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The Current - Online, 10/10/11,'Dabong! card game is da-bomb!'

"Dabong!" happens to be a well-thought out masterpiece of a card game. After doing the research, the new card game has a history that would explain exactly why.

mlive, 08/01/11,'Ultimate card Game,' dabong!, is brainchild of Kalamazoo trio

It's promoted as "the ultimate card game," and attendees at an international game convention in Indianapolis starting this week will be next to determine whether the claim has merit.

PRWeb, 5/21/11,New Family Card Game dabong! Delivers Speed, Strategy and Fun

While online and digital gaming has taken off over the years, card games provide a more personal alternative at family gatherings, parties, long road trips, camping trips and more. No wireless connection required, dabong! is a new card game from Astute Games that is perfect for modern-day game enthusiasts who like fast-paced and action packed competition.

The Index, 5/18/11, dabong! captivates campus and nation

“Imagine taking every card game you’ve ever played. Take all of those rules, and then a bunch of unique rules, and add them,” said Professor of Biology Blaine Moore, discussing his newly-marketed card game, dabong! Moore, along with fellow Kalamazoo College biology professor Jim Langeland and a mutual friend, Bill Eberle, created the game – which draws its name from a card game exclamation that Eberle heard during his childhood in Japan – over the course of many camping trips.



Blogs/Reviews:

The Dice Tower, 9/29/11



The Spiel, 08/18/11



Lifetime MOMS, 5/17/11, dabong! Fun Family Card Game

Back at the 2011 NYC Toy Fair, a man at a booth for Astute Games was handing out a deck of dabong! cards to everyone that walked by. I finally had the chance to try out dabong! and now I can see why. He knew that the word of mouth would sell this game

the Noise on Toys: An independent consumer guide to the "bestest" kid-tested toys, dabong!

Rolling Together, 3/22/11, dabong! Review

I put the batteries into our brand new automatic card shuffler and loaded up the copy of Dabong we won at C2E2 and prepared to go to town. Right off the bat Sarah noticed the one year time limit per turn rule fell in love.

C2E2, 03/24/11

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