Game Wins Recognition

Pentagonia Makes Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products List for 2001

Saskatoon - New Release - Monday, September 3, 2001

2nd US
award month
SASKATOON- Pentagonia, a board game that was created and designed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, made Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products list for 2001. It was the second major US award the Canadian-made game won this month.

Child
Resources
Developed by Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, Ph. D., a noted child development authority, as a service to consumers that desire to purchase safe, affordable, educationally-orientated, and stimulating children's products, and run by the non-profit Institute for Child Resources that Dr. Auerbach directs, the awards program has been in effect for ten years.

selected
from
100s
Under the program products are evaluated for their safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, educational value, learning skills, creativity, value, ability to foster an understanding of the community and world, and fun. Those chosen for the list are carefully selected from among hundreds that are reviewed annually.

Dr. Toy
The Dr. Toy website, http://www.drtoy.com, receives more than 70,000 hits a day and more than 2 million hits a month.

together
In the report on the 100 Best Children's Products that the Institute for Child Resources produces, Pentagonia is described as "fast paced, stimulating, challenging, and another winning product from Canada," and "a game that children and adults can enjoy playing together."

National
Parenting
Center
Earlier this month, Pentagonia received The National Parenting Center's 2001 Seal of Approval award, one of eight games to receive the honour. On their website, which receives about 175,000 hits per month, Pentagonia is described as a game that "features the skill and cunning of chess and the ease of checkers," which "offers a very competitive experience and is one you'll want to pull out again and again."

Seal
of
Approval
The National Parenting Center is a national US organization dedicated to providing parents with comprehensive and responsible guidance from the world's most renowned child-rearing authorities. Under its Seal of Approval awards program products introduced and marketed to the parent/child consumer market, are evaluated for their durability, desirability (game play or fun), and the interactive stimulation they provide.

Other
games
Other games to receive The National Parenting Center's 2001 Seal of Approval award included USAopoly's Scrabble Jr. Wildlife Edition and Monopoly, Astronomy Edition: Patch Products Incorporated's TriBond Jr.; Cadaco's Jumble; Out of the Box Publishing's Blink and My Word Junior, and Chuckle Games Incorporated's Brain Storm.

Rutgers
While it is a great game for parents and children to play, Pentagonia isn't only a children's game. In the year it was introduced to the world, Pentagonia was one of eight games selected by game-review writing students at Rutgers University in New Jersey for inclusion in their annual Most Enjoyed Games list.

teens
In fact, Pentagonia appeals to a broad demographic but seems to have a special appeal for late pre-teens and early teens, university students, and seniors. Now parents who are concerned about their children's intellectual development and learning skills, and about getting good bang for their entertainment buck, can be expected to find the game especially appealing as well.

distributed
Pentagonia is presently sold in game and gift stores in four Canadian provinces and more than fifteen US states, at HBC department stores in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in US catalogs like Educators Outlet and Terrific Toys. It retails for $20.00 US in the United States and $25.00 Canadian in Canada.

website
A java computer demonstration program also provides free sample play from our company website at http://www.pentagonia.ca.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Saskatchewan Internet News (2001) Ltd.
Attention - Jacob Zunti
216 Avenue E. South
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7M lR9
Tel: 306 652-1280
Fax: 306 668-7707
Email: info@pentagonia.ca or visit http://www.pentagonia.ca

Editor's Note: Ensign has followed the development and growing popularity of this game from its beginning then when it became an online game, last month's recognition and this its third award.


Pentagonia Makes Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products List for 2001

Saskatoon - New Release - Monday, September 3, 2001

2nd US award month	SASKATOON- Pentagonia, a board game that was created and designed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, made Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products list for 2001. It was the second major US award the Canadian-made game won this month.

Child Resources	Developed by Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, Ph. D., a noted child development authority, as a service to consumers that desire to purchase safe, affordable, educationally-orientated, and stimulating children's products, and run by the non-profit Institute for Child Resources that Dr. Auerbach directs, the awards program has been in effect for ten years.

selected from 100s	Under the program products are evaluated for their safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, educational value, learning skills, creativity, value, ability to foster an understanding of the community and world, and fun. Those chosen for the list are carefully selected from among hundreds that are reviewed annually.

Dr. Toy	The Dr. Toy website, http://www.drtoy.com, receives more than 70,000 hits a day and more than 2 million hits a month.

together	In the report on the 100 Best Children's Products that the Institute for Child Resources produces, Pentagonia is described as "fast paced, stimulating, challenging, and another winning product from Canada," and "a game that children and adults can enjoy playing together."

National Parenting Center	Earlier this month, Pentagonia received The National Parenting Center's 2001 Seal of Approval award, one of eight games to receive the honour. On their website, which receives about 175,000 hits per month, Pentagonia is described as a game that "features the skill and cunning of chess and the ease of checkers," which "offers a very competitive experience and is one you'll want to pull out again and again."

Seal of Approval	The National Parenting Center is a national US organization dedicated to providing parents with comprehensive and responsible guidance from the world's most renowned child-rearing authorities. Under its Seal of Approval awards program products introduced and marketed to the parent/child consumer market, are evaluated for their durability, desirability (game play or fun), and the interactive stimulation they provide.

Other games	Other games to receive The National Parenting Center's 2001 Seal of Approval award included USAopoly's Scrabble Jr. Wildlife Edition and Monopoly, Astronomy Edition: Patch Products Incorporated's TriBond Jr.; Cadaco's Jumble; Out of the Box Publishing's Blink and My Word Junior, and Chuckle Games Incorporated's Brain Storm.

Rutgers	While it is a great game for parents and children to play, Pentagonia isn't only a children's game. In the year it was introduced to the world, Pentagonia was one of eight games selected by game-review writing students at Rutgers University in New Jersey for inclusion in their annual Most Enjoyed Games list.

teens	In fact, Pentagonia appeals to a broad demographic but seems to have a special appeal for late pre-teens and early teens, university students, and seniors. Now parents who are concerned about their children's intellectual development and learning skills, and about getting good bang for their entertainment buck, can be expected to find the game especially appealing as well.

distributed	Pentagonia is presently sold in game and gift stores in four Canadian provinces and more than fifteen US states, at HBC department stores in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in US catalogs like Educators Outlet and Terrific Toys. It retails for $20.00 US in the United States and $25.00 Canadian in Canada.

website	A java computer demonstration program also provides free sample play from our company website at http://www.pentagonia.ca.

	FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Saskatchewan Internet News (2001) Ltd. Attention - Jacob Zunti 216 Avenue E. South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M lR9 Tel: 306 652-1280 Fax: 306 668-7707 Email: info@pentagonia.ca or visit http://www.pentagonia.ca

	Editor's Note: Ensign has followed the development and growing popularity of this game from its beginning then when it became an online game, last month's recognition and this its third award.