produced the new deck in conjunction with NASA’s Education Department. Together, the two chose words that reflected the rich history and future of NASA and space exploration.

During the webcast, McNeill will explain to the millions watching why he felt that encouraging children to learn more about space and space exploration was so important. As a child in the 1970's, McNeill grew up in El Lago Keys Estates Houston, Texas -- home to many of the pioneers of NASA's space program. In fact, the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong (Gemini 8, Apollo 11) lived just up the street, neighbor Ron Evans (Apollo 17) lived a block away, and Fred Haise (Apollo 13) was quite literally just next door.

In fact, the "space culture" of the era and friendship with these national heroes made a permanent impression on the entire McNeill family. McNeill’s older brother Kevin Lee McNeill, co-author of the NASA Space Terminology Deck, was also profoundly influenced during his youth by close contact with these NASA legends. He has spent the majority of his professional life with Lockheed Martin and was the Program Manager for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) which launched successfully in August 2005. These brothers share a lifelong passion for space exploration and are eager to share this enthusiasm with children and families nationwide.

"Playing You've been Sentenced! in conjunction with the NASA Space Terminology Deck is a fun and memorable way to deliver and understand these terms and data," says Kevin McNeill. "The NASA Space Terminology Deck also contains the names of past astronauts, missions and craft that will help teach the rich history of NASA to children in grades 5 – 9."

STS-134 LAUNCH FACTS

Launch Name: STS-134
Launch Mission: The shuttle mission will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station and will also mark the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:48 p.m. EDT
Launch Crew: The STS-134 crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori.

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Deal will turn the popular game into a nationally televised game show
Wilmington, Delaware – Parris-Randall Productions recently announced the completion of an extensive licensing agreement with toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds. Under the terms of the agreement, the Hollywood-based production company will develop a version of the firm's multi-awarding winning language game You've been Sentenced! into a televised game show for national distribution.
"A game show version of You've been Sentenced! was always planned --- from the earliest stages of development of the original game," explains company CEO Donald W. McNeill. "This game naturally lends itself to a game show format, and the production team at Parris-Randall has the experience and expertise to take the game to television audiences."
Led by television producers Robbie Randall and Michael Parris, Parris-Randall Productions will incorporate the essence of You've been Sentenced!, while translating and enhancing the original game play into an exciting game show format utilizing the latest technologies.
Use of a voting studio audience, play-at-home capabilities, and extensive viewer participation by various media are just a few of the exciting additions planned to make the show even more fun and exciting.
"This is a priceless opportunity for our production team to introduce a proven, extremely popular board game that embodies all the right components to a wide television audience." said company President and Producer, Robbie Randall.
Anticipating a lower median age viewer demographic than many game shows, You've Been Sentenced! also offers unique positioning for many advertisers.
Parris-Randall Productions' CEO and Producer, Michael Parris, explains. "Within the game show's fast moving format, select advertiser's brands will receive 3-5 minutes of onscreen airtime. Commercials allow viewers to switch channels or pass over advertising messages using TIVO, DVR or remote control devices, featured advertisers and their brand names are provided lengthy, multi-minute, visual and audio exposure direct to the viewing audience as the game is played."
About You've been Sentenced!
You've been Sentenced! is an innovative language game which utilizes pentagon-shaped cards containing conjugations of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. With a hand of 10 cards, players build sentences, challenging their ingenuity while trying to score the most points per round, constructing a grammatically correct and justifiable sentence. You've been Sentenced! has received overwhelmingly positive industry reviews and is the winner of numerous national awards including:
* Creative Child Magazine, Seal of Excellence 2007 * Dr. Toy Best Products, Spring 2007 * Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, 2007 Gold Seal Award * Spewgie Award, Best Family Fun Game 2007 * iParenting Media Hot Product Award * FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, Winner * National Parenting Seal of Approval * Mr. Dad Seal of Approval * George Lucas Educational Foundation's Edutopia magazine, Hot Media for Educators * MENSA Society's Parenting for High Potential magazine, Resource Roundup Pick
About McNeill DesignsMcNeill Designs products are available nationwide through ACD, Alliance, Diamond Distribution, Borders Books, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, and 1,000+ independent retailers. McNeill Designs products are also distributed internationally in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. For a comprehensive store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com
About Parris-Randall Parris-Randall is an independent production company and entertainment enterprise founded by experienced entrepreneurs who apply creative ingenuity and imagination to acquire, fund, develop and produce a diverse slate of film, television and multimedia projects including social networking and internet portal development projects.
As founders, Michael Parris and Robert Randall, apply their various backgrounds in entertainment, which include film, television and music, as well as domestic and international business development. www.parris-randall.com

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McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds Partners with Financial Specialist Richard Finkbeiner

Wilmington, Delaware -- Toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs recently announced that financial expert and sought-after investor relations consultant Richard Finkbeiner has joined the team to spearhead a 2nd round capital raise. Finkbeiner’s history includes over 30 years of financial management expertise for manufacturing companies in the consumer goods industry. He holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance and Accounting, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics, and a B.S. in Mathematics/Computer Science. Finkbeiner is also a Certified Public Accountant.

“Rick Finkbeiner fills a critical niche in our team,” says company Chairman Donald W. McNeill. “He offers crucial expertise that he earned at top financial positions within companies who are considered household names -- including Hallmark Cards, Inc., NordicTrack, Inc., Creative Computers, Inc. and Leapster (Leapfrong).”

Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s award-winning games include:

You’ve been Sentenced!
Released in 2005, You’ve been Sentenced! is a critically acclaimed language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment. You’ve been Sentenced has been honored with the following awards:

Creative Child Magazine, Seal of Excellence 2007
Dr. Toy Best Products, Spring 2007
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, 2007 Gold Seal Award
Spewgie Award, Best Family Fun Game 2007
iParenting Media Hot Product Award
FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, Winner
National Parenting Seal of Approval
Mr. Dad Seal of Approval
George Lucas Educational Foundation’s Edutopia magazine, Hot Media for Educators
MENSA Society’s Parenting for High Potential magazine, Resource Roundup Pick


Twisted Fish
Released in 2006, Fish takes the old favorite “Go Fish” and casts it into the 21st century. Twisted Fish Twisted offers guaranteed laugh-out-loud fun for the entire family and features outrageously humorous fishy characters, as well as tantalizingly unpredictable Zinger cards. Twisted Fish has been honored with the following awards:

Creative Child Magazine, Best Family Game of the Year, 2007
FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, Winner
Mr. Dad Seal of Approval


Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge
Released in the 2nd quarter of 2007, the Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge is the latest addition to the successful McNeill Designs’ roster of games. This motivating game is a liscensed Reader’s Digest product and is based on the “Word Power” feature in the Reader’s Digest magazine, which has been enriching America’s vocabulary for over 60 years. The Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge game sharpens vocabularies, boosts test-taking skills, and fosters a love of language in a fun ad competitive format. By utilizing facts from four categories: word origin, fill-in-the-blank, definition, and synonyms, players gain an intensive knowledge of each word.

McNeill Designs products are available nationwide through ACD, Alliance, Diamond Distribution, Borders Books, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, FAO Schwarz, and 700+ independent toy and game retailers. For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com.

For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, or media sample requests please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com

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Miss Delaware USA Will Hostess at Toy Fair

New York, NY – Toy and game design and manufacturing firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that will Miss Delaware USA, Vincenza Carrieri-Russo, will act as official hostess of the firm’s booth at Toy Fair 2008. Toy Fair is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere. More than 1,500 manufacturers, dis-tributors, importers and sales agents from 30 countries meet to showcase their products.
The innovative partnership between Carrieri-Russo and the toy and game manufacturer began in 2005 when McNeill Designs principles committed themselves to using the company’s success to help support important charitable causes. Since 2005, McNeill Designs has donated a portion of sales of the language game “You’ve Been Sentenced!” to Success Won’t Wait, a not for profit organization co-founded by Carrieri-Russo.


Founded in 2002, Success Won’t Wait is a Delaware-based organization that encourages reading by providing materials to those who need them most. Led by Carrieri-Russo, Success Won’t Wait volunteers organize book drives by partnering with schools and universities, independent groups and organizations, and a variety of businesses, calling on residents to donate brand new and gently used books for redistribution in the community. To date, dozens of book drives have been held and over 100,000 books have been collected and redistributed throughout the East Coast.
“Because You’ve been Sentenced! is inherently an educational game (as well as lots of fun), we wanted to partner with an well established organization that focused on reading and literacy as our beneficiary,” explains McNeill Designs President Martin Uniacke.
Released in 2005, You’ve been Sentenced! is a critically acclaimed language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment. You’ve been Sentenced! has been honored with the following awards:

Creative Child Magazine, Seal of Excellence
Dr. Toy Best Products, Spring 2007
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Gold Seal Award
Spewgie Award, Best Family Fun Game
iParenting Media Award
FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, Winner
National Parenting Seal of Approval
Mr. Dad Seal of Approval


McNeill Designs products are available nationwide through ACD, Alliance, Diamond Distribution, Borders Books, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, FAO Schwarz, and 400+ independent toy and game retailers. For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com.

For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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Creative Child Magazine Names Twisted Fish
Best Family Game of the Year

Wilmington, Delaware -- Creative Child Magazine recently named McNeill Designs’ original game “Twisted Fish” the Best Family Game of the Year for 2007. Creative Child Magazine is a bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity.

As Best Family Game of the Year 2007, Twisted Fish was one of over 1,000 products reviewed by Creative Child Magazine’s play testers and a panel of judges including psychologists and educators.

The game, released in 2006, takes the old favorite “Go Fish” and casts it into the 21st century. “Twisted Fish offers guaranteed laugh-out-loud fun for the entire family and features outrageously humorous fishy characters, as well as tantalizingly unpredictable Zinger cards,” says company President Martin Uniacke.

Twisted Fish also showcases original illustrations by Hollywood special-effects artist Jody Fedele, providing a unique glimpse of what’s really going on under the sea. “The characters parody the good (and bad!) in human behavior,” explains Fedele, “and keep players laughing at their fishy antics.”

Game play also involves the use of “Zinger cards” which offer a unique opportunity for a complete reversal of fortune. “The inclusion of the Zingers means that game play is unpredictable and your luck can change at any moment,” says Uniacke. “Divine Intervention,” “Two-Fisted Fisherman,” and “Dead Scuba Diver” are just a few examples of hilarious Zinger cards that add an extra element of fun, suspense, and difficulty.

Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs’ 40+ person creative team produces games and toys of all kinds. “Although we’re officially a game and toy development company, internally, we prefer to call ourselves a think “tank” – pun intended” says company Chairman Donald McNeill.

In addition to Twisted Fish, the firm has also created the wildly popular sentence-forming game You’ve been Sentenced! the licensed Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge game, based on the magazine’s popular Word Power page, as well as numerous specialty Add-On Decks for You’ve been Sentenced! each of which focus on a particular theme, such as Pop Culture, Sports and more.


For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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Creative Child Magazine Awards You’ve been Sentenced! Prestigious Seal of Excellence

Wilmington, Delaware -- Creative Child Magazine recently honored McNeill Designs’ original game “You’ve been Sentenced!” with the Creative Child Seal of Excellence. Creative Child Magazine is a bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. 1,000 products, including You’ve been Sentenced!, were reviewed by Creative Child Magazine’s play testers and a panel of judges including psychologists and educators. The best, most original products were awarded the esteemed Seal of Excellence.

You’ve been Sentenced! is a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment. In addition to the Creative Child Seal of Excellence, You’ve been Sentenced was recently awarded a Dr. Toy Best Products – Spring 2007 Award, and has gained industry-wide recognition with a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, an iParenting Media Award, and a Spewgie award for Best Family Fun Game from Spewgilist.com. The game also won the highly competitive Schwarz Toy Auditions, held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York.

“You’ve Been Sentenced!” is the next great evolution in games.” states Paul Edward Cooper, Vice President of Game Development at McNeill Designs. “Using a hand of 10 pentagon shaped cards, each with 5 unique word conjugations, players build and defend seriously bizarre and hilarious sentences. “You’ve been Sentenced!” is the perfect bridging game for gamers and non-gamers. The rules and play are simple enough for your non-gamer friends and family, yet the game play is challenging and fun enough for those of us who consider ourselves true gamers.”

You can find a great review of “You’ve been Sentenced!” by Tom Vasel at: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12096.phtml

And at the Spewglist:
http://www.spewgilist.com/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=283



Upcoming new products by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds include additional specialty You’ve been Sentenced! Add-On Decks, each of which focus on a particular theme. Pop Culture, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports, and a variety of other decks which are all slated for a Fall 2007 release.

Also slated for beta release at Gen Con ‘07 is an online version of You’ve been Sentenced! which will contain many of the same elements that made the card version so successful. “The online version has both the look and feel of the original, with similar graphics and colors,” says Don McNeill, Chairman. “Players can easily manipulate word cards on their screen to create sentences and play is timed. But best of all, players can instantly communicate with one another through a powerful chat function. This allows the online version of You’ve been Sentenced! to retain its most important elements – interaction between players, discussion of one another’s sentences, and the all-important voting segment.”




For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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McNeill Designs Unveils
Beta Version of Online Game at Gen Con 2007

Indianapolis, Indiana — Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that the firm will preview the new, beta version of the online word game You’ve been Sentenced! at Gen Con 2007. Gen Con is the premiere event for over 35,000 gaming enthusiasts from around the country. The annual event, held in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a Mecca for gamers and includes a vibrant exhibit floor with over 5,000 gaming events, celebrity appearances, Anime, and new releases like McNeill Designs’ online version of You’ve been Sentenced!.

The online game is based on the firm’s hit card game of the same name. Game play involves the use of pentagon shaped cards containing conjugations of words which players compile into oftentimes outlandish sentences. The game also uses a “Jury” concept. “Forcing players to justify their thinking and explain outrageous sentences makes for some seriously hilarious moments,” says company President Martin Uniacke.

The online version will contain many of the same elements that made the card version so successful. “The online version has both the look and feel of the original, with similar graphics and colors,” says Chairman Donald W. McNeill. “Players can easily manipulate word cards on their screen to create sentences and play is timed. But best of all, players can instantly communicate with one another through a powerful IM function. This allows the online version of You’ve been Sentenced! to retain its most important elements – interaction between players, discussion of one another’s bizarre sentences, and the all-important voting segment.”

The decision to release an online version of You’ve been Sentenced! came after a record breaking year of sales for the firm. “You’ve been Sentenced! really came into its own in 2006,” explains Uniacke. “ The game is now available in all 50 states in over 400+

specialty retailers, as well as nationwide through the nation’s favorite book sellers Barnes and Noble, Borders Books, Books-a-Million, plus America’s most famous toy store FAO Schwarz.” It is also available through ACD, Alliance, and Diamond distribution.

The card game version of You’ve been Sentenced! has already attracted consistently positive reviews. In 2006 You’ve been Sentenced! received a coveted iParenting Media Award and place in the iParenting Media’s Greatest Products of 2006 List. The game also earned a spot at the FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, which are held each year to seek the most exciting, unusual, and special new toys and games. Most recently, You’ve been Sentenced! was honored with a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2007, a Spewgie award for Best Family Fun Game from Spewgilist.com, and a Dr. Toy Best Products Award.

In addition to industry-wide recognition, consumer response has been overwhelmingly favorable. You’ve been Sentenced! has been featured, reviewed, and recommended in a variety of national media outlets such as Tom Vasel’s web cast The Dice Tower, the Mensa society’s publication Parenting for High Potential, the language enthusiast’s Verbatim, the toy and game industry standard Playthings, and the gaming enthusiast magazine Knucklebones.

Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds is a 40+ person creative team which produces games and toys of all kinds. In addition to the online version of You’ve been Sentenced!, upcoming new products by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds include specialty You’ve been Sentenced! Add-On decks, each of which focus on a particular theme. Pop Culture, Sci Fi/Fantasy, Sports decks, and a variety of other decks are all slated for a fall 2007 release. In addition, the firm is currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for release later this year.
For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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McNeill Designs Launches Series of Add-On Decks
for Popular You’ve been Sentenced! Game

Wilmington, Delaware – Toy and game design firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of a series of five new Add-On Decks for the wildly popular game You’ve been Sentenced! The Add-On Decks encompass a wide range of interests and choices including: Sports, Gourmet, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Pop Culture, and a Reader’s Digest-licensed Word Power Challenge Add-On Deck which includes words from the perennially popular Word Power page of Reader’s Digest magazine.

“Each Add-On Deck consists of 80 new cards that offer vast choices of topic-specific words as well as special topic-specific Wild Cards,” explains company Chairman Donald McNeill. “For example, the Sports decks contains choices such as “puck,” “ring side,” and “Larry Byrd.” The Sci-Fantasy deck contains specialty words like “phaser,” “hyperspace,” and “short sword.”

The Add-On Decks also allow for two variations of play. The cards can be mixed in with the standard game’s existing 540 cards, or used as a separate draw deck.

The Add-On Decks were developed in response to the game’s success and the repeated requests of customers to add new words. “These decks allow for players to customize You’ve been Sentenced! to their individual tastes and interests,” explains McNeill.

The original game, You’ve been Sentenced! is the recipient of numerous national awards. These include:

Dr. Toy Best Products–Spring 2007 Award. Developed by noted developmental authority, Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Toy).

Spewgies Family Game of the Year 2007. Spewgilist.com's acknowledgement of great efforts in the gaming and entertainment industry.

2007 Creative Child Awards - Seal of Excellence Award. Family Games Category. Sponsored by Creative Child Magazine.

The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award – 2006. Founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of media such as toys and games, books, and videos.

iParenting Media’s Greatest Products of 2006. For the Greatest Products of 2006 list iParenting evaluated items ranging from spectacular toys, to gadgets, highly interactive Web sites, and stimulating video games and software.


For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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You’ve been Sentenced! Wins 4th Major Award

Wilmington, Delaware -- Wilmington, Delaware -- McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that their flagship game You’ve been Sentenced! was honored with a Dr. Toy Best Products Award. The Best Products Award was developed by noted developmental authority, Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Toy) as a service to consumers who desire to purchase safe, affordable, and stimulating toys and games. Dr. Toy’s Best Products award winning products were carefully chosen from among hundreds that she has reviewed at toy fairs, catalogs, and through many other sources, and by using extensive criteria she has developed over many years. Among the criteria used are: safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, lasting play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, creativity, good value for price, and, naturally, fun.

McNeill’s winning entry, You’ve been Sentenced! is a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment. In addition to the Dr. Toy best products – Spring 2007 Award, the game has gained industry-wide recognition with a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award and an iParenting Media Award, a Spewgie award winner for Best Family Fun Game from Spewgilist.com., as well as an exciting win at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York.

“You’ve Been Sentenced!” is the next great evolution in games.” states Paul Edward Cooper, Vice President of Game Development at McNeill Designs. “Using a hand of 10 pentagon shaped cards, each with 5 unique word conjugations, players build and defend seriously bizarre and hilarious sentences. “You’ve been Sentenced!” is the perfect bridging game for gamers and non-gamers. The rules and play are simple enough for your non-gamer friends and family, yet the game play is challenging and fun enough for those of us who consider ourselves true gamers.”

You can find a great review of “You’ve been Sentenced!” by Tom Vasel at: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12096.phtml

And at the Spewglist:
http://www.spewgilist.com/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=283

Upcoming new products by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds include additional specialty You’ve been Sentenced! Add-On Decks, each of which focus on a particular theme. Pop Culture, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports, and a variety of other decks which are all slated for a Fall 2007 release.

Also slated for beta release at Gen Con ‘07 is an online version of You’ve been Sentenced! which will contain many of the same elements that made the card version so successful. “The online version has both the look and feel of the original, with similar graphics and colors,” says Don McNeill, Chairman. “Players can easily manipulate word cards on their screen to create sentences and play is timed. But best of all, players can instantly communicate with one another through a powerful chat function. This allows the online version of You’ve been Sentenced! to retain its most important elements – interaction between players, discussion of one another’s sentences, and the all-important voting segment.”


Upcoming new products by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds include additional specialty You’ve been Sentenced! Add-On Decks, each of which focus on a particular theme. Pop Culture, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports, and a variety of other decks which are all slated for a Fall 2007 release.

Also slated for beta release at Gen Con ‘07 is an online version of You’ve been Sentenced! which will contain many of the same elements that made the card version so successful. “The online version has both the look and feel of the original, with similar graphics and colors,” says Don McNeill, Chairman. “Players can easily manipulate word cards on their screen to create sentences and play is timed. But best of all, players can instantly communicate with one another through a powerful chat function. This allows the online version of You’ve been Sentenced! to retain its most important elements – interaction between players, discussion of one another’s sentences, and the all-important voting segment.”




For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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Reader’s Digest and McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds
Team Up, Create Word Power Challenge Game

Wilmington, Delaware -- TheReader’s Digest Association recently entered into a licensing agreement with the toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds to create a new line of games and related merchandise based on the popular Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge.

The Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge is the nation’s premier middle school vocabulary competition and an educational outreach program of Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. The event invites students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, as well as home-schooled students, to participate each year. More than two million middle school students and 7,000 schools will participate in this year’s Word Power Challenge, which awards $50,000 in college scholarships.

The first game, slated for stores in fall 2007, is the Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge Game. Drawing from the perennially popular “Word Power” feature in Reader’s Digest magazine, this game provides a fun and entertaining way of gaining a more sophisticated working vocabulary. By utilizing facts from four categories; Word origin, Fill-in-the-blank, Definition and Synonyms, players gain an intensive knowledge of each word in the deck. Coupled with vibrant visual reminders, players develop an incredible arsenal of powerful words in a challenging way.

“This exciting game is a great way to sharpen players' vocabularies, boost their language skills, and foster a love of language,” says McNeill Designs President Martin Uniacke. “But most importantly, the game is truly fun to play. Kids of all ages -- and even adults --will find that they are laughing while learning.”

The Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge Game will be available exclusively at over 600 Barnes & Noble retail locations throughout the 50 states and District of Columbia. For international customers, the products will be available on the Barnes & Noble website, the internet’s largest bookseller, at www.barnesandnoble.com.

“Linking McNeill Designs with a national icon like Reader’s Digest is an exciting opportunity for our firm,” explains company Chairman Donald McNeill. Founded in 2004, this 40+ person creative team produces games and toys of all kinds. In addition to industry-wide recognition and numerous awards, the firm’s unique products have been featured, reviewed, and recommended in a variety of national media outlets such as the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Tom Vasel’s web cast The Dice Tower, the Mensa society’s publication Parenting for High Potential, the language enthusiast’s Verbatim, the toy and game industry standard Playthings, and the gaming enthusiast magazine Knucklebones.



Upcoming new products by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds include additional specialty You’ve been Sentenced! Add-On Decks, each of which focus on a particular theme. Pop Culture, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports, and a variety of other decks which are all slated for a Fall 2007 release.

Also slated for beta release at Gen Con ‘07 is an online version of You’ve been Sentenced! which will contain many of the same elements that made the card version so successful. “The online version has both the look and feel of the original, with similar graphics and colors,” says Don McNeill, Chairman. “Players can easily manipulate word cards on their screen to create sentences and play is timed. But best of all, players can instantly communicate with one another through a powerful chat function. This allows the online version of You’ve been Sentenced! to retain its most important elements – interaction between players, discussion of one another’s sentences, and the all-important voting segment.”




For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com


Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

For Immediate Release 10/30/06
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Martin Uniacke Will Take the Helm of McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds as President

Statewide – McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that Martin Uniacke will join the Delaware-based toy and game manufacturing firm as company president. In his new position, Uniacke will develop strategic marketing efforts in the U.S. and abroad, oversee the firm’s 90+ member national sales force, and spearhead the expansion of the firm’s various toy and game lines.

“The addition of Martin Uniacke to our team represents an outstanding opportunity for the firm,” says company Chairman Donald W. McNeill. “His in-depth knowledge of this specialized industry and extensive experience gleaned from some of the world’s largest toy, game, and novelty manufacturers are both crucial for McNeill Designs’ continued growth.”

Uniacke joins McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds from Collectible Concepts Group where he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the licensed entertainment, sports, and music collectible firm. Uniacke’s career also includes national sales and managerial positions at Ty Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of plush toys and originator of the wildly successful Beanie Babies™ lines; Applause, the manufacturer of popular gift and collectible lines such as industry stalwart Raggety Ann™; and Manhattan Toy, whose 500+ original products include well-known names like Groovy Girls® and Dr. Seuss™.

Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s award-winning games include: You’ve been Sentenced! a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment, and Twisted Fish a challenging memory game which requires strategy, deception, and bluffing skills, plus an intact sense of humor.

Industry-wide recognition of the firm’s products has been consistently positive. Both McNeill Design’s language game You’ve been Sentenced! and the memory game Twisted Fish are fresh from a double win at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York. FAO Schwarz conducts the Toy Auditions each year to seek exciting and special toys for their customers -- scouring every corner of the world for toys that customers just can’t find anywhere else.

You’ve been Sentenced! also recently received a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2007. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of children's media such as toys and games, books, and videos. The Oppenheim Toy portfolio does not charge entry fees or accept ads from manufacturers. When consumers see the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio award seals on products, they can be assured that they are "award-winning" because they were selected by a noted expert and further tested by the most objective panel of judges and kids.

As well, rave reviews were received from industry expert and game reviewer Tom Vasel of The Dice Tower who writes, “I could recommend the game because it has a unique box structure, or because it comes with more cards than any other game that I've ever seen. I could recommend it because it can be used with English classes or folks wanting to increase their language skills. I could recommend it because it can handle up to ten players fairly easily. But I won't - I'll simply recommend it because it's fun.”

Consumer response to McNeill Designs’ products has also been overwhelmingly favorable. You’ve been Sentenced! and Twisted Fish have been featured and recommended in a variety of national media outlets such as the homeschooling magazine The Old Schoolhouse, the Mensa society’s publication Parenting for High Potential, the language enthusiast’s Verbatim, and the parenting magazine Metro Kids. In addition, the firm and its products have been highlighted on several regional and national television programs, including a Pitch to America segment on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/27/06
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McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds Partners with Roberts Blumberg and Highlights
Wilmington, Delaware -- McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced a partnership with Roberts Blumberg and Highlights of Guilford, Connecticut for New England representation within the toy, game, and gift channels of distribution. Under the agreement, Roberts Blumberg and Highlights will now manage the sales of McNeill Designs’ toy and game line in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island.

"The creativity and enthusiasm of the McNeill Designs’ team directly translates into the two games they have produced; You've Been Sentenced! and Twisted Fish. This creativity and enthusiasm has also translated into sales for the independent stores that have become partners with McNeill Designs,” says Alan Blumberg of Roberts Blumberg and Highlights. “We have already seen reorders within weeks of placing the products and we look forward to our mutually beneficial partnership.”

Blumberg’s comments mirror industry-wide recognition of the firm’s products, which has been consistently positive. Both McNeill Design’s language game You’ve been Sentenced! and the memory game Twisted Fish are fresh from a double win at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York. FAO Schwarz conducts the Toy Auditions each year to seek exciting and special toys for their customers -- scouring every corner of the world for toys that customers just can’t find anywhere else.

You’ve been Sentenced! also recently received a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2007. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of children's media such as toys and games, books, and videos. The Oppenheim Toy portfolio does not charge entry fees or accept ads from manufacturers. When consumers see the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio award seals on products, they can be assured that they are "award-winning" because they were selected by a noted expert and further tested by the most objective panel of judges and kids.

As well, rave reviews were received from industry expert and game reviewer Tom Vasel of The Dice Tower who writes, “I could recommend the game because it has a unique box structure, or because it comes with more cards than any other game that I've ever seen. I could recommend it because it can be used with English classes or folks wanting to increase their language skills. I could recommend it because it can handle up to ten players fairly easily. But I won't - I'll simply recommend it because it's fun.”

Consumer response to McNeill Designs’ products has also been overwhelmingly favorable. You’ve been Sentenced! and Twisted Fish have been featured and recommended in a variety of national media outlets such as the homeschooling magazine The Old Schoolhouse, the Mensa society’s publication Parenting for High Potential, the language enthusiast’s Verbatim, and the parenting magazine Metro Kids. In addition, the firm and its products have been highlighted on several regional and national television programs, including a Pitch to America segment on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Founded in 2004, the 40+ members of the creative team at McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds has never considered themselves an ordinary game development firm. In fact, the firm prefers the title “Think Tank,” where creative ideas are allowed to run wild and innovation isn’t a request, but a requirement.

Future offerings include several spin-off versions of You’ve Been Sentenced! now underway including language translations versions, an educational color-coded version, and licensed specialty versions. The firm is also currently developing numerous other unique games, toys, and products for 2007.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.McNeillBrighterMinds.com.

For Immediate Release 10/19/06
For More Information Contact:
Susan McNeill 302-996-9054

Cooper Appointed to McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds’ Board of Directors

Statewide – McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the appointment of Paul Edward Cooper to the company’s Executive Board of Directors. Cooper will work directly with the existing Board on the financial, managerial, strategic, and cultural life of the company, as well as assist in the development of company policies, the determination of corporate goals, and evaluation of staff performance.

Cooper is 1986 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University in 1994. A resident of Bridgeville, Delaware, Cooper is currently McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds’ Vice President of Game Development. In this capacity, Cooper is directly responsible for content planning and development management of new games, as well as the management of third party relationships with game inventors and developers around the world.

“The addition of Paul Cooper to the McNeill Designs fills a critical niche in our team,” says company Chairman Donald W. McNeill. “He offers a unique combination -- a lifelong love of games and extensive, industry-specific expertise.”

Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s award-winning games include: You’ve been Sentenced! a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment, and Twisted Fish a challenging memory game which requires strategy, deception, and bluffing skills, plus an intact sense of humor.

Nationwide response to the firm’s products has been enthusiastic. McNeill Designs games have been featured in national publications such as the home schooling magazine The Old Schoolhouse, the highbrow language enthusiasts’ publication Verbatim, the industry gold-standard Playthings, and on television’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

McNeill Designs’ products are available nationwide at Barnes & Noble, Borders Books, Waldenbooks, FAO Schwarz, and thousands of independent toy and game retailers.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/10/06
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McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds Partners with Roberts Sales
Wilmington, Delaware — McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds. has tapped the toy and game manufacturer’s rep group Roberts Sales of Moorestown, New Jersey to represent the card and game maker’s brands in the Mid-Atlantic.

Under the agreement, Roberts Sales is now overseeing sales of McNeill Designs’ You’ve been Sentenced! and Twisted Fish lines in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.

“Our policy has always been to provide our clients with exclusive toys, games, and gift items not found in mass market,” explains Craig Roberts, president of Roberts Sales. “The decision to add McNeill Designs’ exceptional products to our roster allows us to provide even more exciting opportunities for our valued clients.”
Nationwide response to the McNeill Designs’ unique games has been enthusiastic. The firm’s products have been featured in national publications like The Old Schoolhouse, Parenting for High Potential, and Metro Kids Magazine. They have also been highlighted on regional and national television, including a segment on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Both McNeill’s language game You’ve Been Sentenced! and the memory game Twisted Fish are fresh from a double win at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions, held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York. FAO Schwarz conducts the Toy Auditions each year to seek exciting and special toys for their customers -- scouring every corner of the world for toys that customers just can’t find anywhere else.

In addition, You’ve Been Sentenced! was recently awarded a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal 2007.

“Recognition from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio is incredibly gratifying, especially because unlike other groups that rate products, Oppenheim does not charge entry fees or accept ads from manufacturers. When consumers see the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio award seals on products, they can be assured that they are "award-winning" because they were selected by a noted expert and further tested by the most objective panel of judges and kids,” explains McNeill Designs’ Chairman Donald McNeill.
Founded in 2004, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds is a 40+ person creative team which produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s award-winning games include: You’ve been Sentenced! a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment, and Twisted Fish a challenging memory game which requires strategy, deception, and bluffing skills, plus an intact sense of humor.

For a nationwide store locator, please visit our store locator. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or email SMcNeill@mcneillbrighterminds.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/29/06
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Toy and Game Giant FAO Schwarz Hosts
“Meet the Inventor” Game Signing

Manhattan, New York – Toy and game inventor Donald McNeill will be on hand at FAO Schwarz on 5th Avenue Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to sign copies of his latest hit card game “You’ve been Sentenced!”

You’ve been Sentenced! is a language game that turns sentence construction into a hilarious competition. The game uses pentagon-shaped cards containing conjugations of common words, familiar places, and famous names in history, which players use to build sentences -- challenging their ingenuity and salesmanship. “The best part about the game,” says McNeill “is justifying your sentences to the other players who have the power of a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down.’ Try to imagine the words ‘doghouse,’ ‘Charles Dickens,’ and ‘worms’ in one sentence -- you get the idea.”

You’ve been Sentenced! release has elicited rave reviews from groups as diverse as the Mensa Society (Toy Roundup, June 2006), to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine for homeschooling parents, to Metro Kids Magazine. Game reviewer Tom Vasel of thedicetower.com says, “I could recommend the game because it has a unique box structure, or because it comes with more cards than any other game that I've ever seen. I could recommend it because it can be used with English classes or folks wanting to increase their language skills. I could recommend it because it can handle up to ten players fairly easily. But I won't -- I'll simply recommend it because it's fun.”

You’ve been Sentenced! was selected at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions which were held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store. “I believe that the secret to the games success and the amazing response we’ve received is that You’ve been Sentenced! is appealing to such a wide age range. But the most surprising thing to me is that teachers and educators from around the country have begun utilizing the game in classrooms. It provides the opportunity to instruct in grammar, word usage, and sentence construction, in a really fun way – the kids don’t even realize how much they’re learning.”

“‘It's awesome!’ That was a comment from one of my most difficult to please 5th grade students,” says veteran teacher Rebecca Brown of the Garnet Valley School District in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania. “It was a great way to get them to think creatively and originally. The game also lends itself to discussions on grammar and word usage.”

The creators of You’ve been Sentenced! are McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds is a 30+ person creative team which produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s recent releases include award-winning games You’ve been Sentenced! a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment, and Twisted Fish a challenging memory game which requires strategy, deception, and bluffing skills, plus an intact sense of humor.

In addition to card and board games, McNeill Designs has rapidly expanded and diversified. In 2006, McNeill Designs partnered with the production company Positive Promotions in the development of a television game show. As well, a division which produces electronic and online games was recently added.

For a nationwide store locator and general corporate information, please visit www.McneillBrighterMinds.com. For more information about the firm, its products, and people, or to schedule and interview please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/12/06
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Local Toy and Game Firm Announces Double Win at FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions

Wilmington, Delaware – Local toy and game design and manufacturing firm McNeill Designs announces that two of its original games were top winners at the recent FAO Schwarz Toy Auditions. Both the language game You’ve been Sentenced! and the memory game Twisted Fish were selected at the event, which was held at the FAO Schwarz flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

The Toy Auditions allow toy and game inventors from across the nation the unique opportunity to present their products in person to a panel of judges comprised of representatives of FAO Schwarz’s senior management. FAO Schwarz conducts the Toy Auditions each year to seek unique, exciting, and special toys for their customers. FAO’s senior management scours every corner of the world for toys that customers just can’t find anywhere else.

“Recognition like this from the world’s most prestigious toy store represents the chance of a lifetime,” says McNeill Designs Chairman Donald McNeill. “As Toy Audition winners You’ve been Sentenced! and Twisted Fish will now be sold at FAO Schwarz’s world-renowned retail locations in New York and Las Vegas, in their catalog, and on the FAO website.”

Founded in 2004, McNeill’s 30+ person creative team produces games and toys of all kinds. The company’s audition-winning games include: You’ve been Sentenced! a language game where players use word cards to build sentences, challenging their ingenuity in a hilarious, competitive environment, and Twisted Fish a challenging memory game which requires strategy, deception, and bluffing skills, plus an intact sense of humor.

In addition to landing prominent placement at FAO Schwarz, nationwide response to the firm’s original games has been enthusiastic. McNeill Designs products have been featured in national publications such as the home schooling magazine The Old Schoolhouse, the highbrow language enthusiasts’ publication Verbatim, and on television for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In addition to card and board games, McNeill Designs has rapidly expanded and diversified. In 2006, McNeill Designs partnered with the production company Positive Promotions in the development of a television game show. As well, a division which produces electronic and online games was recently added.





For a nationwide store locator, please visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com. For more information about McNeill Designs, its products, and people, please contact Susan McNeill at 302-996-9054 or visit www.mcneillbrighterminds.com.