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Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride Europe

Published by Days of Wonder

Designed by Alan R. Moon

Illustrated by Julien Delval

Graphic design by Cyrille Daujean

Ticket to Ride: map board, 240 plastic Train Cars in five colors, 144 cards (including Train Car and Destination Ticket cards), five wooden Scoring Markers, & a rule booklet, full color, boxed; $39.95
Ticket to Ride Europe: map board, 240 plastic Train Cars in five colors, 15 colored Train Stations, 158 cards (including Train Car and Destination Ticket cards), five wooden Scoring Markers, & a rule booklet, full color, boxed; $39.95

Train games continue unabated in popularity, and no matter how many come out there's always another little twist to add to the mechanics. Consider Days of Wonder, and its game Ticket to Ride and the sequel Ticket to Ride Europe.

In the vein of Phileas Fogg, players have wagered who can visit the most American cities in one week. The object is to score the most points by connecting select cities.

The board shows a map of America and part of Canada, with cities connected by rail lines. These stretch one to six spaces long, in several colors (although the color of the rail lines have nothing to do with the colors the players choose to play). Everyone gets a random selection of Destination Tickets, each showing two cities to connect; a hand of Train Car cards; and 45 Train Cars in your color.

The Train Car card colors match those of the rail lines. To claim a stretch . . .

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Article publication date: October 7, 2005

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