#8: Ticket to Ride (Mark's 100 - 2012)

 

Ticket to Ride 

Mark's Ranking

• 2012: 8th
• 2010: 73rd
• 2005: 14th

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 80
• rating: 7.49

Print Status

• in print

Why It's On The List

• Gorgeous production coupled with easy gameplay... a classic theme (trains!) coupled with a classic Rummy set-collection mechanic... just as playable with 2 as it is with 5.

Tips & Tricks:

• Playing with 3 or 5 players is MUCH more cutthroat than playing with 2 or 4, due to how crowded the board can become.
• There are a number of expansions & stand-alone versions of the game. I'm partial to the 1910 card expansion - as well as the first two map boxes (Asia & India/Switzerland).
• The iOS app for the game is tremendous!
• Most importantly, this is an excellent "gateway" game for non-gamers.

Extras

• Here's what I wrote about Ticket to Ride for The One Hundred... and for my personal top 100 in 2005.
• Here's my review of the Alvin & Dexter expansion.
• The pictures comes from GameKnight...

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If you feel a need to catch up on my admittedly-aging Top 100 as of February 2012 list, you can check out:

• my Pinterest board about the Top 100 
• a BoardGameGeek Geeklist (in order of BGG ranking)
• the rest of the posts here on aka pastor guy