“I’ve won!” six-year-old Alex shouted, sliding his pawn into Oslo. Growing up in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, I would spend hours absorbed in Traveling in Europe, the board game that sparked my love for both travel and geography. After memorizing the continent’s countries, capitals, and major cities, I graduated to Traveling in Greece, where I discovered every island of my homeland. Then came Traveling in the World—and soon after, my very first flight. At eight years old, two weeks in Far East Asia expanded my world in ways I couldn’t yet put into words. I encountered new civilizations, religions, and customs—realizing, for the first time, how vast and varied life…