SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Finally! Eco-friendly BagGames(tm) are the new classic board games like checkers, chess and backgammon that come in a bag and are now available at www.BagGames.com. These travel games are compact enough to go anywhere, yet the all-in-one attached board folds out to a full-sized game. With the introduction of the patent-pending, one-piece bag and board game combinations of BagGammon(tm), BagChess(tm) and BagCheckers(tm), entrepreneur and product developer R. Scott Dotson has solved the problem of anyone on the go or on the road with family and friends who want to enjoy classic board games together.
BagGames(tm) fill the gap between standard, full-sized games (too big and bulky to travel with) and the numerous small travel games (clumsy, miniature imitations). BagGames(tm) pack easily, but unlike the miniature travel games, the cinch-bag contains an attached full-sized board and game pieces. BagGame's(tm) unique design allows for easy clean up and storage. Just fold the attached cloth board, lift one side and let the pieces slide into the bag and you're done! BagGames(tm) go anywhere -- in the smallest suitcase, backpack, pocket, or even clipped to your belt. For a video demonstration click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFFQINRs53w&eurl=http://www.baggames.com/home.htm
"The creation of BagGames(tm) began on a surf trip to Tamarindo, Costa Rica where the evenings were the perfect downtime to play backgammon," says Dotson. "The problem was we didn't bring a game because no one wanted to lug around a full-sized board in our already stuffed backpacks. We could have brought along a travel version, but who really likes playing with those tiny little pieces on a miniature board anyway. No one in town had even heard of backgammon, much less had one for sale. Our only option was to conjure up our own makeshift board. We found a small sign company to draw up the board per our description and used colones (Costa Rican currency) for the checkers."
Why bring this up? Because one idea was if Tamarindo had a t-shirt shop, they could silkscreen a game board onto some cloth and play on it. They never did find that t-shirt shop, but it was during that search that the seeds of BagGammon(tm) and BagGames(tm) started to grow.
BagGames, LLC is owned and operated by DOTucts, LLC., based in Sarasota, Florida. It came to life because of the "there's got to be a better way" feeling.
Who Created BagGames(tm)? Entrepreneur and product developer R. Scott Dotson created BagGammon(tm) and BagGames(tm). He is a University of Florida Graduate by way of two years at the United States Air Force Academy. Other than two years in Colorado Springs and one year in Vail Colorado, Scott is a native Floridian, who grew up in Stuart and now lives in Sarasota.