Overall, 5 out of 5 stars, one of my all-time favorite games, especially in the “gateway game” category. It’s simple and relatively quick but it has a lot of strategy packed into it and it let’s the tension slowly build throughout the game as more and more segments and routes are taken and it becomes more difficult to complete your missions. It’s rules are blissfully simple but I’m constantly evolving my strategy and having to play different ways depending on the missions I get and the people I’m playing against. Ticket to Ride is one of my absolute favorite games.
TICKET TO RIDE EUROPE RULES FULL
Overall, I would give it both brother’s approval, a full 100% on the teachability scale.
This game is constantly touted as a “gateway game”, one that can be an easy entrance and introduction for someone into the ever-growing world of board games.
TICKET TO RIDE EUROPE RULES HOW TO
Not only do I never have any concern getting them to play it but it was actually one of them that introduced it to me and taught me how to play it many years ago. It is also one of the main games that I end up playing with my brothers all the time. This is one of the two games (the other being Settlers of Catan) that got me into the more advanced board game world. In Ticket to Ride: Europe, you collect cards of various types of train cars that you then use to claim railway routes in Europe. It’s run time rarely exceeds 90 minutes and is much more likely under an hour. The rules are simple and intuitive and it is very possible for a new person to end up winning on their first game. Ticket to Ride is one of the easiest games to teach someone even if their experience with board games is limited to games like Sorry or Monopoly. Scores are tallied, mission values are added or subtracted depending on if they were completed.īoard Game Brother review of Ticket to Ride Brother Rating When that happens, everyone gets one more turn then the game ends. The end of the game starts when someone has two or fewer trains left. Just go through each train segment they have placed on the board and calculate the score that way.
If you lose track of someone’s score, do not fret! Someone’s score is calculable at all times. You don’t score missions until the end, even if you complete them before then. You will keep track of the points each player has as they lay down trains. Since the goal of the game is to complete tickets, if you have completed all the tickets in your hand, then you should try to end the game as fast as possible or draw more tickets to complete. Each player is also dealt three mission cards, of which they need to keep at least two. So just a recap: On your turn you can either draw train cards, draw mission cards, or place trains.Īnd now you’re ready to play! When setting up the game, deal four trains cards to each player to start with. Remember: you can only claim one city-to-city route each turn. Another example would be if I wanted to go from Montreal to Toronto I would have to play three cards of all one color, in this case I have three orange cards so I could place them down and claim that route.
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