It also highlights, for players of the first game in the series (Ticket to Ride), the new additions to the game – ferries, tunnels, and train stations.įinally, the box itself is of good quality, and again, has a linen finish. The rules are very easy to understand containing lots of pictures and examples. The rules are an 8 page booklet, leading you through set-up, object of the game, and the game play. They are stackable, for when players are on the same score, and easy to see and handle.
The wooden scoring markers are nice addition, and are a good chunky size. There are two more cards, one handed out at the end for scoring the longest route, the European Express card, which scores you 10 points, and a card with the scoring table depicted on it. Destination cards and the European Express card. The long routes are distinguished by having blue as the predominant colour, as well as a symbol in the top right corner.
The points scored for completing the route are also indicated. Train cards have a symbol in the corner, matching them to their track.īoth regular and long route cards, show a representation of the board with the cities to be joined clearly indicated, as well as written below. Each colour of card is depicted with a type of train car, with the multi-coloured one displaying a locomotive. The train cards come in 9 different colours – red, white, yellow, blue, black, pink, green, orange, and multi-coloured – they are also symbolised for those who may be colour blind. There are also 3 extra carriages of each colour supplied as spares.Īll of the cards are normal playing card size, and are of very good quality with a linen finish. They fit perfectly on the railway tracks and are an ideal size to hold, and place, with your fingers. The plastic train carriages are just over 2cm long and made from rigid plastic. There is a scoring track running around the outside, which has good-sized numbers that are clear and easy to read. Railways join all the major cities, each in a colour that indicates the requirement to claim it. The board is a nice and large, linen finish map, representing Europe, with the sepia tones and artwork placing it in the early 20th century.
124 Train cards (110 carriage cards, and 14 locomotives).15 Coloured plastic train stations (3 each of the above colours).240 Coloured plastic train carriages (black, blue, green, red, and yellow).* A gricer is a fanatical railway enthusiast – there, you learn something new everyday! Is this just for gricers*? Or is it a runaway success for everyone? Ticket to Ride is a card drafting, set collecting, route building game, which sees players racing to complete routes, joining countries across Europe. Aah! But wait, I have three red cards, and there’s Zagreb to Sarajevo, come to daddy! It might not mean much to you, but that’s just given me the longest continuous path… and the game! I can’t complete any more routes, but maybe someone else can, can I block them? It’s doubtful, the cards in my hand aren’t great, and at this point in the game everyone has either completed their routes or been thwarted already. The game is tight and I only have four trains left. Gary had just played his last train carriage, signalling the final round.