Kod Batoru board game with Conceptis Battleship puzzles launched internationally

Friday, April 4, 2008

Kod Batoru, a new board game for ages 8 and above based on Conceptis Battleship puzzles, is now available from Kod Kod International Games the marketing operations brand of Lemada Light Industries Ltd.

The 27x27 cm board game, which contains 48 Classic Battleship puzzle sheets in all difficulty levels, is played on a transparent wonder board by placing the colored ship pieces. This way puzzles may be solved as single player and multiplayer games infinite number of times anytime and anywhere.

Kod Batoru has already received enthusiastic responses during the Nurnberg Toy Fair which took place February 2008 soon after the game’s debut in Israel earlier this year. As a result the game is being translated into several languages and will be available in Australia, Germany and Hong Kong by June this year and then in the rest of the world before Christmas. Kod Batoru is the fifth in a series of puzzle board games by Kod Kod International Games. The series also includes Code Sudoku and My First Sudoku released in 2005 as well as Travel Sudoku and Kod Kakuro released in 2006.

"We decided to make Kod Batoru following the trend of single player logic and strategy games such as Sudoku and Rush Hour" says Micha Hertzano, president of Lemada Light Industries Ltd. "The debut in Israel went well and then the Nurnberg Toy Fair was a great opportunity to showcase Kod Batoru internationally. We are glad to say the game received excellent reviews and support by the vast majority of our worldwide distributors".

Founded in 1978, Lemada Light Industries Ltd. specializes in development and manufacturing of educational games and board games of the highest quality. Rummikub, the company’s flagship game, is the world’s third most popular board game after Monopoly and Scrabble. The products of Lemada Light Industries Ltd. are sold under the brand name Kod Kod – one of the worlds best known brand names in the game market.