Game: Ticket to Ride
By: Days of Wonder
Players: 2-5
Recommended Ages: 8 and up
Estimated Game Play: 30 to 60 minutes
Game Description:
Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America.
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.
Game Play:
The object of the game is to score the highest number of points. Points are earned by:
Claiming a Route between two cities on the map;
Successfully completing a Continuous Path of routes between two cities listed on your Destination Ticket(s);
Or by completing the Longest Continuous Path of routes.
You can lose points if you do not successfully complete the route given on your Destination Ticket or tickets.
On your turn you will be able to choose from one of three options:
*You can draw a Train Car Card
*Claim a route between two cities on the board
*Draw additional destination tickets
What we thought:
My family had a great time playing this game. It was fun, engaging and interesting. I love games that offer a fair amount of strategy and this game has its portion. While, I was not good at forming routes on my destination tickets, my teenager managed to complete all of her routes based on her destination tickets. She was the only one who managed that to complete all her routes. I did allow my six year old to play and she was able to hold her own. However, the game is best appreciated by the ages recommended on the box. If you enjoy games with strategy and more thinking and not outbursts of laughter then this is the game for you. I love games I can become involved in that entertain my mind. The game is fun but in an intellectual way. We need more games to stimulate the brain.