Destination (game)
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Destination is a board game
first published in 2004
by R.T.L Ltd. Players compete as taxi drivers to acquire play money
by moving from destination to destination using dice
.
Portsmouth entrepreneur Rachel Lowe
invented the game while working as a taxi driver.
In September 2004 she appeared in the first series of Dragons' Den
where her pitch for funding was rejected.
The first edition, Destination London was Hamleys
' best-selling game when it was launched in 2004, outselling Monopoly and continues to be a best seller.
At least seventeen versions of the game have been published, including:
A Harry Potter version of the game called Destination Hogwarts was delayed when funding from NatWest fell through, and the film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was delayed by six months. This has resulted in RTL Games going into administration and the games are no longer made.
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
first published in 2004
2004 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniature games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2004. For video and console games, see 2004 in video gaming.-Game awards given in 2004:...
by R.T.L Ltd. Players compete as taxi drivers to acquire play money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
by moving from destination to destination using dice
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
.
Portsmouth entrepreneur Rachel Lowe
Rachel Lowe
Rachel Tanya Lowe MBE is an English board games developer. She attended the University of Portsmouth in order to earn a law degree. As a student she had a part time job as a taxi driver which is when she came up with the idea of the board game Destination Portsmouth...
invented the game while working as a taxi driver.
In September 2004 she appeared in the first series of Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den is a series of reality television programmes featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas in order to secure investment finance from a panel of venture capitalists. The show originated in Japan as "Manē no Tora"...
where her pitch for funding was rejected.
The first edition, Destination London was Hamleys
Hamleys
Hamleys is one of the world's largest toy shops. Its flagship store is in Regent Street, London. Major stores worldwide are in Dublin, Dubai, Amman, Glasgow, Mumbai and Chennai....
' best-selling game when it was launched in 2004, outselling Monopoly and continues to be a best seller.
At least seventeen versions of the game have been published, including:
- London
- New York
- Paris
- Birmingham
- Brighton & Hove
- Cardiff
- Dublin
- Norwich
- Portsmouth
- Sheffield
- South Africa
- Southampton
- Isle of Wight
- Scotland
A Harry Potter version of the game called Destination Hogwarts was delayed when funding from NatWest fell through, and the film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was delayed by six months. This has resulted in RTL Games going into administration and the games are no longer made.