Only one route can be claimed each round. Playing the cards is as simple as discarding the required colour and amount for a particular route, and scoring the points on the track framing the board. There’s no limit to the number of cards you may hold, but as you build up particular colours it’s best to play them before someone else claims a route! Players can take two cards (or one if choosing the ‘wild’ locomotive), either from the display or blind from the top of the deck, replenishing the display as they go. The two you will most commonly come across are either taking cards or playing cards to claim a route. A quick excursion from Athina to Angora would net you five points, whilst a lengthy South to North slog from Cadiz to Stockholm promises 21.Įvery turn, in clockwise order, players will do one of four actions. Destination Tickets can be worth anywhere from five to 21 points depending on the length and difficulty of the journey. Remember those Destination Tickets dealt out at the beginning? Completing these routes will earn extra points at the end of the game. The longer the track, the more points that player will score immediately.īut, this is not the only way to score points. For example, a trip from Budapest to Sarajevo would require three pink train cards, which when discarded will allow that player to place three of their train pieces along that route. These colours match specific sections of the track on the map. Train cards come in eight different colours, as well as a multicoloured ‘wild’ locomotive. Once players have received all their train and station pieces, all that is left is to deal out everyone’s Train cards and initial Destination Tickets, as well as set up the display of five Train cards used to claim them. From set-up to game turns and end scoring, Ticket to Ride maintains an accessible, laid back, but satisfying feel. Refreshingly simply! This hand management set collecting, and route building game serves as an excellent gateway title in the same vein as Carcassonne, Splendor, and Codenames. From brief travels across the Channel to continental escapades through Spain, Russia, and Turkey, players will need to contend with unpredictable tunnels, greater lengths of track, and erect stations. Up to five players will take 45 trains in their colour and take a beautiful tour through Europe, completing routes in an attempt to become the greatest train magnate. In fact, the base game packs 240 of the lovely little locomotives, which will spread out across the map like erratic paint strokes on canvas.
But there are still plenty of trains, so don’t worry.
In this case, across the continent of Europe. Ticket to Ride is more specifically about train routes. But chugging along comfortably at that lighter end of the track is Ticket to Ride Europe.Īs the highest-selling train game on the market, Ticket to Ride takes pride in its colourful accessibility, bringing families around the table to compete in a nostalgic trip of locomotive card-play. Trains have been a thematic mainstay of the board game hobby for many years, ranging from the simple pick up and delivery of Ivor the Engine to the heavy and meticulous Russian Railroads.
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