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Husband and wife produce board games for sale at Best of Missouri Market

28.09.11

When Ryan McDaniel started woodworking as a boy, he did it as a pastime. Now, he and his wife, Kim, hope to turn it into a full-time job.

Their job, Across the Board Games, will be one of 30 new vendors to participate in the 20th Most outstanding of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Garden. They were chosen by a agglomeration of judges from applications sent by the vendors.

More than 120 Missouri scoff producers and artisans will take part in the event, which runs from Friday to Sunday.

"This is very mind-boggling for us," Kim, 27, said. "We had applied to get into the Best of Missouri before. It is a juried episode. This time, they chose us."

Across the Board Games offers seven handmade wooden board games — Horse Racecourse, Baseball Game, Aggravation, Chinese Checkers, Penny Hockey, Penny Soccer, and Bulldog Blocks. The prices area from $75 for Horse Race to $38 for the Penny games. They are made from original woods, including maple and birch.

"Our apothegm is 'We make games that last a lifetime,'" she said. "When we started we went to our first crafts impartial and brought one board game. We quickly sold it. Now, we do well. People are very interested in them."

Source: STLtoday.com

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