The Chicago International Toy & Game Fair

September 4, 5 and 6, 2004

Come Twist With Us?.

CHITAG?s events team is working around the clock to make everyone a winner! And who wouldn?t be, with the great line up of products and entertainment in store for you at Navy Pier!

If the Pier Pressure gets to be too much, don?t get bent out of shape ? GET TWISTED! Go out on a limb with 2,499 other participants in Chicago?s Biggest Twister Event EVER! Sponsor SBC makes it possible to put your right foot forward. Registration dockside from 10 am Saturday Sept. 4. The event kicks off at 2 pm.

If you need a break from previewing and playing the hottest new toys and games, Game Show Guru is running an excellent program of events on stage ranging from Tim Walsh?s Keynote address featuring the ?surgeon general? himself, John Spinello (the inventor of Operation), to the cure for all that ails you, Dr. Cool and Pride with their hip hop feel good music. Boots & Lace will also be singing their latest hits. Radio Disney Patrol rides out regularly with music, giveaways including Wizards of the Coast Duel Masters. Cabbage Patch Kids, Captain Pike, Sentence Says Man and other characters will be walking the floor. Register to win a trip to Hawaii from Otero Games. Rounding out the events with challenges you can?t refuse are R&R Games? Smarty Party Game Show, Out of the Box?s Biggest Bunch of Apples to Apples Players Ever Assembled, The Brainstrain and The Celebrity Game Show!

In an effort to ensure that show programs don?t simply end up in recycling bins, we?re betting the inclusion of The Fiendishly Fun Toy & Game Quiz sponsored by HL Games will make the program a collector?s item?or at least something worth keeping until the holiday ordering season rolls around! As a sneak preview:

a) The dice game Perudo originated in which country?

b) The board game, Snakes and Ladders, originated in which country?

c) The Yo-Yo originated in which country?

d) The game, Chinese Checkers, originated in which country?

If you can?t get that mapped out, there?s sure to be other questions that don?t require an atlas to set the world spinning!

There are only a few booths still available. Join the following exhibitors and sponsors for a great time and terrific media exposure (already booked on morning TV news programs, print is running, radio calling and cameras will be everywhere at the Fair) with trade and exhibitors from all across the globe.

SBC Discovery Toys Busser Bears

R & R Games Gamewalas Dream Makers Inc.

Gamewright The Idea Corps The Fitness Challenge

ToySite Tri Check North Star Games LLC

Out-of-the-Box Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game Gotta Laff Games

Eagle Games Radio Disney Modernized Toys Inc.

UberPlay G5 Productions CTC Publishing

Go! The Game Store Chuckle Games Marban Industries

Rio Grande Sierra Packaging ACT Games

Expert Toy Glow King Kalypso Concepts

Hasbro Live Oak Games 444 Games

GameBuilders HL Games Game Show Gurus

FRV Group Dr. Cool & Pride Rehtmeyer Inc.

DiscoverGames.com Kia Cirondo

NON Ltd Language Stars Evanston Go Club

S & C Trading Cabbage Patch Kids Lowes

Oltero Games KidsDadsMoms.com Sassi Games

All About Presidents Boots and Lace Poligames

S & S Innovations, Inc. Gamer?s Paradise Morning Star Games

Keys Publishing Bally?s Fitness Ring Around the Phonics

Easy Toys Going Crazy Inc. 1783 Productions

Kid?s Juke Box Odyssey Learning Games

Go! The Game Store is available to talk to exhibitors who want to demo their products, but not sell.

HL Games is putting together a consortium of game companies from Europe. If you are interested, contact them at info@hlgames.com

Here?s just a taster of some of the products at the Fair:

Expert Racers - Puts you in the driver?s seat of your favorite Die-Cast car. Award winning toy.

Girls Nite Out - Treat your girlfriends to a laugh-out-loud good time with this surprisingly revealing & hilarious party game!

OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING - Innovative party, card and board games that provide fresh, fun and engaging ways to enjoy time with friends and family. So easy to learn, we?ll have you playing in no time!

Roundabout - The family game that adults love to play? even without their kids! The challenge of traditional strategy mixed with the excitement of multi-player games.

R&R Games ? The award winning line of fun family and party games. Smarty Party?, Thingamajig?, Time's UP!?, Birds, Bugs & Beans?, First Hand?, Pigpile?, Too Many Cooks?, Flea Circus?, Tin Soldiers?. SOLD!?, Riddles & Riches?.

Chuckle Games - Laughter in a box! brings their award winning games and more! Brainstrain - The No Pain Game! A Who, What, Where Am I? game has never been this much fun. Fabrication - The story game that proves you're FULL OF IT! Twenty-two other exciting games from inventors around the world! offered in a Variety Pack!

The Fitness Challenge - The first-ever reality board game: a personal trainer in box. Start and maintain an eight-week exercise program. Play with a friend, spouse, co-worker or child.

1783 Productions - Debuts the latest gadget for the digital media age: The DVD Rewinder

FORAY! - A 2 player game of strategy, risks and rewards. Penetrate your opponent's defenses to score points but don't run out of air or get captured!

Live Oak Games - Come see us, meet our game designer - and beat him at his own games! Games the whole family can enjoy. Come see SiegeStones and Ice Lake!

Disorderly Conduct ? The game of American federal and state law with players engaging in debate by examining the rules by which we live.

Victory Honor ? The original and clever game of ideas and twists. ?If this is not the pinnacle of trick-taking games, it is awfully close to the peak."

Sentence Says - The brand new, quick-thinking sentence creation game that has transformed the art of English grammar into a fun filled pastime!"

GO mental - The game where all the players are involved all the time. Don?t go mad, GO mental. It?s about the most fun your brain can have!

Rio Grande Games ? New games this year include Fearsome Floors (a monster-themed game), Dawn Under (a vampire memory game), Goldbrau (a beer investment game), and more.

Trivia CasinoT ? The fast-paced party game that combines the most exciting

elements of both trivia and gambling.

CluzzleT - Unlike any other sculpting game because players do not need to sculpt realistically. On the contrary, a cluzzle is a clay puzzle.

Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game - The fun interactive golf game that is played indoors. It is enjoyed by all ages.

GOING-GOING CRAZY - An Exciting New Children's Educational Board game that?s FUN for the whole Family and will drive you CRAZY!!.

CELEBRITY - Get your team to guess the names of celebrities in 6 different categories ranging from entertainment to sports without ever saying the celebrity's name!

TRI CHECK! - takes the traditional game of checkers taken to a whole new level! 3 dimensional strategy and challenge!

QUINTAGON - a board game designed for family interaction and fun for 2 to 5 players ages 6 to adult. Maximize your moves, avoid home returns, block your opponents, head for free spaces and have fun.

Cirondo ? The inter-stellar strategy game. Beyond chess. Beyond strategy. Beyond this solar system. Accept the challenge.

DiscoverGames - Showcasing 40 games from Indies around the world.

CHITAG. It?s more than just an international toy & game fair. It?s a party! See you there!

Mary Couzin

www.chitag.com

847-677-8277