International TT Day SG

When did the international Tabletop Day began?

• 1993

• 1998

• 2013

• 2018

Answer explanation

The first International Tabletop Day started off from Geek & Sundry, riding on the success of the "Tabletop" series. The event, held on March 13 2013, was hosted by Will Wheaton and Felicia Day. In its heyday, Geek & Sundry had more than 1.4 million subscribers.

The largest tabletop game convention is held annually in Indiana at GenCon

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This one is a throwaway for most enthusiastic gamers. Spiel Essen is by far the biggest event, netting close to 1000 game publishers and 100,000 visitors annually.

When is tablecon quest held this year?

• 8, 9 June

• 15, 16 June

• 22, 23 June

• 29, 30 June

Answer explanation

Hope you guys had fun!

Which of these games is not a Spiel des Jahres winner?

• Pandemic

• Ticket to Ride

• Settlers of Catan

• Codenames

Answer explanation

While highly popular, it has not won the award when it was released in 2009 in Germany. The title went to Dominion; the father of deck builders.

Which of these games is the Best-Selling Board Games of All Time?

• Catan

• Battleship

• Monopoly

• Risk

Answer explanation

Monopoly is the 3rd most sold boardgame of all time, behind Chess and Checker with a total of 275 million copies sold worldwide. We wish for it to be Catan as well but it has only sold 32 million till date

Which of these tabletop games is the oldest?

• Rummy

• Go/Weiqi

• Snakes and Ladders

• Senet

Answer explanation

Haha image is just a red herring. Senet sprouted off at about ~3000 BCE. It is then followed by Go (~500 BCE), snakes & ladder (~100 CE) then Rummy (~1890). Although details of the original game rules are debatable, historians Timothy Kendall and R.C bell have made their own reconstructions of the game that modern day senet adopts.

The "score track" around the game board was introduced as a game design in 1984. What is it called?

• Teuberleiste

• Kramerleiste

• Knizialeiste

• Vlaadaleiste

Answer explanation

This game mechanics is designed by Wolfgang Kramer and he was awarded for this innovation in his 1984 Heimlich & Co. Unfortunately, he passed away on October 22, 2023 at the age of 83. Some of his notable games include EL grande, 6 nimmt! and Tikal.

Which of these mechanics is not in the game of 7 Wonders?

• Card Drafting

• Set collection

• Auction/Bidding

• 
  Simultaneous Action Selection

Which of these pictures belongs to cascadia?

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Answer explanation

2nd choice was a pokemon... I was hoping no one picks it

Which tabletop game do these components belong to?

• Puerto Rico

• Castle of Burgandy

• Jaipur

• Jamaica