Guaranteeing a good time, Darts! is the ingenious calendar that doubles as a dartboard for endless hours of fun. Printed on each month's spread is a dazzling, custom-designed, full-color board for a classic or newfangled game—Air Strike, Cricket, Pyramid Power, Moonwalk, Hypnotist—including detailed, easy-to-follow instructions. Packaged with the calendar are six colorful, completely safe, blunt-tipped magnetic darts that are attracted to a metal insert in the calendar. It’s perfect for dorm rooms, game rooms, and offices, and will encourage everyone to gather around for a game—or many!
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What a concept! A calendar that works as a magnetic dartboard! Promising a year of entertainment wherever it goes on the wall, Darts! is an everything-you-need kit for a dozen classic and new dart games—from 301 to Baseball, from Around the Clock to Foxhunt to Shanghai. The custom-designed, full-color boards—one for each month—are energetic and visually striking, and each spread includes easy-to-follow instructions for the featured game. Plus there are no sharp points to worry about: The six brightly colored, blunt-tipped darts contain magnets, which are attracted to the calendar because of a metal insert. Play with family, play with friends, organize a tournament in the dorm or at the office. Bull's-eye!
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Workman Publishing Company, a medium-sized independent publisher, is the creator of award-winning calendars, cookbooks, parenting/pregnancy guides, and fun, educational children’s titles, as well as gardening, humor, self-help, and business books. From our What to Expect series and Page-A-Day Calendars to the iconic 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and Gallop!, the one-of-a-kind, moving picture book for kids, our products inspire readers and other publishers alike.
The Workman Publishing Company also includes Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Artisan, HighBridge Audio, Storey Publishing and Timber Press. In addition, Workman is the distributor for Black Dog & Leventhal, Greenwich Workshop Press and Fearless Critic Media.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect calendar for a kid's room,
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This review is from: Darts! Calendar 2011 (Calendar)
I just had to buy this calendar when I saw it.
My kids like having a calendar in their room, and my 6-year-old son in particular enjoys looking at the days of the month. However, I never got him a calendar last year, because the subjects are so specific -- Thomas the Train? No, he's outgrown that phase. Superheros? Not really. A specific movie? There are none that he likes that much. When I saw this one, I was sold. The magnetic darts are self-contained in the calendar (we'll see how it holds up), and each month offers an additional game to use them on -- from the traditional dartboard, to trying to hit bowling pins.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and colorful calendar!,
This review is from: Darts! Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars) (Calendar)
My little brother and my mom enjoy throwing the darts at it. :] The magnet idea is awesome. Love this calendar.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Probably a yearly purchase now - thanks a lot, random gift-giver!,
By mykl_c2k (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darts! 2012 Calendar (Calendar)
I received the 2011 Darts Calendar as sort of a gag Christmas gift and thought it would be a good idea to tack it up in my office at work. Well, it stayed there for the year. As a software developer / cubicle drone, sometimes I just need to step away from the keyboard and shift my mindset while burning off some energy. I felt sort of awkward doing jumping jacks & leg bends in the hallway though, so I'd usually just throw a rubber ball against the wall and catch it for a few minutes until I got my mind right. The guy on the other side of the wall only seemed to get irritated if I got up around the 3 minute mark which I'd do only occasionally.Anyway, this dart calendar thing serves its purpose just fine for the most part and I hardly ever throw the ball anymore. I found that it was not only a good stress-burner, but the girl in the lunch room said she sees a positive change in my aura (chakra? something.) and I'm gonna go ahead and attribute that to Darts Calendar. People also stop by once in awhile to talk business and a random dart game will break out. It has provided a way to settle application modeling disagreements on at least two occasions (sorry about the redundant file upload requirement - If I weren't so bad at November's Fooseball Darts, things would be different). The guy on the other side of the wall hears a duller "thunk.... thunk... thunk..." instead of the rapid "BAM BAM BAM BAM" he was used to, so it's a win for him too. Then someone pointed out it was December and that I had BETTER get a new calendar before January so I went ahead and ordered the 2012 from Amazon. As for the board itself, it consists of a magnetic backing with a different dart game for each month and the calendar-month displayed below the dart board area. The darts are the typical plastic "bar darts", with screw-on flat metal heads instead of plastic tips (which actually makes them better weighted than those bar darts and feel a bit more substantial). One of the metal heads in my 2011 set was sort of loose though and eventually started falling off because the plastic threads on the dart itself got stripped. Karesh from maintenance brought over some epoxy though and fixed that right up. The 2012 games range from the classic darts, baseball, & basketball, to more esoteric things like drums, global conquer (sort of Risk with darts), and of course the Myan end of the world pyramid for December. I was hoping to see the golf one from 2011 make a comeback, but these will do fine. As with last year, I'll take a razor to slice out May's classic dart board to tack over some of the more hideous or poorly designed boards (I'm looking at you, April with the beehive that looks like a pile of dung). In trying to change things up, some of the games move the high-value targets to the top edge of the board. Since it's at the very edge of the magnetic backing, going for those targets will cause some damage to the drywall when you miss. Or, if you've got the calendar tacked to a large corkboard or something like I do, you'll just be picking darts up off the floor, behind the printer, out of the trash can, or cleaning the occasional spilt coffee when the dart bounces back in a random direction. Best just to skip those games and slap the base dartboard over the top. It's worth noting that the 2012 calendar I received was slightly bent and warped in the center (I suppose from being stacked under some stuff in shipping or whatever). Didn't really notice this until I hung it up and darts landing in a certain area started bouncing back because there was too much spring in that part of the magnetic backing. I was able to bend it around and that helped for a bit, but it still eventually snaps back to its warped position again. I could have returned it instead of trying to fix it myself though, so I guess that's on me. And really, it's a flippin $10 calendar so I'll probably just order another one when I get bored of writing this review. Which is about now. 5 stars for the concept, 3 stars for spotty dart quality and game design. You should go ahead and get Darts Calendar. It is better than a rubber ball and will polish your aura.
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