We’re midway through the $10,000 Ticket to Ride Map Design Contest. During the submission phase hundreds of entries poured into our Paris and California offices. The variety of entries was impressive; but after many hours spent reviewing the submissions we were able to narrow them down to those that were so intriguing we just had to play test them. All their authors have been contacted and we’ve received their complete maps.
We’re now in the midst of reviewing and playing these “finalists” and are quite excited by what we’ve seen. No matter which map ultimately wins, Ticket to Ride fans will be in for a treat once they get to play it this fall. While the winning designer will be selected and contacted before the end of June, we’re keeping the winning map under wraps until we reveal the new Ticket to Ride Map Collection in October.
A Few Map Design Contest Stats…
Number of entries: 612 total
Number of countries we received submissions from: 40
Top 5 submitting countries: US, France, Canada, Germany, UK
Most popular map theme: Outer Space/Mars/Moon – 64 entries!
Most “unexpected” theme ideas: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour, Atlantis, The Underground Railroad, American Civil War, Transylvania and Human Anatomy.
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Darn it! (but congratulations to the finalists!)
I felt pretty good about my submission. I do look forward to seeing what others have done.
How many finalists were selected?
Bittersweet news. I expect great things from the finalists!
And I thought my 2-sided TTR: Moon map would be unique! If you go that route, I hope you still use a 2-sided moon map. It makes so much sense!
Stupid question – but are you going to release who made it to the 2nd phase for those of us paranoid that our spam filter caught the email?
Doh! Well, at least my Atlantis theme idea got mentioned – that’s something, eh?
Bittersweet indeed. My congratulations to those who made the cut.
is there any place I can see all the submissions ?
Hey, I was hoping for my underground idea to go one better but a mention’s better than nothing.
Guess my team-play world map; around the world in 80 days theme didn’t make the cut 🙁
Congratulations to those going forward to the next round and anyone whose idea is mentioned on the post above.
Bummer (for me and my Ticket to Ride Eureka – California Gold Rush map), but congrats to the finalists! Can’t wait to add another map to my collection.
Congrats to the finalists! And yeah, bummer to me also…my TransSiberian Railway didn’t make the cut. Can’t wait to see the newest map!
Dying to see the Transylvania map!
I think, that I´m not alone, who want to know the finalist and their topic of the map.
Darn! I guess my “TTR: Your Basic Circle Around a Christmas Tree” map didn’t make the cut.
I kind of knew that my attempt at a map based on the Trans-Siberian railway was a bit of a longshot.
I proposed a map based on the London Underground, and guess if I was surprised when I this weekend found a game called “On the Underground” that I’d never seen before – and it was almost a photocopy of the map I made!
Anyway, congratulations to all of you that made it to the finals! Can’t wait to see this map-pack.
Congrats to the finalists. I just can’t wait to see the map pack no matter what the maps are.