The Ticket to Ride World Championship will take place on June 19 in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer (Card Game Museum) in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The national champions will play several games on the various maps of Ticket to Ride – the best of them will then be declared Ticket to Ride World Champion and win a trip for two on the legendary Orient-Express!

The Tric Trac Team and Days of Wonder offer you the opportunity to follow this event live! The championship will be broadcasted on www.trictrac.tv and on our website, on the Ticket to Ride World Championship page.

Of course, if you prefer, you can also attend the Championship in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer. The champions need you to support them!

If you want to encourage your favorite champion, feel free to post a support message in our forum!

Source:  Days of Wonder

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There’s a game designer and professor at Carnegie Mellon named Jesse Schell who believes that everything in life will soon become a game.  He recently did an interview with CNN in which he discussed how and in what ways our lives are turning into games.

Some of the highlights are:

• toothbrushes will be hooked-up with Wi-Fi Internet connections within five years.
• New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body.
• I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the “Gamepocalypse”
• World of Warcraft will start to have a camera on your face, and then they’ll map your facial expression to your avatar.
• They already have a bathroom scale that uses Wi-Fi and connects to the Internet, so that every time you weigh yourself, it uploads it to a database so you can track your weight over time.

You can read the whole interview at CNN, and I recommend you do.  You know, I’m thinking of buying one of those scales.  I’m sure it would embarass me into losing the 15-20lbs I need to.

You can also watch a talk he did at the DICE conference here:

So basically the guys a gamer, and aren’t we all.  Other than being a gamer, he’s one of those people who thinks outside the box on a lot of things.

If you’re interested in more of his thoughts, you can read his blog here.

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We would like to suggest another option while your lights, television, and refrigerator are off.  Forget the XBox and Wii and break out the board games.

Really show your support by keeping a couple candles lit and play the old school games you rarely get out.  Hey, you’ll also be saving some on your electricity bill and the kids will love eating all the ice cream before it melts.

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If you are in the area and want to join in the gaming fun, the convention is at Michigan University’s Bernhard Center.  Tickets are $1o for Saturday, $7 for Sunday, or $15 for both days.  For more information check out the official site at marmaladedog.com.

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This one is about a grant given in Superior, WI to four seventh graders to purchase board games for their gaming club.  I wish I were smart enough to write a grant proposal today, much less in seventh grade.  I see some future leaders here.

This one is about games that are still fun for adults.  Most are the typical board games you’ll find at Target and Wal-Mart, but I’ll agree, they’re all still good games.

Here’s one from Salt Lake City about all the smaller games we play and how they’re reinvigorating the genre.  We love our small publishers and are happy to see a few of our favorite in print.

This one is from an ongoing series on board games from AnnArbor.com.  They’re highlighting “Mousetrap” and “Dominion” in this one.  I would recommend catching up on the series if you have the time.

Finally, we have this article from Chip Chicklets where they review Lava Dragon from LEGO.  We mentioned the LEGO games recently, and I’d personally love to get my hand on some.  Looks like it might be worth it.

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I think it’s important that we take whatever strides we can to change the world for the better, regardless of what your version of better is.  I find it interesting that someone is out there studying how online games can lead us to that future.

So, while I don’t play WoW (as I’ve mentioned before) I think there’s more to this than that simple forum.  I think that those of us who love and enjoy games are better suited to helping the world because we’re used to working together and socializing in ways that will allow us to make the changes necessary.

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So I’m trying a new experiment now.  I’m incorporating my love of board games into the workplace.  Next week I’m going to start out with a simple “Bingo” sheet with the various products we sell listed in the slots.  Whoever hits BINGO first gets a prize.

If that fails to work, I found a Excel version of Jeopardy that I am trying to incorporate into the work flow.  That one is a bit more difficult, but I’m sure I’ll find a way to encourage the crew.

After that I’m at a bit of a loss.  I’ve done some research online and there are plenty of “team building” games out there.  Fortunately I have a pretty tight-knit team so that’s not an issue.  So I’m looking for more ideas.

Let me know if you have any suggestions I might use.  I’m specifically looking for options that will encourage sales.  So, if you use something at your job that works let me know what it is and if it’s something I can reproduce.  Just leave a comment below, and thanks.

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I started looking for apps for the phone, and the first thing I found, or rather found me was that my phone automatically linked my Gmail and Facebook contacts.  I can see and communicate with the people from both areas instantly.  I can also post on the wall of the GAmes Overboard group and on my personal wall instantly.

I further delved into the realm of instant updates when I got the Bettr Flickr app (I think I paid $1.99 for it).  I can set it up to post pics directly to the Games Overboard Photostream, so you amy have seen a ton of new on-site pics over the last week.

Add to that the ability to Tweet from the phone,  and that about rounds it out.

But WAIT!  THERE’S More.

My favorite thing I’ve found is that I can actually capture video from my phone in decent resolution and with the Free YouTube App upload on the Go.  I’ve already uploaded three short clips to youtube.  and I’m calling the mini-casts “Overboard on the Road”

I can also record my plays and look up info using the boardgamegeek applications, so I can keep a running count of the games I play.  I’m hoping to integrate a real time feed that tells the last ten games I’ve played.

It’s a little overwhelming how connected I am now, but I’m really enjoying it.  Let me know of any other apps I need to get or ways that I can reach out to you even more. I love gaming, and I love our Fans, so let’s hear from you

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One of my recent favorites is the game Tichu.  We have a review in the can on that one and it should be up soon.  It’s a great game and the only real drawback is the need for four people.  We can always seem to get three or five people together, but rarely the foursome.

Another great game we’ve played lately is Power Struggle.  I like this game for the simple reason that the more corrupt your company, the lower the morale of your workers, the better off you are.  Having worked for companies large and small, it just strikes a chord with me.

The last game that currently finds itself in my current favorites, is one that will most likely always be in that category.  That game is Carcassonne.  Whether playing with two people and just a base set, or have five of us and every expansion we can get our hands on, it’s a great game.  Every time you play it’s a little different, and everyone has a unique strategy.

So what are your favorite games?  Is there anything you would have to have with you on that proverbial desert island?  Let us know in the comments below.

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OK, I’m not going to get into basic design theory, search engine optimization, or site architecture, but suffice it to say that Guinness’ site fails on all fronts (much like me and Stratego, but that’s a different story.)  I didn’t find out what the largest board game was there, but I did find out they’re releasing a board game of their own.

So then I googled it (yes, that’s a verb and needs no capitalization.)  There I found a story about a guy in Canada who built a giant board game that has indeed been classified as “The Largest Board Game.”  From the description he created a gargantuan Monopoly board with local street and place names.

This still wasn’t really what I wanted, so I continued my search.  I found an article from August about a Green Bay Packers Game.  One about a life-sized Candyland game in San Fransisco, and something called “Galaxion” that claims to be “the largest commercially available board game.”  (Um, hate to break it to your guys, but “Railroad Tycoon” has you beat.)

I even found an article about Ken Fonarow who sold his board game collection for $150,000.  Granted he had over 20,000 games, that’s still amazing, and where did he keep them all?

I even came across Scott’s post talking about his biggest change being that he’ll shorten his videos.  Again, still not what I’m looking for.

“So, what is it you’re looking for?” you ask?  Well, I want to know what the largest board game is that I can buy?  I mean the one with the largest playing space?  Is it “Railroad Tycoon?”  Am I wrong and is it “Galaxion?”  Or do I have to get as many “Carcassonne” base games as I can and find a football field somewhere?

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