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The Parents' Choice Awards have been described as the toy industry equivalent of the Academy Awards. Each quarter, the Parents' Choice Foundation announces the latest winners. Games can be found among the toy awards, and while most of them are marketed specifically to children, several are great options for casual gamers of any age. Here are the casual games that stand out to us.

Since 1980, the editors of GAMES Magazine have been publishing a list of the top 100 traditional (non-electronic) games for each year. The games are divided into many different categories, with a winner, runner up, and honorable mentions chosen from each one. The 2013 list was recently announced, and it contains casual games in several different categories. Here is a list of those that have caught our attention.

Independent game designers and publishers often turn to crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo to gather support for their game projects. There are often some truly innovative casual games seeking funding help, but they're usually drowned out by RPGs, miniatures, and heavier games. That's where we come in! Here is a list of some of the best casual game concepts being crowdfunded this month.

We played it. We liked it. We reviewed it in Casual Game Insider. Now you have a chance to win a free copy of For Sale by Gryphon Games to try it out for yourself! All you have to do is carry out at least one of the simple tasks below. Do more to gain additional entries and increase your chance of winning!

The Fall 2012 issue of Casual Game Insider is now officially released! We put a lot of effort into this inaugural issue, and we believe it has turned out very well. We hope that all of the casual gamers, game stores, publishers, and media who have received copies will find it to be everything they hoped for. Here are the final statistics on the readership of the first issue:

We have been working around the clock to develop and deploy an updated website to coincide with the release of the first issue of Casual Game Insider. We're happy to report that the new website is now live! So, what's new, you ask?

The ad packet for Casual Game Insider is now available! The packet includes information about the magazine, a detailed description of our ad and sponsorship packages, and complete design templates.

By advertising in Casual Game Insider, you'll be able to reach the most targeted audience available for casual games, including the retailers interested in selling them and the casual gamers who walk into their stores.

Whether you represent a publisher, distributor, manufacturer, or design studio, you can have peace of mind that your message about casual games will hit the mark – each and every time.