Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is an elegantly simple board game that you can learn in under 15 minutes. Players collect cards of different train - car types to claim railway routes in North America. Longer routes mean more points. You also earn extra points by fulfilling Destination Tickets, which connect distant cities, and if you build the longest continuous route. As the author, Alan R. Moon, says, 'The rules are as easy as writing on a train ticket. Each turn, you can draw more cards, claim a route, or get additional Destination Tickets.' The game forces you to balance greed (collecting more cards) and fear (losing a key route to a rival). This game continues the tradition of Days of Wonder's high - quality big - format board games. It comes with an oversize map of North America, 225 custom - molded train cars, 144 illustrated cards, and wooden scoring markers.

Using Ticket to Ride is easy. First, take a few minutes to learn the rules. You'll quickly understand how to collect train - car cards and claim railway routes. Each turn, you have three options: draw more cards, claim a route, or get additional Destination Tickets. Try to balance getting more cards and claiming important routes. Remember, longer routes give you more points, and fulfilling Destination Tickets gets you extra points too. When you're done playing, keep the game in a dry and cool place. Make sure to put all the components, like the train cars, cards, and scoring markers, back in the box neatly. This will help keep the game in good condition for many future plays.