my 11 year old son invented his own board game for kids. does anyone know who to contact or how to see if his game would be of interest to any game companies without giving away his idea? He keeps asking me all the time to sell his idea, but I don't know where to inquire.
2006-07-10 09:15:42 · 9 answers · asked by carrie love 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
Try this list...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_board_game_publishers
Got to boardgamegeeks for publishers of children games
http://www.boardgamegeeks.com
2006-07-10 12:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by That Guy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ok you wanna make to Parker Bros. or somewhere big, you're gonna need an agent to represent you and your ideas. Get it pantented and shoot big. But, Parker Brothers and Hasbro to the best of my knowledge won't take just ideas by themselves. You'll have to get really serious and produce some working models. About cheaper game sompanies, yeah, you could probably just sell the idea but just like with anything else (bands & music, screenwriters & movies) ideas don't go so far unless you have something solid to show. Definately get the rights to his game and try. You never know!! Good Luck!!
2006-07-11 06:38:58 · answer #2 · answered by Axo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll never get in at Parker Bros. They, like Hasbro, develop most of their games in house I believe.
Try this site. I'm not too familiar with it, but it looks like a good starting point. You are probably better off talking to small publishers, or even printing it independantly...it's not easy to get a game made.
http://www.discovergames.com/home.htm
2006-07-10 16:51:07 · answer #3 · answered by Yollege 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try to contact the game companies like Mattel, to introduce your game. Or if you want to marketing your game, you can go copyright the game first and find some companies to produce the game and marketing.
2006-07-11 07:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Promiser_Jason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
write to the companies that make the games, Parker Brothers, and umm....who else makes board games...uhh...well...you see what I'm getting at.
2006-07-10 16:19:55 · answer #5 · answered by paratechfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the parker brothers.... the one who has the monopoly thing.... and then if they were not interested..... they have a lot of competitors to chose from and have your son get the fortune.
2006-07-10 16:20:24 · answer #6 · answered by kalihim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got a whole web page dedicated to this subject that might help you, and it has a lot of links to other locations that will also help: http://www.silcom.com/~tomjolly/design.htm.
2006-07-11 15:06:03 · answer #7 · answered by Tom J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe try a patent law office?? I'm not sure
2006-07-10 16:19:01 · answer #8 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TRY MAKING IT BY SUPPORTING YOUR WHOLE FAMILY MAKING THE BOARDGAME...
start it in your family.. make it!..
so.. your family will be known because of that
2006-07-11 08:52:09 · answer #9 · answered by †eRicK...! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋