Tournament Spells Success For Wordigo

Wordigo founder Philip Zweig is looking to expand the reach of his board game into the classroom and beyond.
“Wordigo has been huge in the classrooms,” Zweig said.
About half of all orders for the Fayetteville-based board game maker come from the education market, he said. The game is distributed through two teachers’ catalogs and a home school supply catalog, which is Zweig’s largest single account.
Another big development for the company has been a nationwide online tournament for grades 5 through 7. Students can play, which takes only seven minutes per game, at highergames.com. The tournament ends March 16, and the top three schools will be awarded cash donations of $100, $50 and $25.
The prize money is a way to give back to the schools, he said.
Zweig hopes that Wordigo will continue its growth into the education market, and plans to promote site licenses as a way for students to access the game from school.
“Wordigo encompasses so many key reading skills,” he said. “Kids are having fun and learning at the same time.”