A spark of inspiration can strike at any time. Three years ago, it struck a girl in 8th grade returning home from a trip to Morocco.
As her plane was landing in San Francisco, Ava Rathenberg overheard two boys playing on their tablet computers and realized that they had no idea where they were going.
“One of them thought they were landing in New York, and the other thought they were landing in Beijing,” she said. “So I thought, ‘What if I could create a game to help kids explore the world and learn more about the many different fascinating places to visit, but in a fun way, not like a schoolbook?’ Then, I also thought it had to be a real board game to help them get away from electronic devices for a while.”…