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After pooling all the comments, Twitter followers, emails, etc.  After trying (and failing) to figure out what the heck is going on with our comments (something I will fix, eventually) we have a winner for the “Ticket to Ride” giveaway.

Congratulations to @Howitzer_120mm from our Twitter followers.  Your name was drawn as the winner of the contest.  I’ve already sent you a Direct Message on Twitter to inform you of your winning, so if you haven’t already, please email me your information and I’ll mail out your new game.

Thanks you everyone who entered, and please look forward to future contests.  I do have a couple other games that I’m planning on giving away in the future, so keep checking back on the site for those and other board game news.

Alright, I’ve gotten a few emails since yesterday about people not being able to comment.  I’ve tried to correct the issue on my end, and all my tests show that the comments are allowed.

I’ve tried logging out, using different browsers (IE7, IE8, Safari, Safari for iPhone, Konqueror, Firefox, and Google Chrome) and all my tests work.   I am able to leave a comment.

So, I’m not sure what’s going on.  You may have to hard refresh (CTRL + F5) to dump the cached pages, but I have a feeling that may not work.  Anyone out there know what else I might try on my end?

Alright, enough of that.  If you want to be entered into the contest do everything else I said, and instead of commenting on a post (unless you can) then go ahead and email me at mark@gamesoverboard.com.  I’ll enter you from there.

Thanks all!

I’m not going to say that our first contest has gone perfectly, as that would be a huge lie.  We’ve had some successes, and we’ve had some errors, and we’ve had some moments where we pulled out some of the little hair left on our heads.

But I think that’s all been fixed now.  Well, at least you CAN leave a comment on our posts at least.  (Sorry about that folks and thanks, Vince, for bringing it to our attention.) Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, you read that headline correctly.  We’re having a giveaway contest.  Here are the details.

We have a copy of Ticket to Ride (USA version) with the sixth player expansion that we’re going to give to one of our lucky readers.  Entering the contest is simple.  Just do one of three things by this Friday (5/14/10) and we’ll draw for the winner.

Here’s how to enter:

• Leave a comment on one of our posts.  You can comment on any of our previous articles, or tell us what you want to see from Games Overboard on this post.  We’re open to your suggestions, so let us know what you think.
• Follow and Reply to us on Twitter.  Say, “Hi,” tell us your thoughts, make a suggestion for a new article, or whatever else you want to say.  Just make sure to keep it under 140 characters.
• Write your own post for Games Overboard and email it to mark@gamesoverboard.com.  It can be about anything game related.*

That’s all you have to do and the game could be yours.  Oh, and in case you’re wondering, if you can have up to four entries in the drawing if you choose to do more than one of the above options.  That’s right, if you do all three we’ll give you a bonus entry into the drawing.

I’ll be drawing the winner this coming weekend, after I’ve had a chance to tally the results.  Good luck to everyone!

*Emailed articles will be considered only if you allow us the option to post them under a Creative Commons non-commercial, share-alike licence.  Works will be attributed to the authors, if posted, so please let us know you’re information so we can give you the compliments you deserve.

We’ve all played the game “Mousetrap” at some point in our lives.  For me it was one of those games my friends had, but my parents never bought for me and my brothers.

A good thing too as, if I remember, we always had the problem that the darn thing never really lived up to the hype.  Well, someone has taken the frustration you and I felt as children and put that to song. Read the rest of this entry »