Description:
October 2, 1900 -- it's 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a 20,000 pound bet that he could travel Around the World in 80 Days. Now at the dawn of the century some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble -- and to propose a new wager of their own. The stakes: $1 million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see the most cities in North America -- in just 7 days.
Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure game. Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. So climb aboard for some railroading fun and adventure. You've got a Ticket to Ride!
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Our Review:
Ticket to Ride, winner of BoardGameRatings.com Best Family Game of 2004 and the prestigious Spiel des Jahres Award (German game of the year), is a fun railroad game in which players attempt to lay track to connect important cities in the United States and Canada. Players draw destination ticket cards, each of which features two cities on the board and a point value associated with the cities. They then keep keep the most attractive cards for the duration of the game. The further the cities are from each other, the more points the connection is worth, but if the connection is not made by the end of the game, the player loses that many points. On each turn, a player can choose to draw an additional destination ticket card, draw two train cards, which come in a variety of colors, or play the train cards to connect two cities. Cities are connected by different color lines, so the player must have amassed enough train cards of the appropriate color in order to connect the cities.
Ticket to Ride is a fantastic family game because it is easy to learn, plays fairly quickly, and appeals to players of all ages--both kids and adults will have fun trying to become the next railroad baron. The box, board, and components are beautiful, adding to the reputation of quality associated with Days of Wonder games. Although Ticket to Ride will appeal most strongly to casual gamers, there is enough strategy involved in the track building and set collection tradeoffs, to keep the interest of veteran gamers. All things considered, Ticket to Ride is definitely the top game of 2004 for families and casual gamers alike.
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User Reviews:
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 Great Fun
Easy to learn. Tried utilizing "blocking" strategy in the second game and shot myself in the foot! Great fun for the whole family. Fast pace.
by neal (Mar 21 2008)
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Great Game!
We have played this game with many people and all have enjoyed!
by Dianne (Dec 11 2007)
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Buy it!
My family absolutley loves it! We play it almost every night.
by Camille (Nov 23 2007)
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Addictive
Great game. I am not really into board games but my wife bought that game for the kids last Christmas. I like to play that game with the kids! And you can play online too: so I can continue to play when everybody is sleeping! Did I say it is an addictive game?
by Richard (Aug 11 2007)
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bigs
very interesting
by bikram (Aug 06 2007)
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Very Cool
I play this with my family and we all have a great time. I recommend it. easy to learn, fun to play, and has plenty of strategy.
by tFT (Mar 18 2007)
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Lucky choice
We enjoy this game immensely. It was easy to learn but allows some strategizing. I would estimate the strategy to be slighter higher in comparison to luck...perhaps a 4 especially when playing with just 2 people. I'm looking forward to playing the other Railway games.
by Robyn (Jan 28 2007)
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Fun new find!
Got this game for Christmas and we love it! It's great that we can play with just the two of us. We've enjoyed sharing it with our friends. If you're looking for a fun new game, give it a try.
by Shannon (Jan 27 2007)
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