University Games

University Games and Lagoon have, not just one, but two stands brimming with fun and exciting games, puzzles and gifts at Harrogate Home and Gift, and really do have something for everyone, from early preschool through to adult party games, and for the whole family in between!  New for 2025 include The TV Classic Bullseye Game, the Matilda Extraordinary Challenges Board Game, Buying Time, and Easy Cheesy!

You can't beat a bit of 'Bully'! Following the success of the TV Christmas Special, a brand new series of the TV classic Bullseye has been confirmed for the autumn, and now the new award-winning University Games’ Bullseye Board Game, will ensure players at home will also have a ‘super, smashing, great time’! The game features a dartboard with magnetic darts and hundreds of challenging questions, that follow the categories in the TV Show, and players have to master the rounds to get to the final and win Bully’s Star Prize! The new Bullseye Mini Dice Game will also ensure families can always have this fun favourite with them when away from home!

For competitive board game enthusiasts, Buying Time is a must-have addition that is arriving this summer. This game of strategic risk and reward, with a variety of difficulty levels, and a mix of verbal and acting charades, challenges players to decide how much time they need to buy, to answer all the questions on the card and win more money. With gameplay suited for 4-10 players, it’s an ideal choice for games nights with friends and family.

Among the latest offerings in University Games’ best-selling children’s range is Easy Cheesy! Now available, this entertaining game for 2-4 players centres around a playful mouse hiding in a block of cheese. Players take turns searching for the mouse, but be careful—she just might nibble your finger if you disturb her hiding place! University Games also continues to expand its extensive licensed collection, which includes popular brands such as Dog Man, The World of David Walliams, Where’s Wally, Horrible Histories, and Roald Dahl, ensuring plenty of entertainment for young minds.

An exciting addition to University Games best-selling Roald Dahl games collection is Matilda, The Extraordinary Challenges Board Game. Designed for 2-4 players, this engaging game begins with a spin of the Amanda Thripp Spinner, dictating how players navigate the board. Participants must complete mental and physical challenges to collect all the books before Miss Trunchbull catches them! Also new to the range is the Swashboggling Story Telling Dice Game and a Roald Dahl Find It Fast game, to provide even more imaginative fun.

Retailers also won’t want to miss the 50-strong Learning Journey range, that offer competitive price points with great margins. Focused on games, puzzles and toys for the key learning ages and stages from baby and preschool, through to 12 years old, the range includes a selection of high-quality electronic, sensory and construction toys as well as a complete series of eco-friendly educational games and puzzles, made with recycled paper and soya based inks.  New to The Learning Journey range for 2025 is a fantastic series of Lift and Learn Puzzles. These tactile, colourful Lift and Learn Puzzles will see little ones explore Space, the Arctic, Colours and Shapes, the Farm, Letters and Inside Me. Preschoolers can also learn their colours, numbers and shapes with the new Sort and Learn Magnetic Puzzles.

From licensed preschool and children to family and adult games, and puzzles ranging from 100 to 4,000 pieces, there is plenty of fun and entertain to be found on the University Games and Lagoon stands DP1 – D81 and D91.