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New Memoir ’44 Equipment Pack – largest set of figures ever!

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

68 years ago today, Allied forces unleashed over 150,000 men and thousands of tons of equipment along the coast of Normandy.

This year on the anniversary of D-Day, Days of Wonder announces the Memoir ’44 Equipment Pack. This is a major expansion to the Memoir ’44 game system and fills a game box as big as the original board game.

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Ticket to Ride steams onto PCs worldwide today!

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Today Ticket to Ride makes its debut on Steam, the world’s most popular PC gaming platform.

The Steam powered version of Ticket to Ride combines the updated graphics and UI design that debuted in the award-winning iPad version with the power features that have made the Online version so popular among PC users. It includes solo and online game play on the classic Ticket to Ride USA map, as well as in-game purchases for all of the digital maps and game modes released for the iPad and Mac App store to date, including USA 1910, Europe, and Switzerland.

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Geek & Sundry’s TableTop show doubles down on Days of Wonder with Ticket to Ride!

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Can Wil Wheaton dominate America’s favorite Train Game?

Gaming fans have been raving about the new Geek & Sundry Tabletop show on the YouTube channel. This week, host Wil Wheaton and friends battle for rail baron bragging rights as they play the Ticket to Ride board game.

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30 Millionth Online Game Winner!

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

On Sunday, two players –  spunky k and SherryBeatsYou – went head to head in the 30 millionth Days of Wonder Online game. Playing in a Ticket to Ride 1910 Mega game,  spunky k came out on top and is the winner of our 30 Million Online Games iPad Giveaway!

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Small World Realms – Available for Pre-order!

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

The Small World Universe is expanding beyond its borders with Small World Realms, a big new expansion that features scores of puzzle-like geomorphic Terrain tiles that assemble into countless different board maps. With Realms, the very ground your fantasy races walk upon is shifting under their feet!

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Small World Realms – To score more, keep digging!

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

With the release of Small World Realms becoming imminent, it is time for us to dig into one of the most complex scenarios of this pack – A Dig Too Far. Here to shed some light on this new Underground Realm is Philippe Keyaerts, the designer of Small World.

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Small World Realms – Crops of Power

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Following our adventure to the East, let’s consider a slightly more complex scenario – The Crops of Power.

This 2-6 player scenario introduces a new rule that lets each player who ventures into these Realms use not 1, but 2 Special Powers! But let’s catch up with Philippe Keyaerts, the game designer of Small World again…

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30 Million Online Games iPad Giveaway!

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

The Days of Wonder homepage includes a ticker that shows just how many online games have been played through Days of Wonder Online. You may have noticed that we are getting close to reaching our 30 millionth Days of Wonder Online game!  30,000,000 is a big number… and sounds like a great excuse to hold a contest and giveaway one of Apple’s New iPads!

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Small World Realms – Go East

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

As we are putting the finishing touches on our latest Small World expansion, it seems to be the right time to discuss one of the most important aspects of the Realms: Its scenarios.

Twelve in total, there are enough to appeal to both expert masters of Small World and novice players alike. Thanks to the geomorphic nature of the Terrain tiles, each scenario can be customized for a varying number of players, with many of the scenarios scaling well up to 6 players!

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Ticket to Ride Comes to Mac App Store

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Ticket to Ride is steaming onto the Mac app store with a new Macintosh version that includes solo, hot-seat and online game play on the classic Ticket to Ride USA map. Based on the graphics and design of the successful iPad version, this new Ticket to Ride for Mac also includes in-app purchases for all of the digital maps and game modes released on iPad: USA 1910, Europe, and Switzerland.

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