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Amazon.com Search | |  | Children's Games | Home » » Ticket to Ride Board Game by Days of Wonder | | | | | | WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
| | | Description: | | Ticket to Ride is fun to play, easy to learn, and offers the perfect combination of strategy and luck. Great for all ages, and plays equally well with 3-5 players. An exciting game for kids while learning geography along the way. Ticket to Ride is manufactured with high quality components and artwork. You will enjoy the look and feel of the game along with the game play.
Ticket to Ride is an exciting cross-country train adventure game. Players collect train car cards that enable them to claim railway routes. 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. Ticket to Ride's game play can be learned in less than 5 minutes, but will provide both family game players and experienced gamers with exciting decisions on every turn. Since its release in 2004, Ticket to Ride has become one of the best selling board games in the world, with over 500,000 sold worldwide. So climb aboard for some railroading fun and adventure. You've got a Ticket to Ride! | | | Features: | |
• Ticket to Ride is an Award Winning Train Game
• Ticket to Ride is one of our top picks for a creative strategy game for the whole family
• The game includes and attractive board, cards and pieces with quality construction
• The Ticket to Ride collecton offers many versions - each with it's own challenging twist
• Ticket to Ride is a simple, yet challenging game for 2 - 5 players.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 182 reviews |
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 Good gateway gameAug 31, 2010
This is a great gateway game. If your looking for something not too difficult in order to introduce players into euro style board games, this wouldn't be a bad place to start. It's easy to get up and running and not too heavy on strategy but doesn't completely rely on luck of the draw. I think it would be great for family and friends alike.
Loads of Family FunAug 21, 2010
This game is great. After playing teams the first few times even our first grader can play on his own. It is a good way to learn strategy and a fun way for a family of 5 to spend the evening. Don't let the kids open and close the board though; it rips easily. All ages can enjoy this game: kids, teens, young and older adults. We look forward to buying the rest of the series since each game has a tweak in the strategy.
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The Europe and Marklin Editions are superior but the original is still a good gameAug 12, 2010
The USA version of Ticket To Ride is fun but frustratingly cutthroat; I would not recommend getting the base set without the Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride 1910 Expansion, which offers three superior variants, more tickets (routes) and regular sized playing cards to replace the tiny ones included in the base set. The main problem with the base set is that whoever builds the big northern routes usually wins, exacerbated by the awarding of a "longest route" ticket worth bonus points. The 1910 expansion offers you the choice of eliminating the longest route bonus and awarding a "most routes completed" bonus instead, or using both of them, or neither. That helps tailor the win condition to best suit the group. However, I still prefer the Ticket to Ride Europe with the Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride 1912 Expansion because of it provides more interesting challenges (ferries and tunnels) and adds stations players can use to get around being cut off in completing their routes. These stations can easily be used in USA or other versions. Europe still has the "longest route" bonus points award but this is easier to get for everyone because if you have to use a station to complete a route ticket, it no longer counts toward your getting the longest route award. Another excellent option over the USA version is the Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride - Marklin (Germany) version that adds passengers you can use to score crazy bonus points that add a whole new strategy to the game; unlike the stations in Europe, however, the passenger mechanic is not easily integrated into other editions. Another nice thing about Marklin is that it offers the most balanced map with a near equal distribution of long and short routes which are split up on the left and right sides of the vertical map. With Marklin, completing a ton of short routes is just as viable a win strategy as long routes in the USA base sets. Both Europe and Marklin also split your initial ticket allotment into long (blue-backed) and short (brown-backed) routes; you get to choose how many of each you want to do--unlike the USA base set, which is totally random in its ticket distribution (long routes are harder to complete but offer more bonus points to win than short routes). I also enjoy the Ticket to Ride Switzerland Map Expansion for its extremely challenging map and Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries Board Game. In my opinion, the original USA edition is initially fun but that fun turns to frustration once you realize the easiest way to win is to just build the long northern routes. While that is addressed by the 1910 Expansion, I still prefer the maps and additional challenges provided by the Europe and Marklin editions. No matter which version you pick, if you know how to play one, the others are easy to pick up, and the rules of all editions are fast and easy to learn in about 5 minutes. Ticket To Ride is, in my opinion, the best light strategy (or "gateway") game on the market to bring family and friends together for 30-60 minutes of competitive fun. One final note: Days of Wonder is releasing a new and improved 2nd Edition of Ticket To Ride: Nordic Countries in September 2010, so don't get ripped-off by the current online sellers trying to snag a small fortune for the out-of-print 1st edition.
Excellent game.Jul 22, 2010
I've played this roughly a dozen times now, with groups ranging from 2 to 5, and it's been fun every time. Probably my favorite board game.
Best board game EVER!Jul 19, 2010
I just had to get this for my birthday! I'm in my 20's but this game is appropriate for all ages. All of my friends find this game addicting and fun. The product itself came in great condition. I would use this seller again.
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