Ticket to Ride Board Game [Days of Wonder]

Winner of the 2004 Spiel des Jahres award (German Game of the Year)!

October 2, 1900 - 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a £20,000 bet that he could travel "Around the World in 80 Days". Now at the dawn of the century it was time for a new "impossible journey". Some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble - and to propose a new wager of their own.

The stakes: $1 Million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see which of them can travel by rail to the most cities in North America - in just 7 days. The journey begins immediately...

Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America.

Game Summary:

The object of the game is to score the highest number of total points. Points can be scored 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.
Game Turn
In Ticket to Ride, there are three possible actions a player can take during the game turn - Drawing Train Car Cards; Claiming a Route between two cities on the board; or drawing additional Destination Tickets that will earn extra points if completed by the end of the game.

Number Of Players: 2-5
Play Time: .50 to 1 hour
Current Edition