Ticket to Ride

Players: 2-5
Age: 8+
Playtime: 30-60 mins

Ticket to Ride was one of the first games I bought when my interest in board games was rekindled thanks to Geek and Sundry and their tabletop channel on youtube.

This is a great game to play to introduce people to board gaming if they are nervous about playing.  Especially if their own past experience is scrabble, monopoly and the like.

The rules are simple and easy to follow.  There is a lot of strategy in this game but also some luck as you're never quite sure what carriage cards are going to come up.  The aim is to create routes between two locations on the map, the longer the route the more points it is worth.  There is also an extra 10 points for those that create the longest route.

I always enjoy this game, especially when you try and ruin someone's route... I'm mean like that.  I've played it often enough that I can find the locations relatively quickly.  I enjoy the simplicity of the game along side the struggle of trying to get the cards for the route before the other players.  There are a lot of different Ticket to Ride games and a wonderful extension that can be used for any of the board maps Alvin and Dexter.  Well worth the investment.  This extension adds an extra difficulty/frustration level and allows you to mess with other players, which, if you're playing with the right people, is a lot fun.

Score: 9/10

Dawn