When my match retrieved my info on the very first day and immediately sent me a message asking a bunch of questions about my games, I knew I was in for a treat. What I didn't know was that he was from the Netherlands and had good taste in games!

When I got home from work today, I had a shiny box from a board game store, so I knew it was finally game day. I opened it up and found the note from my match, apologizing for not being able to send something from the Netherlands. My response? Who cares?! I'm honored that he would take the time to pick something out that my family and I would like and spend his hard earned cash on me, some guy from across the ocean that he'll never meet. Awesome!

Naturally, I tore into the paper then and was extremely pleased to find a copy of Ticket to Ride. My wife and I have been slowly branching out into more interesting and engaging games and Ticket to Ride has been catching my eye for a while. I never mentioned any of this, so I have to assume that my match has psychic Dutch powers and will one day be my overload. In any case, we'll have a fun game to play should he ever take over!