Conquer Club

Round 7 is finished, but parts of my computer are on the fritz, including my official files for this tournament. I'll hopefully get the games out sometime in the first half of next week.

Round 8: British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ireland. There are about 136 permanently inhabited islands in the group, the largest two being Great Britain and Ireland. The islands are at relatively low altitudes. The Scottish Highlands in the northern part of Great Britain are mountainous. Other mountainous areas include Wales and parts of the island of Ireland. Lakes on the islands are generally not large, neither are rivers particularly long. The English Channel and the southern North Sea are the busiest seaways in the world. The Channel Tunnel, opened 1994, links Great Britain to France and is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world.

The Isles have a long shared history. Even though they are one of the smallest areas in our trip, it has some of the most interesting sights. These include Hadrian’s Wall in northern England (built by the Romans in 122 and still used today as a bike trail), Westminster Palace in London (including the palace and Big Ben), Stonehenge, Loch Ness in Scotland, and Dublin University in Ireland.

This is the next to last leg of the race, and we are down to our final 6 teams. Half will be eliminated, so I hope you’ve stored up enough tiebreaker points throughout the tournament.

Our first game is complete with pault334 and myself winning in 6 rounds. We got some good rolls to finish that game.

luckyderus and pault334 won the second game in round 8.

we won the final game too.

4 of the 6 Round 8 games have been completed.

Finals: Europe

The continent of Europe takes up almost 7% of the world’s land and contains 11% of the world’s population. It includes 50 nations/states, with Russia being the largest and Vatican City the smallest. The continent drove the rise in Western civilization in the 16th century, and dominated most of the world in the 17th-19th centuries. The World Wars of the first half of the 20th century left Europe with much less power than it had previously. Today, 27 European nations are members of the European Union, which was designed for ease of travel and market structure.

Congratulations on making it to the final leg of the race. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done up to this point in the tournament; it’s a mad-dash to the finish line. The first team to win 2 games wins the title of Amazing Race: Europe Champions.

Congratulations to goggles paisano and vexx for winning the first two Finals Games and claiming the title of Amazing Race: Europe Champions.