The Major FUN Award
goes to games and people that bring people fun, and to any organization
managing to make the world more fun, through its own person contributions,
and through the products it has managed to bring to the market.
Major FUN especially
likes games that:
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are
original, flexible, easy to adapt
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are
well-made, durable, easily stored
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are
easy to understand and teach
Games that
receive an award are selected during "Games Tastings"- monthly
gatherings attended by a random collection of local game-players.
We start with a pile of unopened games, in no particular order.
We read boxes and create our "menu" - a well-ordered
stack of games. We then play our way through the stack. We rarely
play a whole game through (that's why we call it a "Tasting"),
unless we are having too much fun to stop. Those games, the ones
we really don't want to stop playing, become candidates for a
Major Fun Award. It's informal, not very scientific, but it's
fun, and surprisingly accurate. The winning games are
reviewed by Major FUN himself.
There are no negative reviews, so, if you submit a game and it
doesn't get reviewed, it's because, FUN-wise,
it wasn't found to be, shall we say, Major.
Award-winning
games are granted the right to use the Major Fun seal on packaging,
descriptive materials and on the manufacturer's
websites. Games that have been "tasted" are then distributed
to local schools and recreation centers.
Reviews
are posted on the Major Fun site and on Board Game Geek.
Major Fun
will make himself reasonably available to act as a personal
spokesperson for any award-winning game.
Games that are requested by Major FUN are entered into the review program without charge. Games that are submitted for review without prior correspondence are subject to a one-time fee. Fees for
having a game considered vary, depending on the size of the
company and the number of games to be reviewed.
- Small companies
(3 games or fewer) $100-200
- Medium
companies (less than 10 games) $500-$750
- Larger
companies (more than 10 games) $1,000-$1,500
Fees for
games that are not accepted for an award are donated to non-profit
organizations advocating innovation in play and recreation. If Major Fun has directly requested review copies of your games, fees are waived.
Please
make checks payable to: Bernie (Major Fun) DeKoven
Manufacturers who are interested in submitting their games should
send TWO COPIES of each game submitted to the following address Major FUN
223 Avenue G
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Please see this for information about Major FUN game development services.
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