Destination (game)

[Octavis Uberstine]

Destination is a brand of roll-and-move board games first published in 2004. In the original taxi-themed version, players compete as taxi drivers to acquire play money by moving from destination to destination across the board using dice. The game combines chance from rolling dice and drawing chance cards with a degree of strategic decision-making in planning routes and managing resource cards.

Developed by Portsmouth-based entrepreneur Rachel Lowe, the brand featured in the inaugural British series of Dragons' Den, in which Lowe's investment pitch was rejected. After securing alternative funding, Destination London was published by RTL Games Ltd for Christmas 2004, becoming Hamleys' best-selling game of the year. Since 2004, over twenty-five editions of the game have been published, covering different geographic areas and including licensed versions inspired by Pixar animations, Harry Potter, the London 2012 Olympics, and Downton Abbey.

Destination is a turn-based, roll-and-move strategic board game. In the original edition, two to six players compete as taxi drivers. Each player starts at a taxi rank with destination cards.[1] They take turns to roll dice, planning routes to reach their destinations across the board. Players can strategically choose routes to maximise money. Having reached their destination, they collect a fare and a fuel card. Players can exchange fuel cards between themselves or buy more at a garage. Among other obstacles, if players land on a traffic light, they must pick up a card, which can yield a range of outcomes, such as free fuel, a speeding fine, and licence points. Players are eliminated if they lose their driving licence or run out of fuel. The winner is the last competitor still in the game at the taxi rank with the most money.[1][2]

Entrepreneur Rachel Lowe invented the game while working as a taxi driver.[2][5][6] After being encouraged by a university lecturer she was transporting, she enrolled as a mature student to study Law and Business at the University of Portsmouth.[6][7] In 2003, she founded RTL Games Ltd to design and publish the game.[8] Lowe secured funding for the company from a university competition run by the Portsmouth Centre for Enterprise,[2][5][6] and raised 12,000 in sponsorship deals with local companies,[6][9][10] including Wightlink and the University of Portsmouth.[10] Financial backers liked that the game could function as a souvenir for tourists.[5]

In September 2004, Lowe appeared in the inaugural British series of Dragons' Den, pitching for 75,000 in return for a 35% stake in the company.[5][9] RTL Games had already secured a deal to release a first edition, but required further investment before it could launch.[9] After struggling to answer questions on the company's finances and the size of the market, Lowe's pitch was rejected.[5][9] The investors feared that the game could not compete with Monopoly and would struggle to attract press coverage.[11][12][13] Commentators consider the pitch among the greatest missed investment opportunities from the television programme.[14][15][16]

Following the failure of the Dragons' Den pitch, RTL Games instead secured a loan from the Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust Group's community development financial institution, which provided the prerequisite funding for marketing and additional stock.[17]

Toy retailer Hamleys released the first edition, Destination London, for Christmas 2004.[2][9] The game sold 2,500 copies and was the store's most-sold game of the year, outselling established games like Monopoly.[9][10] It was later stocked in national retailers including Debenhams, Toys "R" Us, and WHSmith.[6] The second edition, Destination Portsmouth, was launched at the city's Cascades Shopping Centre and sold out within three weeks.[11][18]

At a 2005 toy fair, Lowe struck a deal with Debenhams to stock Birmingham and Cardiff editions of the game.[9] Further regional editions were developed. While most regional editions explored cities and counties in the United Kingdom, overseas editions covered Paris,[19] Dublin,[20] Delhi, and South Africa.[21] In return for sponsorship, local businesses could be displayed on the boards of local editions.[10][11] Destination South Africa featured website links and contact details for advertised businesses.[21]

Following a deal with The Walt Disney Company, RTL Games released the brand's first licensed edition. Targeting a junior audience, Destination Animation featured characters and destinations from Pixar animated films.[5][22]

In 2010, a BBC Panorama investigation on bank irresponsibility covered the demise of RTL Games Ltd. Angel investor Simon Dolan approached Lowe after her appearance in the documentary, and together they launched a new lifestyle company, She Who Dares UK Ltd, which acquired the Destination brand.[5][6][26][27] Destination Hogwarts ultimately debuted at the London Film Museum in July 2011.[24][27][29]

Lowe secured a licensing deal to release two Olympic-themed editions ahead of the London 2012 Summer Olympics,[5] Destination London 2012 and a junior Destination London 2012 Sports.[24][30] A further licensing deal followed in Destination Downton Abbey, inspired by the historical drama series.[10][27]

In 2014, British retailer John Lewis agreed to stock a 10th anniversary edition of Destination London.[17] Other 10th anniversary editions followed in the mid-2010s, including republications of Destination Birmingham and Destination Isle of Wight.[28][31]

Lowe resigned from She Who Dares UK Ltd in July 2017.[32] In the same year, her new board game company, Rachel Lowe Games & Puzzles, was incorporated;[33] although no new editions were released, Destination formed part of the company's portfolio by the time of the brand's acquisition by Heathside Trading in 2022.[34] In 2020, the company published a licensed board game for period drama series Call the Midwife.[35] While not part of the Destination brand, the gameplay is similar, with players planning routes to deliver babies across the board.[36][37]

In March 2022, Destination was acquired by toy and games distributor Heathside Trading, which announced plans to launch national editions in 2023 and 20th anniversary celebratory editions in 2024.[34] In April 2023, Lowe announced a fundraiser to launch a 20th anniversary edition of Destination Portsmouth.[18][39] Expected to launch in December 2023, the game will feature a double-sided board for day and night shifts.[40]

Why shouldn't he put his articles behind a paywall? Subscriptions are how they stay in business. Besides, $14 per month is worth it for great coverage of all things UND and local news. I think we're lucky to have the writers we have.

San Diego has a nearly 13k arena close to the airport and relatively close to Hotel del Coronado, which is a bucket list hotel. Hopefully this sells out quickly and demonstrates that the sweet spot is a little larger than they are aiming for here.

Keeping a demand. With the last two games there were empty seats and I think it would have been better for some to just hold off on purchasing tickets from those who ordered too many and they could probably have better seats as well. I know I considered just waiting to purchase seats from those who overbought, but with the smaller arena that might be risky. Hopefully we would have already had a destination game earlier in 2026, if they could manage to make the Frozen Four in Las Vegas at TMobile.

my script is for character moving to the certain point on the terrain. To get this point I have to use mouse. When I click on the terrain, my character goes there. Now, If he reach his point and something like enemy come to push him, he moves away from his point !!? What I want is to make him stop there and no power in the world could move him.

Could you just set isKinematic on the RigidBody to false once he reaches the destination? This would prevent the rigidbody from being effected by physics, which is kind of like preventing any force in the world from moving it :).

They've been two of college hockey's most consistent teams over the last decade, both sitting above .500 every season. They've been fixtures in the weekly top-20 polls, too. That should make the 2024 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game an intriguing East-West matchup.

In 2023-24, UND will open with the Ice Breaker Tournament against Army and Wisconsin in Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND's other home series are against Minnesota, Bemidji State, Minnesota State-Mankato and Alaska (Fairbanks). It will play on the road at Boston University.

In 2024-25, in addition to the Providence game, UND will host Boston University in a home series, play at Minnesota State-Mankato and Cornell, and take on Bemidji State in a home-and-away series. UND still has one more series left to book for 2024-25. Considering it's already playing five road nonconference games, it will almost surely wind up being a two-game home series.

Sometimes, UND has used the game to play at an out-of-market destination. In 2018, UND played Minnesota in Las Vegas. Last season, the Fighting Hawks played Penn State in Nashville. Next week, they'll play Arizona State in Vegas.

The Fighting Hawks had been doing them every two years. They did New York City in 2016 and Las Vegas in 2018. Nashville was originally supposed to be 2020, but was delayed for one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. They're back in Vegas in 2022.

Another option would be playing exhibition games in a foreign country, which teams are permitted to do once every four years. UND did this in 2014, playing a pair of exhibitions in suburban Vancouver.

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