Editing Ticket to Ride (board game) (section)

===Set-up===

[[File:Alanrmoon.jpg|thumb|right|The creator of ''Ticket to Ride'', Alan R. Moon, playing the original version of the game at Origins 2007]]

At the beginning of each version of the game:

* Each player selects a prescribed number of coloured train pieces specified for that version, with a matching scoring marker.
* Players are usually dealt 4 train car cards.<ref name="ticket-to-ride_rules_current(2024)c">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride {{!}} A cross-country train adventure game!|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder)|year=2004|language=en|chapter=Setting up the game|page=2|url=https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/2c/f9/7f-ticket-to-ride-rulebook.pdf|access-date=24 April 2024|archive-url=https://ia600307.us.archive.org/16/items/7f-ticket-to-ride-rulebook/7f-ticket-to-ride-rulebook.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The exception are the cities' versions (2 train cards);<ref name="london-rules_dow_2019">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – London|chapter=Setup|date=2019|language=en|url=https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/c7/f5/c0-ticket-to-ride-london-rulebook.pdf|access-date=5 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240504233449/https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/c7/f5/c0-ticket-to-ride-london-rulebook.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> France (8 train cards);<ref name="france-rules_dow_2017">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – France|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=2017|language=en|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/725371344/Ticket2Ride-France-rules|chapter=Set Up|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240504232519/https://www.scribd.com/document/725371344/Ticket2Ride-France-rules|archive-date=4 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Rails and Sails (3 cards, with 7 ship cards);<ref name="rails-&-sails-rules_dow_current(2024)b"/> Great Lakes (2 cards with 2 ship cards);<ref name="great-lakes-rules_way-back_2015b">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – Great Lakes|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=2016|chapter=Setting up the game|page=3|language=en|url=https://ia904607.us.archive.org/33/items/full-ticket-to-ride-great-lakes-rule-book-reverse/%5BFULL%7D%20Ticket%20to%20Ride%20-%20Great%20Lakes%20%28Rule%20Book%29%20-%20Reverse.pdf|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> United Kingdom (an additional wild card);<ref name="uk-rules_fg-bradleys_2015">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – United Kingdom|chapter=Locomotives|year=2015|language=en|page=2|url=https://fgbradleys.com/wp-content/uploads/rules/TickettoRideUKexp-rules.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504234246/https://fgbradleys.com/wp-content/uploads/rules/TickettoRideUKexp-rules.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and Africa (an additional terrain card).<ref name="africa-rules_fg-bradley_2012">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – Heart of Africa|date=2012|language=en|chapter=Terrain Cards|page=2|url=https://ia904607.us.archive.org/1/items/ticket-to-ride-heart-of-africa-rule-book/Ticket%20To%20Ride%20-%20Heart%20of%20Africa%20%28Rule%20Book%29.pdf|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref>
* Players are also dealt a prescribed number of destination ticket cards which show a route between specified destination cities, the numbers of which are specified in that version's rules. Each player must keep a prescribed number of those assigned ticket cards, but can discard any other unwanted tickets. Retained destination tickets may not be discarded for the rest of the game.