british columbia 1996 1996 founder david manga headquarters warehouse in brampton ontario and buffalo new york victoria british columbia canada area served worldwide key people david manga ceo products games puzzles number of employees 32 website outsetmedia.com outset media corporation is a canadian company which develops and distributes family entertainment products specializing in board games party games card games and jigsaw puzzles . in addition to developing its own games outset media also distributes games and puzzles in canada for united states based companies . contents 1 history 2 professor noggin s 3 cobble hill puzzles 4 supplier of the year 5 international partnerships 6 list of products 6.1 games developed by outset media 6.2 games licensed by outset media 6.3 games distributed in canada by outset media 7 references 8 external links history edit the company was founded in 1996 by 23 year old university student david manga originally with the sole purpose of publishing and distributing a single board game called all canadian trivia . development of the product was 16 months . the original edition of all canadian trivia was released in may 1997 . while the original edition went on to become a canadian bestseller breaking 100 000 copies sold in canada the french edition was a flop and sold less than 3 000 copies . 1 a limited print run millennium edition of all canadian trivia was released in 1999 . the game s creator embarked on a two month guerilla marketing campaign across canada to promote the game . david manga was selected as one of a hundred young canadians to watch in the new millennium by maclean s magazine . in 2002 outset media nearly closed its doors after its largest customer stewart house publishing a former gift division of book publisher mcclelland & stewart ran into financial difficulties and went into bankruptcy . with nearly 50 % of its annual revenue in bad debt and unrecoverable outset media was bailed out with angel investments from family members and financing from the royal bank of canada . later that year outset media added a new division distributing other companies games in canada when it began to distribute the line of opoly games from us based late for the sky . in 2003 outset media made its first appearance on the profit magazine s annual ranking of canada s fastest growing companies . the company would appear on the profit 100 list for six consecutive years from 2003 to 2008 . 2 professor noggin s edit outset media s most recognized brand is the professor noggin s series of educational card games . 3 first published in 2002 the series now includes 39 different titles and has garnered 14 international toy awards to date . over 800 000 copies have been sold worldwide and the series has been translated into french as professeur caboche . 4 cobble hill puzzles edit cobble hill puzzle co is the sister company of outset media . the cobble hill brand is exclusively distributed by outset media . cobble hill big box puzzles are wholly made in the usa . the jigsaw puzzle box board and shrink film is 100 % recyclable and the brand is considered environmentally friendly meeting all coneg requirements as well as meet or exceed all requirements by cpsia . the line includes 2000 piece 1000 piece 500 piece 400 piece family puzzles 275 piece easy handling puzzles kids 180 and 60 piece puzzles . 5 supplier of the year edit the neighbourhood toy stores of canada nets a non profit association representing independent toy retailers across canada has named outset media the supplier of the year six times 2004 2007 2011 and 2013 2014 beating out such companies as hasbro irwin toy lego mattel and playmobil . in 2013 outset media was named supplier of the year by the canadian gift association cga formerly cgta . this is the first time cga has awarded a company who isn t focused specifically on the gift industry . 6 international partnerships edit outset media has developed distribution partnerships with several european and american game and puzzle companies including mindware patch products now playmonster 7 fat brain toys royal & langnickel late for the sky smartlab toys pressman goliath games popular playthings cheatwell games maranda monkey business sports cobble hill puzzles and d toys puzzles . list of products edit games developed by outset media edit all american trivia all canadian trivia american trivia family edition artifact the hunt for stolen treasure beam me up camper damper canadian trivia family edition charades in a box chicago cribbage conjecture canada opoly family scavenger hunt pond hockey opoly professor noggin s quebec opoly rhyme thyme silent but deadly skullduggery ultimate baseball trivia ultimate hockey trivia what games 100 best party game runner up what girls night edition games licensed by outset media edit car tag dung deck fart humm bug kids charades know your partner mindtrap picktwo saucy charades telepaths them and us theories word thief games distributed in canada by outset media edit 5 second rule bed bugs buzzword crosscribb farkle horse opoly malarky q bitz qwirkle stratego what s yours like word shout references edit member spotlight buy canadian first march 2 2011 . profitguide . the next 100 . profit magazine 2003 pp. 94 96 ; 2005 p. 96 ; 2006 p. 106 ; 2008 p. 52 . lee jenny . game distributor is supplier of the year the vancouver sun february 23 2011 . jeux professeure caboche image cobble hill brands page . retrieved 21 february 2014 . outset media and unicorn enterprises win best supplier award from cangift . toys and games . retrieved 12 december 2013 . outset media named canadian distributor for patch products gifts and tableware january 23 2008 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title outset media & oldid 734607248 categories companies established in 1996card game publishing companiesboard game publishing companiesgame manufacturers navigation menu personal 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