In case you missed the event last saturday, or if you want to show off, telling everybody around you “I was there”, you are now given the opportunity of living it again thanks to the video that the Tric Trac Team prepared incredibly fast (Thanks Guys!) or to the photos in our gallery (taken by Brice) or in the Tric Trac coverage.

• Brice’s photo gallery
• Tric Trac’s coverage
• La vidéo-souvenir de l’évènement :

Unfortunately within a matter of weeks it became painfully obvious that we’d severely underestimated the appeal of the game among English players worldwide, especially those of Nordic ancestry. As a result, the first English edition sold out almost immediately, leaving throngs of frustrated fans wanting for the game or faced with absurd prices again! For this reason we are very excited to announce that Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries in English, will be back in stock this fall – just in time for the holiday season.

Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries is designed specifically for 2 or 3 players, features a winter holiday theme, a vertically formatted board, tunnels, ferries and the famous 9 segment route from Murmansk to Lieksa. You can expect to find the English language version in the Days of Wonder webstore and at game retailers in North America and Europe by early September.

Learn more on the Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries web page.

After a very long day of intense gaming, the final just finished and Patrick Deckers is the first Ticket to Ride World Champion.

He wins a trip for two on the Orient-Express.

After 3 Qualifying Rounds, he defeated Pere Garriga Solé in the semi-finals and Ian Andrew Vincent in final.

You can read the different scores on the Event’s forum.

Thank you to our 8 champions for their commitment and the good atmosphere.

We also wish to thank

• the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux and mayor
• the Musée Français de la carte à jouer and its team
• Tric Trac, Mr Phal, Vincent, Node et Malek for the live broadcasting of the Event on the Internet (and you could even choose your table…)
• Jérôme and Nicolas, our international referees
• Henning Kröpke for the comments in the forum
• our partners for the national championships
  • Asmodee for France, Germany and Bénélux
  • Esdevium for England
  • Edge for Spain
  • Alan R. Moon, the Gathering of Friends and the network of partner shopsfor the USA
  • Rebel for Poland

The Ticket to Ride World Championship will take place on June 19 in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer 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 Trictrac 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!

Schedule:

12:00 p.m. – 1st Round on Ticket to Ride Märklin Edition
1:15 p.m. – 2nd Round on Ticket to Ride Europe
2:30 p.m. – Break
3:00 p.m. - 3rd Round on Ticket to Ride

A first ranking will then be established:
• Ranking points
• Number of victories
• Combined scores

The four best players will then play the semi-finals.
4:00 p.m. - Semi-Finals on Ticket to Ride (1st against 4th and 2nd against 3rd)

The winners of the Semi-Finals will then play the Final
6:00 p.m. – Final
7:30 p.m. – Award Ceremony

Good luck to everyone !

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This is it! The 8 finalists who will compete in the first ever Ticket to Ride World Championship have now been determined. Soon they will all be on their way to Paris.

On Saturday June 19th, the le Musée de la Carte à Jouer (Card Game Museum) at Issy-les-Moulineaux, will host the inaugural Ticket to Ride World Championship. The 8 national champions will fiercely compete on the various Ticket to Ride maps to claim the title and win the grand prize – a fabulous journey on the Orient Express.

The 8 players are:

- Eric Miller, who won the North American championship on April the 10th in Columbus, OH

- Jay Fox, the North American runner-up

- Krystian Romanowski, Polish champion on April the 17th in Gdansk

- Rémi Bec, French champion on April the 25th in Toulouse

- Pere Garriga Solé, Spanish champion on May the 15th in Madrid

- Jürgen Grauer, German champion on May the 15th in Herne

- Patrick Deckers, Benelux champion on May the 29th in Bruxelles

- Ian Andrew Vincent, UK champion on June the 5th in Birmingham

Congratulation to all of the finalists for getting this far. We’re sure they are in the midst of intensive training to prepare themselves for the Ticket to Ride Championship.

As they will all want your support on the day of the championship, we will soon announce a surprise that will allow you to follow your favorites during the event!

Spanish Champion, Pere Garriga Solé (in black, center),
along with other finalists from the Spanish Championships in Madrid

The Ticket to Ride North American Championship was held this past weekend at Alan Moon’s annual Gathering of Friends event in Columbus Ohio. 16 players who qualified in previous events in both the US and Canada were there to battle for the championship and a chance to win the trip to Paris to compete in the World Championship in June.

Friday’s qualifying round was made up of three, 4-player games of Ticket to Ride. The first game was Ticket to Ride Europe, followed by Ticket to Ride US map, and finally the 1910 variant. The top 8 players were ranked based on their overall performance in those qualifying games and seeded 1 through 8 for the next day’s quarterfinal matches.

Moving on to Saturday were:
#1 David Belew (won all three games)
#2 Thomas Vilfroy (also won all three games)
#3 Kyle Greenwood
#4 Erik Miller
#5 Duncan McGregor
#6 Charles Rucker
#7 Linda Lait
#8 Jay Fox

The next day these 8 players were matched up in 2-player, best 2 out of 3 matches on the standard Ticket to Ride US map. Immediately there were big upsets as both the #8 seed, Jay Fox and #7 seed, Linda Lait took out the two top ranked players. Kyle Greenwood and Erik Miller also moved onto the semi’s. 

As befitting a North American Championship, the semi finals featured two Canadians, Eric Miller from Vancouver and Linda Lait from Lethbridge, Alberta; while Jay Fox from Philadelphia was matched against Kyle Greenwood from Las Vegas. The cards were not with Kyle this day, as Jay defeated him in two straight games to move onto the finals. The all-Canadian match went the distance however, with Eric triumphing over Linda in the decisive third game.

With both finalists now guaranteed a trip to the World Championships in Paris, the finals match was for bragging rights, the Championship trophy and a set of 45 Gold trains; while the runner-up would get a set of Silver trains and the 2nd place trophy. While the matches were closer than the scores indicate, Erik Miller was triumphant, taking the Championship,in two games by scores of 136-114 and 124 to 111.

In the consolation match for third place, Kyle Greenwood defeated Linda Lait and took home the Bronze train set and third place trophy.

Congratulations to the North American Ticket to Ride Champion, Erik Miller!

In Denver at GenghisCon, the Western US Qualifier was won by Thomas Vilfroy of Greeley, Colorado. 2nd Place went to Jason Gorski of Colorado Springs, while 3rd place went to Cheryl Orosz who traveled from Ypsilanti, Michigan to compete.

And the Pacific Qualifier at OrcCon in Southern California, 1st Place went to Mychael Bueno, Gerald Delker took 2nd and Ephraim Silverman placed 3rd.

Congratulations to all and especially to Erik, Thomas and Mychael! They have each qualified for the North American Championship in Columbus, Ohio in April and will compete for a chance to go to Paris for the Ticket to Ride World Championships.

At EuroQuest, sixty-eight players set an all-time record for a tournament held there. The tournament winner was Josh Githens from Piedmont, South Carolina.  Josh went through the tournament undefeated, winning in both of the first two heats, and continuing his streak through to the final game win.  Second place went to Steve Shambeda, third was Tom Dunning, and James Freeman rounded out the final four.

A very happy Josh Githens (right) receives his winner’s plaque
from Ticket to Ride GM Virginia Colin at EuroQuest

In Dallas at BGG.COM, 50 players competed over 2 days with Michael Vandehey of Wichita Falls, TX emerging as the winner. Remarkably, Michael won both his games during Friday’s preliminary rounds, and then won all 4 games he played in the semi and final rounds on Saturday. Brick Amundsen of Round Rock, TX was the Runner-up in the tournament. Congratulations to both Michael and Brick who qualify for the North American Championships in April. Stephen Smith and Amy Garrett who finished 3rd and 4th will serve as alternates.

Congratulations to the winners and all who competed.

Dominic Blais won the Ticket to Ride Tournament at the Fiesta Ludiq held in Montréal Quebec. 2nd place was Laurent Vincelette, also of Montréal and 3rd place went to Martin Prégent of Gatineau.

Brian Beck of New York City was the winner of the Northeast Qualifier that was held in Edison, NJ at Ubercon. The runner-up was Nicholas Cheung of Boston, MA.

Congrats to all!

The Ticket to Ride World Championship has begun and we already have some tournament winners who have qualified for their respective national championships.

Many other events are coming up, and there is probably one near you. So it’s time to get on board and enter this championship for a chance to win the grand prize: a trip for two on the Orient-Express.

Take a look at the Ticket to Ride World Championship web page. which is updated weekly with new tournaments. For instance, the UK Championship has been updated with 4 tournaments, check UK Championship page for more info and sign up.

In North America, we’ve added 3 additional Tournaments: in Montreal, Quebec, at CalCon in Calgary, Canada and in the Northeast US at Ubercon. Visit the North American Championship page for more info and to sign up.

Here is the list of qualifiers so far:
- Steffen Markert, winner of Leipzig, tournament qualifies for the German Championship.
- Dennis Linke, winner of Berlin tournament, qualifies for the German Championship.
- Damien Da Encarnacao, winner of Vauréal tournament, qualifies for the French Championship.
- Mateusz Magulski, winner of Gdynia tournament, qualifies for the Polish Championship.
- Kyle Greenwood, winner of WBC tournament, qualifies for the North American Championship.
- Jay Fox, runner-up of WBC tournament, qualifies for the North American Championship.
- David Belew, winner of the GenCon tournament, qualifies for the North American Championship.
- Charles Rucker, runner-up of the GenCon tournament, qualifies for the North American Championship.

Congratulations to the qualifiers so far. Will your name be next on the list?!