Ticket to Ride Game Review

Here's the scoop for the Ticket to Ride Board Game, everything happens on a detailed and full colored board map of North America that takes you out on a quest to conquer the industrial rails of America.

I suggest (as always) that beginners take a few moments to familiarize themselves with the rules of the game. (And of course there are rules! Otherwise it would be asking for trouble!!) But don't worry... the instruction manual for Ticket to Ride is well organized and easy to understand. Or someone can read the manual and explain how to play the game to others.

This adventure itself is straightforward, just pick out your miniature train and pass out the train-car cards and destination tickets to each player. There are ONLY 3 possible moves per each player's turn. And those moves are: Drawing a destination ticket, building a train route or drawing an additional train-car card.

That's it! Not too hard... but there are wheels within the wheels...

The point of collecting the train-cards is to collect the same color cards that match specific railway routes. And when you claim a route... you score points! Alas, the destination tickets can present a challenge (after all, nothing is easy right?). And these destination cards are top "secret." You have to complete those secret routes for bonus points.

And nobody really knows what the other person is doing for railway domination until the end of the game!! It's no wonder why the Ticket to Ride Boardgame is so much fun to play...

As I said before, you only need two to five players for this Ticket to Ride game... and generally, this adventure can be finished in less than an hour... just time enough to play before the Christmas dinner starts!

And as you become more advanced, you will be pleased to learn that the purchase of this game ALSO includes access to the online game play... which has more maps and more variations.

So what exactly do you get with the Ticket to Ride Days of Wonder game? Good question, you get 1 board map of North America with train routes on it. You will get 240 train pieces. You will also get five wooden scoring markers. And 144 illustrated game cards. A easy to understand rules book. And one Days of Wonder online access ticket.

What MORE could you want?

Well, you need the story that explains the game of course... here it is:

It is October the 2nd, 1900. And Phileas Fogg just won that famous bet of traveling around the world in 80 days. So he gathered with his friends to celebrate and come up with a NEW adventure! And this time... the stakes are higher... much higher... about One million dollars worth... and the winner takes all. The objective of this bet is to see who can travel by rail to the most cities in North America... within 7 days. And the adventure starts... NOW! Get Ticket to Ride here at Amazon dot com which has competitive prices and superior customer services for stress free shopping online.

Avoid the Christmas rush and get it now.

Not only the Ticket to Ride Game is one of the top classic board games today, you have a chance to add an expansion to completely change the game and keep things interesting.

I'm talking about the Ticket to Ride Expansion named USA 1910, which will give you a whole new ride so to speak! It is under $20 but you must have the Ticket to Ride board game to use the expansion!

The next adventure that I wanted to tell you about by Days of Wonder is the Ticket to Ride - Marklin Edition. It is almost like the original Ticket to Ride, except the map is of Germany instead of USA. But it is fun, simple and addictive to play!

Another option is the Ticket to Ride Europe game. It is the complete adventure across Europe and you do not need the original game to play it. The players will be taken to the great cities of the turn-of-the century European continent. This adventure is simple to learn, within 3 minutes. And it is appealing to both family members and hard core gamers. Like the original version of Ticket to Ride, anywhere from two to five players can play this fun and addictive game and finish it within one hour of play.