The Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride Strategy Board Game

If you have never heard of the Days of Wonder's Ticket To Ride, it is time you did and I am glad to have the pleasure to introduce you!

One of my children turned 16 this month and a friend spent several hours online carefully considering what he wanted to give my son for his birthday.  It was definitely going to be a board game, but after the monumental success of Settlers of Catan, which his friend had introduced us to, there was pressure for this game to be a good one, too. Plus, if he chose successfully, the friend knew he would be playing the new game with us many, many times so, after careful research and thought, the Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride game was chosen.

Upon receipt, the box was given a careful scrutiny and a great and lengthy discussion was held about the cover and what the game inside might be like. Then the box was gently unwrapped and the sound that a new game box makes savored. (If you don't know what that sound is, you need to find a teenage boy and ask him.)

After that, a short time was spent with two heads bent over the box absorbing the rules and, once that was done, I was summoned to the kitchen table to play.

It turned out that Ticket to Ride is fairly easy to learn although the strategy part may take a bit longer to figure out.  Fittingly, the birthday boy won the first two games but the third game, well I am only too pleased to say I whomped him, and I whomped him good!  (As a result, I am betting that the next time we play and our guest has the opportunity to cut off my railroad, he will do so and do so with glee.)

Anyway, if you are looking for a bit more information about this game, read on. You will find some more details and some more fantastic reviews.

Read more about
Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride
on Amazon.