#Ticket to ride plus#

#Ticket to ride plus#

Fewer taxis means less time playing the ‘line up your components perfectly’ game (which may be a plus or minus depending on what type of player you are.)įor seasoned players, this isn’t going to be a revelation, except maybe as a way to introduce folks to a game they love, or as a way to play with their kids. There’s less of a spread as well as the board is about 1/3 the size of the standard Ticket to Ride board. I actually think this was a fantastic addition, as almost every Ticket to Ride game I’ve played has involved multiple recounts when players forget to score route sections during play. The game rules (folded to look like a travel brochure) take up a total of two pages.Ī score sheet helps keep track of each scoring type. With all the expansion fluff stripped back out, the game is incredibly straightforward and easy to learn. That being said, this is the perfect version to teach new players and youngsters. You’ll have to build a strategy and figure out where you’re going quickly in New York. Missing a single track can force you into long detours. Because there are fewer points on the map, more overlapping routes, and fewer pieces, this version plays faster with heightened tension. Taxi fare to Ride? Bus token to Ride?ĭon’t mistake this for a child’s play, though. Route efficiency and point maximization is back front and center in this version. With stations, longest routes, bonuses, and all the other additions removed, it’s straightforward and easy to teach. Get those routes claimed quickly! Game Experience:īuilt on the framework of Days of Wonder’s top-selling train game, Ticket to Ride: New York is a fun, simplified revisiting of the original. The player with the most points wins the game. Completed destination tickets also award points, but incomplete ones are subtracted from their tally. Players received points for route segments and tourist attractions they’ve visited. Unlike the other Ticket to Ride Games, Ticket to Ride: New York is scored entirely at the end of the game. The end of the game is triggered when one player has three taxis or fewer remaining, and each player gets one final turn. Players have a choice of drawing colored transportation cards, laying taxis on a route, or taking more destination cards as actions on their turn. Routes are connected by drawing colored transportation cards which they’ll then use to lay taxis along the route by ‘paying’ the appropriately colored cards. Players start by drawing destination tickets cards, which feature a route between two sites in Manhattan. The gameplay is very similar to other Ticket to Ride games.

Ticket to Ride: New York is a stand-alone game designed for 2 to 4 players and plays in 10 to 15 minutes. Can you see everything there is to see the most efficiently? Race via taxi to see as many sites as you can in the Big Apple in this shortened version of the popular Ticket to Ride series.