Ticket to Ride (2004)

#1 on Our Children's Top 10 Favorites List
#2 on Dave's Top 10 Favorites List
#4 on The Broomfield Gamers' Top 10 Favorites List
#8 on Mike's Top 10 Favorites List
#1 in the Top 50 Best Sellers List

Part of the Ticket to Ride Series

Which includes:

• Ticket to Ride
• Ticket to Ride: Europa 1912 Expansion
• Ticket to Ride: Europe
• Ticket to Ride: Marklin
• Ticket to Ride: The Card Game
• Ticket to Ride: The Dice Expansion
• Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 Expansion

Components

• 1 Board Map of North American Train Routes
• 240 Colored Train Cars
• 110 Train Car Cards
• 30 Destination Cards
• 1 Summary Card
• 5 Wooden Scoring Markers
• 1 Rules Booklet
• 1 Days of Wonder Online Access Number

Manufacturer's Description

The Cross-Country Train Adventure Game!

October 2, 1900 - 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and won a £20,000 bet that he could travel "Around the World in 80 Days". Now at the dawn of the century it is time for a new impossible journey. 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-take-all competition. The objective: to see which of them can travel by rail to the most cities in North America - in just 7 days.

The journey begins immediately...

Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure. Players collect cards of various types of train cars 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 continous railway. So climb aboard for some railroading fun and adventure.

You've got a Ticket to Ride!

Time Well Spent's thoughts

This was our best-selling board game for 12 straight months until April of 2005 when the Ticket to Ride: Europe beat out the original. It is a fantastic train game and one which regular gamers and light gamers will both enjoy. It is lighter than the train game Union Pacific and much more game than TransAmerica. It is an easy game to learn and then to teach others and plays in about 60 minutes time. It plays well with any number between 2 and 5 but best with 4 or 5 players. It still is my favorite game to play. (Dave)

In this revised edition, the scoring track now goes to 100 and the colors of the trains have symbols also associated with each color.

Awards

Spiel des Jahres, Winner - 2004

International Gamers Award, Finalist, General Strategy - 2004

Deutscher SpielePreis, 6th Place - 2004

Games Magazine GAMES 100, Family Game Nominee - 2005

Other Information on Ticket to Ride

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