Fictionaire is simple – players make up a bogus definition or fake answer for a word or question asked by the game’s host – trying to trick him or her into believing that their answer is correct. To earn points in Fictionaire, players either have to choose the right definition – or get someone to pick their answer. Even better, if a player bluffs someone into choosing the wrong answer, they earn a bonus point.

Fictionaire is a fun mix of creative storytelling, trivia knowledge and bluffing skills. The Fictionaire Game Series includes 4 differently themed card packs – Classic Fictionaire, Tall Tales, Fool Science and Naturals -  each with 120 questions. It’s designed for 4 to 7 players and there are both English and French language versions. To learn more visit the Fictionaire webpage.

You can pickup Fictionaire at your local game store, or order it from the Days of Wonder webstore.

Small World Tales & Legends is now available in better game stores worldwide. This fun expansion introduces 54 new themed Event cards that change the storyline of each turn during the game. To learn more, visit the Small World Tales & Legends web page.

Also, English language reprints of the first to Small World expansions – Cursed! and Grand Dames of Small World are also now available. Pick up your Small World expansions soon and have fun!

Today we’re announcing an even more addictive version of the game – Small World for iPad 1.0. Players can now play whenever they want face-to-face against a friend or – in the new solo mode against the game’s built-in artificial intelligence. This major upgrade is available free to players who have already purchased Small World for iPad and is available to new players for $6.99.

To learn more about the game visit the Small World for iPad web page.

Or purchase the game from the Small World page in the App Store.

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

A new version of the Small World for IPad game is now available from the App store. Thanks to all the great feedback and suggestions from all the Small World players!

Version 0.92 includes the following updates:

- In-game Tutorial: You can learn the game basics as you play!
- In-game sound effects
- French and German languages
- Automatic side-by-side “Travel Mode” game mode
- You can now view the available Race/Special Power combos before deciding to go into Decline

Visit the Small World page in the App Store to learn more!

or two.

They are massive!

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!

The kidnappers have been foiled, thanks to the detective work of Shawn Simas, aka  DaJackel, from Ontario Canada, who was the first to respond with the correct crime elements in the Mystery Express Whodunit contest.  He knew that it was Prof. Karlov, driven by his deep Despair, who Clubbed poor Alan in the Club Car at 6:30! In addition to Alan Moon’s grateful thanks, he has also won a $500 (US) reward.

If you played along in the contest and would like to know which clues you may have missed, visit the Whodunit contest page where we’ve posted where the clues could be found.

Congratulations to DaJackel and also to the Telegram from Budapest winners who correctly guessed the right clues part way through the contest:

The Telegram from Budapest winners include:

Dewitt – France
Doranator – UK
regulus1 – Belgium
muka – Poland
JasonRubino – US
mcgrath251 – US
player626172 – Canada
drew8 – US
jfpilon – Canada
harrmeg – Greece

They each win a copy of the new Mystery Express board game from Days of Wonder. Congratulations to all!

- The Chief Detective

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Detectives, the big day has come. The Mystery Express Whodunit Contest is now open for your final entries.

The last clues have been uploaded (Check the DOW Facebook page if you haven’t seen the final Time clues). If you’ve been paying attention, you have all the details needed to figure out the crime.  The first entry with all 5 Crime Elements correct will earn the $500 reward for helping us save Alan Moon. And even if you’re not sure about one or two, there’s nothing to lose by making a guess. Go to the Whodunit Contest Entry page now!

The winner, along with the winners of the 10 free copies of the Mystery Express board game will be announced within the next 3 days.  Good luck!

- The Chief Detective