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The Toy Man® News & Views
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Product Reviews / Evaluation Report Summaries (ERS) |
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Induction Certificate Number:
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August 12, 2011
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Knock Down, Drag Out
by:
Rev. James G.W. Fisher - Editor / Product Evaluation Specialist
Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) Date:
08/12/2011
Knock Down, Drag Out lets you join the hectic melee of a Wild West bar fight. The rules are brutally simple and the action is fast-paced! Punch, kick, and club your opponents. Be the last patron standing to win!
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Primary Usage
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Target Age / Max. Weight
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Target Gender
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Card Games - Recreational Play |
2010 |
Consumer |
8 years + |
Female/Male
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 Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) - Index
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Evaluation Report Summary (ERS)
Category Rating Scores |
Category rating scores are based on scale from 1 to 5. Rating score must be 3 or higher to pass in each evaluation category.
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Creative Agenda / Narrative Development |
funQuotient™ |
Learning Curve |
Marketability |
Response Level |
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Final product / service rating is averaged from the sum total of ALL applicable evaluation category scores. Only scores of "3" or higher are published.
There are a total of 357 evaluation categories which are used in our evaluation process.
(NOTE: Not all categories are applicable to any one product or online service.)
Only 6 of the evaluation category rating scores for this New Inductee's evaluation are featured for public view.
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Critical Evaluation Information
These icons represent important attributes with which this product / service
is associated, contributes to, or encourages development of.
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CE Marked | UL Approved | JPMA Certified |  | (Not Applicable) | (Not Applicable) | | | ASTM Compliant | eco-Friendly | eco-Conscious | | (Not Applicable) | | |
| UPC Code / ISBN# | Manufacturer SKU | Age Grading | | 978-1-936326-04-4 | | Labeled/Appropriate |
| Manufactured In | Safety Hazard/Warnings | | U.S.A. | |
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Them
Is Fight'n Words, Let's Dance!
The folks at Interaction
Point Games have pulled their britches up and got it goin' at The
Thirsty Cactus! Hoooeee! A hectic melee of fist fights
and free for all with their card game, Knock Down, Drag Out.
If y'all are hanker'n for a good old fashioned brawl, The
Thirsty Cactus is the place to be! Ladies and gents just hav'n
some honest fun and frolic and git'n a bit of the stress out, y'all
just gotta visit some time. |
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What you
have here is a delightful card game that draws you into a fast-paced
frolic and hilarious escapades. Draw your cards to make your next
decisions. A punch, a kick, do this with a broken leg
of a chair; this is all but a mere glance at what's coming for your
characters or the characters of your opponents!
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intense beauty of Knock
Down, Drag Out is how it is associated with a subject that virtually
every human being can and will make a connection of familiarity.
After all, whether through TV Westerns, personal life, or daydreaming,
we all have a familiarity with the idea of a knock down, drag out
fight. Knock Down, Drag Out provides a medium to participate
in a fight with via role playing with the game cards and enjoy it
without negative consequence.
Knock Down, Drag Out is so much more than just a fun game. It
is an experience where you identify with characters on the cards who
look so healthy yet could very well become hurt in the game. The mechanics
of Knock Down, Drag Out deliver a fast-paced experience in
a card game playing with a Western style theme that is simply irresistible
to play! Ya just gotta kick some butt! |
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 Additional Details & Perspectives
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In
the image at left you will see some of characters from Knock Down,
Drag Out card game. Knock Down, Drag Out provides
not only the characters and tools to really the game on! The
artwork on the cards is highly detailed and consistent in level of
color, contrast, and tone.
The highly detailed images not only add substantial value to the marketability
of the game but the game play itself. So simple yet such a masterpiece! |
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In Knock
Down, Drag Out you have a card game where the instructions are
simple, easy to understand, and a learning curve that is
practically a zero. You
have the game cards, a single sheet of paper with all the rules on
it, and single black plastic die. The single goal of the game is to
be the last character standing at The Thirsty Cactus saloon.
Now The Fun Begins...
With Knock Down, Drag Out, each player has a
Character Card. A Character Card has two sides; one
for Healthy and one for Hurt condition. Before
you even ask, every one of the players begins the game in a Healthy condition
with their Character Card on the playing surface facing up.
The next step is for each player to draw a total of 3 cards from the
playing deck to form their hand. A key point to remember is that not
all cards are the same type. They can specify various attack
methods, actions, or items. As the game progresses, players may
opt to spend their turn drawing more cards.
- ATTACK METHODS: Kick, Punch or an Uppercut
- ACTIONS: Duck, Play Possum, etc.
- USEFUL ITEMS: Broken Chair Leg, Firewater bottle,
etc.
Players take turns attacking each other as the game proceeds. The
amount of injury sustained is dependent upon the number rolled on
the die. If your
target is injured, they flip their Character Card over to
the "Hurt" side.
If they are injured twice (before being healed), then they
are knocked out.
Just as with any other game evaluation, I could go on and on with so more exciting
details for you to discover but you can find all that at the Interaction Point
Games web site - http://www.interactionpoint.com/.
An even better idea is just buy the game! I will now move into the excerpts
from our independent evaluators report. |
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In this section we have called upon the assistance of top industry professionals to evaluate the product in this evaluation summary.
These scholars form their own opinions from extensive analysis and produce detailed, in-depth reports connected with their own personal study and evaluation of the products submitted for independent evaluation.
The information to follow is comprised of excerpts from the independent evaluator
reports that have been paraphrased, posted verbatim, or a combination of
both in order to encapsulate an accurate presentation of the primary details
conveyed in each report. This approach provides a completely independent perspective
in the evaluation each product. |
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| PRODUCT | ONLINE SERVICE |
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- The Football Card Game |
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8 Years + |
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: |
2-10 |
LEARNING CURVE: |
Minimal |
GAME PLAY TIME: |
Average 15-21
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Professor
of Education PhD.
Ed.D. - Professor Emeritus
Director of Creative Arts
Education & Development
"A quality card game must be designed with a combination of education,
action and entertainment. The principles of gaming, balance
and usability must be carefully exercised to plan and devise the game rules
and mechanics. It must create an entire gaming experience where the interest
is maintained from start to finish.
These are the words is shared in an evaluation of Third and Long, a companion
card game product of Knock Down, Drag Out. Just as its companion game, the
same quality, if not even better was achieved in the creation of this Wild
West game. "
"What you have here is a card game that stimulates the cognitive skills in a
dramatic manner while at the same time affecting development / improvement of
quick response levels. Knock Down, Drag Out is a powerful game that provides
a sarcastic caste of detailed images and color combined with a mathematical influence
from which the players can benefit.
Once again, just as its companion card game, the mechanics of the
game bring a numerical analysis process into the Play which leaves no room for
lazy brains. The players learn something
with every turn with a compounded gainful result."
"Quick action, spontaneous competitive game play is synonymous with
this game. The short term Play with each game serves to provide an engaging experience
that encourages multiple sessions of Play." |
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Professor of Advanced Educational Psychology
Ph.D., Ed,
Graduate School of Education
"Knock Down, Drag Out is an adrenaline rush
catalyst with a little Jalapeno pepper added. The game play is fast and
furious yet like a jalapeno pepper, it leave a strong memory of the experience
with the game, prompting more activity to ensue. Knock Down, Drag Out has
a reverberant effect with each game played, that incites new techniques in learning
from playing Knock Down, Drag Out into other daily tasks of their environment
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"A unique contribution is given without hindrance by Knock Down, Drag Out to
each player. Although the game play is a limited period of time with game,
the development of better psychosocial interaction skills is impacted to a far
greater degree than most games. The fast paced game denies the opportunity
to formulate assumptions of personalities/characteristics of other players.
It might be said that Knock Down, Drag Out is like a nitro fuel dragster; quick
start, fast run, and adrenaline rush beyond measure. Playing Knock Down,
Drag Out assures a gainful experience for every player with every game without
exception. it fosters a motivation to develop better strategies, improving
skill development and learning in the game play and every day life."
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* PLEASE NOTE: At the request of our independent evaluators their names are not disclosed to protect their personal and professional privacy. Their labors are provided at no charge to assist us in providing a well-balanced and accurate product or service evaluation summary. All opinions and or statements from the independent evaluator(s) featured here do not represent the opinion of The Toy Man® Product Guide, any member, division of, or Epiphany Communications itself.
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Consumer Hands-On Evaluation
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| Nothing is more powerful than hands-on experience by a consumer with a product when it is under evaluation. Based upon that fact we put a number of products we currently are slated to evaluate at the mercy of consumers in a hands-on evaluation where anything goes. The information to follow will explore the responses from the participants in our spontaneous hands-on consumer evaluation of the products available for their review. |
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Knock
Down, Drag Out along with its companion game, Third and Long have
probably seen more cities, states, and celebrities than most new
card games on the market! During that time, we had a very unexpected
surprise in this phase of our evaluation process. This was probably
one of the top 10 for us.
The image at left was shot with a cell phone and sent to us by someone with "Mrs.
Maryland",
one of the contestants from the Mrs.
United States Pageant. She was posing for a photo for Mrs.
Virgin Islands holding Knock Down, Drag Out and Third
and Long. |
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 A Sampling Of Our Evaluation
Category Ratings
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The rating of a product is useless if you do not fully understand and comprehend how the ratings is reached or what the value of the rating represents. This need for clarity encouraged us to have this section titled "A Sampling Of Our Evaluation Category Ratings." To assist you in gaining a greater understanding of the evaluation category ratings we use, a small sampling of the individual category titles & rating
scores from the complete product review itself for
this product or service are featured here.
The categories which have been selected to be
featured in this evaluation report summary for public view, specify some of
the primary points of how and why each specific rating score was reached. |
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| The Featured Category Ratings Sampling For This Evaluation Summary Are Listed Below: |
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CREATIVE AGENDA / NARRATIVE
DEVELOPMENT:
Rating Level - [5] 
Knock Down, Drag Out was knocking everybody out at The
Thirsty Cactus in this evaluation
category for CREATIVE AGENDA / NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENT. The creative
agenda and narrative development of the game is exceptional. This
is especially important considering it being a hybrid product.
The
well thought through mechanics of Knock Down, Drag Out delivers
a guarantee of a strong narrative progression and response level.
This of course contributes to the development of creative
thinking and cognitive abstract symbolic reasoning. If a player wanted
to win, they have to think and develop new strategies from reflective
memory with every single game.
Despite the incredible level of hard core analysis of the game,
Knock Down, Drag Out pulled
a perfect score of [5] Stars in this evaluation category for CREATIVE
AGENDA / NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENT. |
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funQUOTIENT™:
Rating Level - [5]
Knock Down, Drag Out pulled the stops out when it comes to funQuotient™. It
manages to maintain an equal and solid balance with skill development
and improvement of social skills in comparison with the level of funQuotient™.
With Knock Down, Drag Out being associated with the Wild
West and the melee of action was responsible for the creation of a
strong level of funQuotient™
with Knock Down, Drag Out. This game had a
literally endless number of narratives which could be developed to
inspire unique strategies to win the game. Knock Down, Drag Out was
dominant in the saloon in this evaluation category with a perfect
score of [5] Stars for funQuotient™. |
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LEARNING CURVE: Rating
Level - [5]
Knock Down, Drag Out provided a no challenge in determing
the LEARNING CURVE of the game. It was an open the box
and Play type of card game. A single sheet of paper to read and
understand the rules for game play was all that was needed. Knock
Down, Drag Out scores in this category
with a perfect score of [5] Stars in this category for LEARNING CURVE. |
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OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL:
Rating Level - [5]
OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL posed no real challenge for us in our evaluation.
The game box is visually appealing yet not quite the quality we feel it could
be yet the playing cards overshadowed that with the highest level of color and
detail you would ever imagine. There was outstanding imagery
on every single playing card. Knock Down, Drag Out met the goal
with a powerful
perfect score rating of [5] Stars in this category for OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL. |
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