Some routes – those that are Gray colored – can be claimed using a set of cards of any one color. When a route is claimed, the player places one of his plastic trains in each of the spaces of the route. All the cards in the set used to claim the route are then discarded. A player may claim any open route on the board.
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Some routes – those that are Gray colored – can be claimed using a set of cards of any one color. When a route is claimed, the player places one of his plastic trains in each of the spaces of the route. All the cards in the set used to claim the route are then discarded. A player may claim any open route on the board.
The highest-scoring routes are Seattle to New York (22 points), Los Angeles to New York (21 points), Los Angeles to Miami (20 points), and Vancouver to Montreal (20 points).
Ticket to Ride Set-UpEvery player takes a coloured marker token and the matching set of 45 coloured trains. Everyone places their marker at the start of the scoring track that runs around the edge of the board. The game contains 110 train cards, is made up of 12 of each train car type, and 14 locomotive cards.
The longest route includes all the red trains (50 trains) and does not include all the blue trains of the smaller routes branching off. Note that the branches do not count although they are connected. The Trans America Express (worth 10 points) card in Ticket To Ride is awarded to the player with the longest route.
At the end of the game, move each of your stations from its city onto the route it is claiming (on top of the cars). Then that one route counts as yours for the purposes of completing tickets. You don't get to move the station again, so you can't claim multiple routes.
The Board Game Geek community gives it a complexity rating of 1.9/5. I agree it's a medium-light game that offers more than it requires of players. Who Will Enjoy It? If you're the sort of person who likes to play nice and isn't too competitive, you should probably check out Ticket to Ride.
Ticket to Ride: First Journey is geared at younger gamers who aren't quite ready for the full game. This version uses pictures on the game board and route cards so reading is not required to play. It also simplifies the scoring, rather than earning points, players are racing to complete six routes to win the game.
The Europe edition of Ticket to Ride is essentially the sequel to the original, and it's been referred to as the gamer's version of Ticket to Ride. The basic gameplay stays the same, but now on a European map. There were two main concepts added to the game in the terms of ferries and tunnels.
Locomotives can always act as a stand-in for any given color. and (as an example): To claim a Blue route that is three spaces long, a player may play any of the following card combinations: three Blue cards; two Blue cards and a Locomotive; one Blue card and two Locomotives; or three Locomotives.
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