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Ticket to Ride
- Players
- 2–5
- Listed play time
- 30–60 min
- Age
- 8+
- Published
- 2004
- Category
- German-style board game
What this is
All aboard. They collect trains, choo-choo-choose their routes, fulfill their destination. Additional points come to those who fulfill Destination Tickets – goal cards that connect distant cities; and to the player who builds the longest continuous route. Players collect cards of various types of train cars they then use to claim railway routes in North America.
At a glance
- Players
- 2–5
- Listed play time
- 30–60 minutes
- Minimum age
- 8 and up
- First published
- 2004
- Category
- German-style board game
- Designer
- Alan R. Moon
- Publishers
- Hobby World, Lautapelit.fi, Hobby Japan, Korea Boardgames, Galápagos Jogos, Giochi Uniti, Days of Wonder, Edge Entertainment, Bandai
- Mechanisms
- set collection
- Photographs
- 13
Publisher
- Hobby WorldOfficial site
- Lautapelit.fiOfficial site
- Hobby JapanOfficial site
- Korea BoardgamesOfficial site
- Galápagos JogosOfficial site
- Giochi UnitiOfficial site
- Days of WonderOfficial site
- Edge Entertainment
- BandaiOfficial site
How players rate Ticket to Ride
Every dimension is rated on its own. The left column judges the game and higher is better; the right column describes it, where neither end of the scale is the good end.
Player-count fit
How well it plays at each count. Best at 4.
- 2p6.669 ratings
- 3p7.169 ratings
- 4p7.568 ratings
- 5p7.268 ratings
Every dimension
15 measures. Some judge the game; the rest simply describe it.
How good it is
Judgements, rated out of 10. Higher is better.
- Longevity and replayability6.9/10
- Ease of teach6.8/10
- Gateway friendliness6.6/10
- Component quality6.7/10
- Table presence6.4/10
- Travel friendliness6.9/10
What it's like
Descriptions, not verdicts. Neither end is better.
- Player interactionModerate5.9SolitaireConstant
- CutthroatnessGentle4.6FriendlyRuthless
- Role of luckBalanced5.2Chance-drivenPlayer-driven
- Theme integrationPresent5.5Pasted onWoven in
- Rules complexityModerate2.6LightHeavy
- Decision complexityModerate3.0SimpleDemanding
- Language dependencySome2.9No textText-heavy
- Table spaceCafé two-top4.4Lap trayTwo tables
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Gallery
12 further photographs · select one to enlargeRules & files
Rulebooks, FAQs and reference sheets- rulebookTicket to Ride Current 2025 English RulesEN · 4 pagesAwaiting publisher permission
Box & shelf
Box dimensions are not recorded for this edition yet. Once a publisher supplies them, or an owner measures them, this shows shelf volume, spine width and how many copies fit in a 33 cm cube.
