Pyramid Review
Ticket to Ride: The Card Game
Published by Days of Wonder
Designed by Alan R. Moon
Illustrated by Julien Delval
96 Train cards, 46 Destination Ticket cards, 6 Big City Bonus cards, 12-page full-color multi-lingual rule booklet; $25
As its title suggests, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is a new variant of the multi-award-winning Ticket to Ride. The board game, which has gained the reputation of being an excellent "gateway game" by which people can be introduced to the advanced board game hobby, is known for its mechanical simplicity and ease-of-play, and these two factors, when combined, give Ticket to Ride: The Card Game quite something to live up to.
Designed for two to four players aged eight and up, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game has much the feel of the board game, but it adds a twist or two because the board itself is not present. Like the original board game, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is still all about claiming railway routes running across the USA during the 1890s.
Inside the much smaller box -- in comparison with the board game, that is -- you will find the usual multi-lingual rulebook and 148 large, full color cards. Just like the board game, these cards are mostly divided between Train cards and Destination Ticket cards, and just like the board game, the Train cards are collected to claim the Destination Ticket cards, score points, and so win the game. A new card type is the Big City Bonus card, which . . .
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Article publication date: August 8, 2008
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