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Diary of a Tabletop Noob - Ticket to Ride

1/27/2015

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by Lauren
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Recently, one of my awesome friends had her 30th birthday party (happy b-day Elyse!) which was a tabletop gaming celebration. 

People were playing old-school games, like Candyland and Rock’em Sock’em Robots. Card games like The Werewolves of Millers Hollow and Star Munchkin. Also, euro-games strategy games like Dungeon Fighter.

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Dungeon Fighter
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Werewolf
My group played Ticket to Ride, an easy-to-learn strategy game where you draw color-coded cards to build your train routes and complete your destination tickets. You can only do one action per turn, which keeps things simple. Also, if you are a little OCD, lining up the little train cars on their route blocks are oddly satisfying.
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It didn’t take very long at all for the 3-out-of-5 of us that had never played before to pick up the rules and play. The original US map version is pretty simple and we played ‘fair’ - but I can definitely see how you can play dirty and steal other peoples’ routes and be cut-throat -just like a real railroad tycoon! 
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It took a little less than an hour to play and it was pretty fast moving for a game about trains! It is a great game for families, since the rules are pretty simple - and it helps teach (some) geography.

When someone has 2 or less pieces left, its game over. Easy.

Scoring was the only tricky bit. You can either move your piece as you go around the counter boarder (which is easy to forget to do) - or calculate at the end as you remove the pieces at the end (which keeps the winner a surprise!)

I've been told that the European and other maps are more complex and potentially dastardly, so the original US map was a good choice for learning the 'rules of the rails.' There are many expansion packs and various country / map versions of the game.

I look forward to playing again (the veteran player of the group kicked out collective butts, so clearly practice helps) and also to try out other versions!
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Ticket to Ride Europe
RATING: A-
A - for ease of learning
A - for setup
A - for length of game play
B - for replay-ability
B - for fun!


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