issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article s lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . october 2013 this article possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message north star games type private industry games board games founded 2003 college park maryland headquarters bethesda maryland key people dominic crapuchettes founder & co president ; satish pillalamarri co president website north star games home north star games is a board game company based in bethesda maryland . contents 1 history 2 games 3 notes and references 4 external links history edit dominic crapuchettes grew up designing and inventing board games since he was 9 years old . he fulfilled his lifelong goal of starting a board game company in 2003 while attending robert h. smith school of business at the university of maryland college park . mba classmate satish pillalamarri joined the company full time after graduation in 2004 . crapuchettes and pillalamarri raised money from friends family and even faculty to fund the first run of cluzzle board games . in time more games followed and north star board games began to appear on the shelves of specialty gaming stores and even target corporation . 1 when it came time to name the venture founder dominic crapuchettes chose the name north star in reference to a stormy night off the coast of alaska when the salmon fishing boat he was piloting lost electrical power and crapuchettes was forced to use the north star to guide the boat safely home . on that night dominic vowed to quit fishing and start the board game company that he had dreamed about since childhood . wits & wagers was included on many best games of year lists in 2007 . 2 the game was also awarded the best new party game by games magazine . 3 time magazine highlighted wits & wagers as a lively trivia game in a profile of games they determined as board game entertainment beyond monopoly . 4 north star games newest game say anything has been called a party game that appeals even to those who claim to hate party games . 5 games edit cluzzle 2003 family clay game where the object is to sculpt poorly . wits & wagers 2006 party trivia game where you can bet on the answers of other players . say anything 2008 opinion game designed to get people talking and laughing . evolution 2014 a card based strategy game where players try to evolve their species to out compete other players in the quest for food . 6 notes and references edit mcloone sharon 2007 10 30 . north star aims to shoot the moon . the washington post . retrieved 2009 03 06 . tianen dave 2004 11 20 . not playin with game choices . the milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved 2009 03 06 . 2007 games of the year and other awards . games magazine . 2007 . retrieved 2009 03 06 . caplan jeremy 2006 04 02 . beyond monopoly . time magazine . retrieved 2009 03 06 . baldwin matthew 2008 11 25 . the 2008 good gift games . the morning news . retrieved 2009 03 06 . evolution by north star games kickstarter . kickstarter . retrieved 21 february 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to north star games . north star game official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title north star games & oldid 709324545 categories companies established in 2003companies based in bethesda marylandhidden categories wikipedia introduction cleanup from october 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from october 2013all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles that may contain original research from october 2013all articles that may contain original researchcommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 march 2016 at 08 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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