2015 National Young Game Inventors Contest Winner Announced: State The Picture Game Wins Kids' Contest

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Jan 07, 2015, 01:08 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Katlyn Chiles, an 11 year old, was named the winner of the National Young Game Inventors contest today. Katlyn Chiles, a native of Jefferson City, MO, submitted "State the Picture," a geography game based on drawing pictures to describe the fifty United States, which was chosen as the winner by University Games Corporation, San Francisco, CA. "The game is a real departure from our earlier winners. Families are going to love the mix of learning, drawing and fun," according to Bob Moog, President of University Games.

Katlyn Chiles will receive a $10,000 college savings bond and will get to see her game published later this year.

Other finalists were awarded $250 shopping sprees by Toys R Us, another major sponsor of the contest.

Alexandra Rohrer of El Dorado Hills, CA, age 6, invented "Trick or Treat Night" a delightful game centered around adventures associated with Halloween.

Drake Fruhaulf of San Anselmo, CA, age 8, submitted a creative 3D math calculation game called Math Mountain.

Benjamin DeBear of Morristown, NJ, age 7, created a sci-fi travel board game entitled Portals.

Maeve Schanou of Evanston, IL, age 10, submitted Junkyard Engineers, a marvelous game based on the popularity of STEAM curriculum and the Maker movement.

All of the finalist were selected out of a pool of submissions from throughout the Unites States.

Sponsors include University Games, Toys R Us, Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine, and RAFT.

ABOUT UNIVERSITY GAMES
Founded in 1985, University Games has developed and manufactured over 200 games with their metier being in social interaction and learning games for adults and children. The company philosophy has always been to offer games that encourage social interaction and imagination through gameplay, with learning interspersed to season the game. The company offers a wide array of games, puzzles and kids learning and activity sets under University Games, BePuzzled®, WizzWorx™, My StudioGirl™, Great Explorations® and Front Porch Classics®. To learn more about University Games, go to www.universitygames.com.

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