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New Table Hockey Game

Almost everyone played table hockey at some point during their childhood. Some even carried their love for table hockey with them as they became adults. The best part about playing table hockey is participating in tournaments. The clang of the metal players is heard as the oversized puck is whipped into a frenzy, and the goalie crashes from side to side valiantly trying to keep the puck out of the net. Little boys grow up, but that doesn?t mean you can?t bring back the magic of the Table Hockey of your youth, albeit on a much grander scale.

A Canadian company located in Toronto Ontario called Artizan Games now produces Table Hockey Games that look like fine furniture, and are on a much larger scale than the game you played as a kid--making the game even more exciting and intense. The Classic by Artizan Table Hockey Game is a full sized version of the nostalgic games of the sixties and seventies, requiring fifteen linear feet for play space clearance. This is the cr?me de la cr?me of Table Hockey.

Unlike other video games, in this one the players are surprisingly realistic and molded in 3-D resin. In addition, the control rods are custom made of a fibre-graphite composite, and the bushings are self lubricated with stainless steel gear drives. Furthermore, the nets are made with real mesh, and the ice surface is a full seven feet long. And the fully electronic gondola offers a sophisticated way to keep track of the game stats, thus, helping you focus on the game and not the act of scorekeeping.