Hottest Party Game of the Year

GiftTRAP wins prestigious “Best Party Game of the Year 2008” Games Magazine, proving that while real gifts can be “traumatic”; giving virtual gifts and finding out how people really feel is heaps of fun. Be prepared for some surprises!

It’s the hilarious social conversation starter that will get you and your friends talking about things that matter.

Despite there being hundreds of party games, it’s rare to find one that adults and children both LOVE playing.

Unlike other party games you don’t need skills in drawing, acting or trivia so it works well when you have a crowd of mixed ages/skills.

Winning praise and attention globally

• "Best Party Board Game of the Year 2008” - Games Magazine
• "Game of the Year 2007” - Faidutti.com
• "Top 5 Major Fun Party Games 2006” - Majorfun.com
• "Les Trois Coeurs” Jeux Soc - Franois Haffner
• Tipped as “Top 10 Board Game News 2006” - Yehuda
• Voted “Best Game from a new Publisher” - Boardgame Podcasters Awards
• Featured in “Good Gift Game Guides 2006” - Seattle Morning News
• "Top Ten Games for 2006” - Chicago Tribune
• "The best party game since Cranium. Simply a fantastic concept” - Brett Spill Guiden
• Explore our ratings at Board Game Geek- the most well regarded board game web resource
• Critical Gamers “2007 Holiday Gift Guide"

Notable Media Coverage & Industry Commentary

• Nick Kellet podcast interview with Lifehack.org’s Dustin Wax
• Interview with Nick Kellet on Cfun.com “CFun.com Radio Interview"
• Featured in the Vancouver Sun “Man strikes Pay-dirt with his new board game"
• Featured on Creative Commons on their blog and at the Yahoo Creative Talk July 2007
• Featured in The Province & Canada.com “Daughter’s idea gift to dad"
• Featured on Castanet.com “Game Goes Global"
• First exposed on on CBC’s Dreamers & Schemers, CHBC & WCNY

More than just fun, it’s educational and insightful

• Fun for kids and adults to develop and test their skills of intuition and empathy
• Kids express their true emotions when giving “virtual gifts"
• Broaden your vocabulary in this bilingual game of diverse choices
• Explore your kids brains and gain insight into their true personal preferences
• Discover who are “talkers” and who are “listeners” amongst your friends. You may know , but they will quickly learn
• Decide on which gifts to give based on very little hard data
• Debate and explore experiences and aspirations with friends and family
• Talk about things that matter and learn more about each other!

Want to know how to play?

• Checkout our fun video and learn about the concept of a gift-giving game
• See how a gift-exchange game works and discover the fun of giving virtual gifts
• Let Scott give a fun, independent review of GiftTRAP including showing all the components and an explanation of exactly how the game is played

Beware the curse of the regifter!

• We ALL have funny gift stories to tell because abundant choice makes gift-giving a challenging sport
• With time and attention in short supply, it’s harder than ever to know every preference for your friends and family
• Regifting speaks to the need to enhance our emotional intelligence and our ability to decide using very little data
• "Regifting“ was first vocalized as an concept on the Seinfeld TV show
• Social etiquette prevents honest feedback, fueling the regifting trend
• GiftTRAP exploits this social quirk, providing friends & families a forum to laugh and celebrate everyone’s individuality
• GiftTRAP gives friends a fun platform in which to dare air their true opinions without risk of offense or recourse
• Shopping and choosing gifts is a source of trauma/anxiety for many people (especially men) - to these people we offer “virtual gifting” therapy
• For wifes and girlfriends it’s a great way to put your partner into training before the next big gifting occasion. For guys is a great way to drop hints

GiftTRAP continues to innovate in the emerging virtual gifting economy

• GiftTRAP is the world’s first and best gift-giving party game. Not only is GiftTRAP uniquely themed around exchanging gifts, its design and mechanics are unique too - all focussed on delivering an entirely memorable fun social experience that’s designed to turn today’s gifting etiquette on its head
• GiftTRAP is “virtual gifting” for the real world that parallels the trend of sending virtual gifts to your friends in the emerging virtual gifting economy via Facebook and the like
• GiftTRAP is now available a a free online game in which you “test out” gift ideas and your “gift-giving” skills just for fun

The buzz is spreading fast

• GiftTRAP has was only launched in October 2006 and already it’s been translated into 8 languages. You can now play online with your friends on facebook

The perfect present, the “got to have gift"

• In geek speak “It’s a meta gift” (a gift about gifts)
• The game includes 640 diverse gift ideas with something for everyone
• GiftTRAP is an inclusive game for boys and girls, parents and grandparents
• It uses no trivia, no drawing, no humming, no spelling or other such activities to put you on the spot!
• With GiftTRAP the only skill you need is to know your friends
• This is why GiftTRAP works well with a mixed group of ages and genders
• This universal appeal makes sense, after all who doesn’t love to open a gift

Looking for some “Californian Cool” this holiday season

Check out a special new version - “GiftTRAP California"