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Ticket to Ride Board games - I have questions

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strawberrie · 26/12/2021 18:02

Got a version of this yesterday and had our first go at playing today. There’s a couple of things I couldn’t quite grasp from reading the rules:

  • Drawing Transportation cards: are you allowed to draw 2 from the 5 upturned cards, or does one of the cards have to come blind from the deck? If you are allowed, do you replace the first face up card from the deck before you choose your 2nd?
  • Scoring: how do you score a route if there are different values listed at either end of it?

Thank you in advance!

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Clarkey86 · 26/12/2021 18:08

The answer to 1 is yes - you can pick two from face up or from the hidden deck.

If you pick from the face up, replenish before making your second choice. That’s what it does online anyway!

I’m not sure what you mean by the second question?

Caramellatteplease · 26/12/2021 18:08

Which version do you have?

You can take 2 face up cards, one face up card and one from the deck, or 2 from the deck. The exception is if you pick a face up wild card, then you can only take that one. ( if you are fortunate enough to pick up one blind from the deck you can still pick up a second card from the deck or ordinary face up card)

Deinonychus · 26/12/2021 18:14

Transportation cards - we choose 1 from deck or upturned cards, then replace card to have 5 visible if required before choosing again. Unless you know you definitely want 2 from deck then it’s quicker to take them together.

Scoring - what do you mean? You score e.g. 7 points for a 4 train route which you add as you go, then e.g. 20 points at the end if you have completed a long route.

Which board are you playing?

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MachiKoro · 26/12/2021 18:17

Others have answered your first question, but I'm not sure I understand your second. The value for each route is written on the route ticket (brown on back) that you keep (concealed) in your hand.

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strawberrie · 26/12/2021 18:19

So we have the London 1960s edition. Let me see if I can find a photo of the board to explain…

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strawberrie · 26/12/2021 18:22

Ah I see it now! The number of vehicles decides the points for claiming that leg of the route.

But in that case, what’s the meaning of the numbers where various routes intersect?

Ticket to Ride Board games - I have questions
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Caramellatteplease · 26/12/2021 18:23

The two value tickets can mean different things for different maps. Eg Switzerland the ticket will be worth different values depending on whether you link the starting town/country which which of the options on the ticket, you score the highest.

On sails and rails theres a different value the ticket is worth if you complete the cities in the listed order or in any order.

Caramellatteplease · 26/12/2021 18:24

Ahh haven't done London (yet)

Exibstudent · 26/12/2021 18:25

Did you read the rules? It explains that in the London version you can get bonus points at the end of the game if you go through all the stations with the same number (1 point for the stations marked with 1, 2 points for the stations marked with 2 etc)

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strawberrie · 26/12/2021 18:29

@Exibstudent

Did you read the rules? It explains that in the London version you can get bonus points at the end of the game if you go through all the stations with the same number (1 point for the stations marked with 1, 2 points for the stations marked with 2 etc)
Yes I did read the rules 🙄

But I didn’t understand that section while I through those numbers related to the route scoring, it makes sense now.

Thanks all for your help

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Caramellatteplease · 26/12/2021 18:43

If you pop into you tube "how to play ticket to ride London" I've found that the best antidote to rule book confusions

MachiKoro · 27/12/2021 08:58

I'd recommend looking up a Dice Tower play through or review for the TTR London version, as they'll clearly show how the game mechanics work. (And discuss the differences to original TTR, in likelihood).

Cactusandmarshmallows · 27/12/2021 09:04

I have a number of Ticket to Ride versions (am a massive fan) and London is the only one that has the numbers at the ends of each routes so it's a perfectly fair question!

Exibstudent · 27/12/2021 13:22

@Cactusandmarshmallows yes, but it's also very clearly explained in the rules! I genuinely can't understand how you could read the rules and not understand.

BelfastSmile · 27/12/2021 13:46

I found the numbers confusing when we played the London version as well! As said above, they are basically different "networks", so Network 1 is the stations marked "1", Network 2 is the stations marked "2" etc. If you connect all stations in a single network, you get bonus points.

Board Game Geek is a good website for board game rule clarifications, by the way. They have a separate forum for every game, and you can ask questions or browse previous ones, so it's pretty easy to get an answer quickly. In a lot of cases the game designers are on there answering questions, so you get a proper definitive answer.

BluTangClan · 29/12/2021 21:20

Sorry to hijack the thread, but can I ask for the best TTR to start with for a family with a 7 year old and a 5 year old?
7 year old just started playing Labyrinth (full version) and 5 year old is always on an adults team.

I was going to buy the London (1960/70's) version, but wasn't sure if the TTR Europe kids version would be more suitable. I don't want to have a version which is only used a few times before graduating to a more advanced version.

Pootle40 · 29/12/2021 23:19

The original US is the easiest (I think) to start with. Online I love Switzerland and Nordic. UK good too but complicated!

Caramellatteplease · 30/12/2021 08:46

Good no USA is brutal, theres a few key routes that if you miss or someone blocks (just for fun) can completely ruin your game.

Europe is better with its stations which solves that problem.

However...

@BluTangClan
You will have people who disagree Ticket to Ride us just too grown up for a 5 and 7 year old. Mine started at 9 and that felt about right. It's way more complicated than labyrinth and too uneven for playing with adults.

Carcassone is a better choice

Caramellatteplease · 30/12/2021 08:48

There is a junior TTR but I really dont know how that plays

Freezingtoocold · 30/12/2021 10:25

Junior TTR is brilliant. It usually takes about 40 minutes and is quite simple. Perfect for a 5 and 7 year old. You can help them if needed. We play it if we’re tired!

BelfastSmile · 30/12/2021 10:26

@Caramellatteplease

There is a junior TTR but I really dont know how that plays
There's an app version of the junior game, which plays in exactly the same way as the actual game. I think you can download it for free and maybe play a few times before you have to pay.
Cactusandmarshmallows · 13/01/2022 12:11

I started my kids on the junior USA TTR at 6 and it was perfect. Eldest is 10 now and can play adult versions with slight modifications

DelurkingAJ · 13/01/2022 12:21

My 5 year old is obsessed with TTR and handles both Europe and UK with fair success. We do play open hands but that’s more about ability of DSs to hold the cards. He’s a dab hand at finishing limited routes and then playing chaotically to muck everyone else up.

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