{"id":102,"date":"2019-03-05T15:01:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/en\/toy\/toyaward-2005\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T06:33:23","slug":"toyaward-2005","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/information\/toy\/toyaward-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"ToyAward 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2809\" src=\"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo-Pr\u00e4mierung-Spielzeug-des-Jahres-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>First German Consulting and Information Center for left-handers and Converted Left-handers<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Sendlinger Str. 17<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">D-80331 M\u00fcnchen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Tel.\/Fax 089 \/ 26 86 14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Award of the <b>Toy of the Year 2005 <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>for Left-Handed Children<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>to the firm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">for the card game SOLO<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt\"><b>amigo Spiel + Freizeit GmbH.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">All the playing cards of the game SOLO are designed so that left-handers as well as right-handers can see the symbols in the corners without any problems. Even today, there are producers who do not give much thought to the problems of left-handers. We are particularly pleased that the firm Amigo has taken the needs of left-handers into account in its complete product range. We would like to honour this consistent, innovative and well thought-out approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">These are the reasons why we are making the award to the firm for the card game SOLO<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Toy of the Year 2005 for Left-Handed Children<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2730\" src=\"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Solo-Karten-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" \/>As left-handers take and play cards with the left hand and hold them in the right hand, it is particularly important that they can see the small corner symbols on both the right and left-hand sides. Only in this way is it possible for left-handers to see what the cards are at first glance and to take part at the same tempo as other players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Description of Solo<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>one of the most popular games in the world!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The way the game goes would be quite simple, were it not for some built in hazards: &#8220;new action&#8221; cards, which always provide surprises. Whether someone has to prolong the game or abandon it, whether the game direction is changed, or the cards serve as Jokers &#8211; for entertainment everything is provided with Solo, the exciting variation on the game Mau-Mau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">How to play Solo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2729\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2729\" src=\"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/KartenSpielzeug2005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this way, no card game should be designed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Every player receives eight cards. In turn, each player must put down a card: the same colour on the same colour or the same <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">number on the same number.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Playing out of turn is allowed. If a player has exactly the same card in his hand as the top card exposed on the pile, he can very quickly put it down.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If someone puts down an action card, the direction of play can change (this accommodates left-handed players, who may prefer, according to their nature, the game direction to be opposite to that at the start), or two players must swap their cards or someone must draw for cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If a player only has one card left, they must shout Solo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">As soon as a player puts down their last card, that round finishes. This player gets no points. All the other players receive negative points for the cards they have remaining.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Whoever has the least minus points at the end is the winner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Address:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Amigo Spiel + Freizeit GmbH, Waldstr. 23\u2013D5, D-63128 Dietzenbach,<br \/>\nTel. 0 60 74 \/ 37 55 &#8211; 0, Fax 0 60 74 \/ 37 55 &#8211; 166, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amigo-spiele.de\/\">www.amigo-spiele.de<\/a>\u00a0E-mail: info@amigo-spiele.de<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a9 Copyright: Consulting and Information Center for Left-handers and Converted Left-handers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">(Erste deutsche Beratungs- und Informationsstelle f\u00fcr Linksh\u00e4nder und umgeschulte Linksh\u00e4nder)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Sendlinger Str. 17, D &#8211; 80331 Munich (M\u00fcnchen), Germany \/ Europe, Tel.\/ Fax: +49 \/ 89 \/ 26 86 14<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/\">https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org<\/a>, e-mail: info@lefthander-consulting.or<\/span>g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; First German Consulting and Information Center for left-handers and Converted Left-handers Sendlinger Str. 17 D-80331 M\u00fcnchen Tel.\/Fax 089 \/ 26 86 14 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Award of the Toy of the Year 2005 for Left-Handed Children to the firm for the card game SOLO amigo Spiel + Freizeit GmbH. &nbsp; All the playing cards of the game SOLO are designed so that left-handers as well as right-handers can see the symbols in the corners without any problems. Even today, there are producers who do not give much thought to the problems of left-handers. We are particularly pleased that the firm Amigo has taken the needs of left-handers into account in its complete product range. We would like to honour this consistent, innovative and well thought-out approach. These are the reasons why we are making the award to the firm for the card game SOLO Toy of the Year 2005 for Left-Handed Children &#8230; <a title=\"ToyAward 2005\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/information\/toy\/toyaward-2005\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ToyAward 2005\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":84,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/601"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefthander-consulting.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}