

Order of Play: There are two phases to each player's turn: Finally, each destination card lists a score. Chicago to New York meanwhile is a single yellow. So, for example, Seattle to Miami is black/white/red/red/orange. They also list a required set of 1-5 cards the colors depicted are needed to complete the ticket. These cards list two cities (at least one of which is a Big City). These cards display either one of the 8 colors or a (wild) locomotive. In addition 5 cards are flipped face-up next to the draw pile. They must keep at least one of their destinations. The eight train cards form their initial hand. Setup: Each player starts the game with 1 engine, 7 other train cards, and 6 destination cads. The object of Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is to score the most points by completing tickets and building routes to Big Cities. I've given it a "4" out of "5" for Style. Overall, Days of Wonder always does a great job in producing their games, and Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is no exception. I found the rules for 4-player play a little awkward since they're separated from the rest, but otherwise the rules read well. The rulebook is 12 pages, but that includes rules in three languages, each of which includes illustrations and examples. My one complaint with the cards is that the backs look too much like the fronts, a fact which I've seen cause multiple players minor confusion. As with the other Ticket to Ride games, the gameplay of this one is all about colors (yellow, blue, white, black, red, green, orange, and purple) as has been the case with all the recent Ticket to Ride releases, good effort has been put forth to use symbols to make the cards accessible to color blind players too. The cards all feature high-quality artwork by Julien Delval with some attractive design work used to create stylized steam-era borders. This total includes 96 train cards, 46 destination ticket cards, and 6 big city bonus cards. There are 158 total cards, each full-sized, of medium-to-heavy weight, and linen-textured. Moon and Days of Wonder that returns to some of the general themes of the Ticket to Ride board game, but is nonetheless a totally new game.Īs the name suggests, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is a pure card game. Ticket to Ride: The Card Game is a new game by Alan R.
