Maninmidohio came up with the idea and with the instructions which I will ask you all to read carefully before playing for the first time.


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To make it more interesting we will require that the distance between your HOME CITY and the city you enter be longer than the distance posted by the previous person [from his home city to another place].
So it's an absolute MUST to post both the city name and the distance from your home to that place
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You should try to minimize the distance you enter so we can create the longest chain (in some cases only one kilometer more will be possible), but for some letters like Q and X it might take considerably more.
Try to keep the added distance less than 1,000 KM. When we exceed 16,000 KM the next person can start again with a location near them that starts with the next letter.
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A sample game might start like this:

1. Athens, OH - 84.9 KM (distance from Newark, OH to Athens, OH)
2. Basingstoke, UK (96.7KM) (starting from Kent, UK)
3. Canton, OH (119.6 KM) (starting from Newark, OH)
4. Dundee, Scotland (817km) (starting from Surrey, UK)
5. Elk Grove Village, (IL 923 km) (starting from South Dakota, US)
6. Fall River, MA (964 KM) (starting from Newark, OH)
7. Granite, New Hampsire(988K) (starting from Detroit, MI, US)
8. Halmstad, Sweden (1028km) (starting from Kent, UK)
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Since everyone is calculating their distances from the basepoint of their home city, it makes it very interesting.

** Either of these two sites can be useful in calculating distance (in KM).

Information Please Distance Calculator

Google Maps Distance Calculator

The last few places we've hopped

- Joensuu, Finland - 1888.9 Km (from Elgin, Scotland)
- Kingsport, Tennessee - 1891.1 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
- Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA - 2084.9 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)
- Marusic, Croatia - 2089.5km (from Elgin, Scotland)

Nassau, Bahamas - 2126.5 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Opacka, Bosnia - 2140.7 km (from Elgin, Scotland)

Phoenix, Arizona - 2198.6 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

Quemado de Guines, Cuba - 2393.8 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Rabnita, Moldova - 2406.8 km (from Elgin, Scotland)

Senado, Cuba - 2517.1 (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Trenton, Florida - 2554.5 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

Uvalde, Texas, USA - 2586.7 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Here am I, stuck in Uvalde, Texas...

Been here a couple of weeks now...

Varis, Greece - 2639.1 km (from Elgin, Scotland)

Wetaskiwin, Alberta - 2791.7 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Xantippe, Western Australia (the only place in Oz starting with X) - 3244.7 km from Sydney, Australia

Yakima, Washington, USA - 3340.3 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Bless you, Tizzabelle, for finding an 'X' so quickly!

Zuytdorp, Western Australia - 3721.4 km (from Sydney, Australia)

I'm thrilled to use Xantippe for trivia for the second time in my life!

Alajuela, Costa Rica - 3857.8 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Bima, Indonesia - 4358.6 km (from Sydney, Australia)

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands - 4524.4 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

Denpasar, Indonesia - 4623.0 km (from Sydney, Australia)

Enniscrone, Ireland - 4888.9 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Farie, Niger - 4892.9 km (from Elgin, Scotland)

Galway, Ireland - 4921.1 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Haurgeulis, Indonesia - 5383.6 km (from Sydney, Australia)

Ipswich, UK - 5622.5 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Jebus, Indonesia - 5935.2 km (from Sydney, Australia)

Kendal, United Kingdom - 5988.5 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

Lopez, The Philippines - 6112.8 km (from Sydney, Australia)

Mannheim, Germany - 6201.4 km (from Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

Northleach, United Kingdom - 6208.3 km (from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)