Editing Ticket to Ride (board game) (section)

===1) ''Ticket to Ride'' (Original)===

[[File:Ticket to Ride at restaurant Kaisla.jpg|thumb|right|The original version of the ''Ticket to Ride'' board featuring North America and south Canada.]]

The original version was based on a 1910 map of the United States and southern Canada.<ref name="original-reviews_board-game-theory_2020"/> It was released in late February 2004 in Europe and in late March 2004 in Korea and North America, at a suggested retail price of $39.95 (USD).<ref name="original-release_dow_2004">{{Cite press release|title=Days of Wonder announces Ticket to Ride – The Cross-Country Train Adventure Game!|first1=Mark|last1=Kaufmann|first2=Pierre|last2=Gaubil|date=12 January 2004|language=en|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwoder.com)|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news015.pdf|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010113355/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news015.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The train and mission cards were in a smaller size compared to subsequent versions in the Ticket to Ride franchise.<ref name="card-size_bgg_2024">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride: Europe - A Detailed Review|first=Neil|last=Thomson|date=17 September 2019|language=en|website=Board Game Geek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2277002/ticket-to-ride-europe-a-detailed-review|access-date=17 December 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241217021203/https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2277002/ticket-to-ride-europe-a-detailed-review|archive-date=17 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> This game currently has a complexity rating of 1.83 out of 5 on [[BoardGameGeek]].<ref name="original-details_bgg_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride (2004)|website=[[BoardGameGeek]] (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182825/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride|archive-date=24 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The recommendation is that it is played with 2–5 players, who are aged 8 or older, for a game lasting between 30 and 60 minutes.<ref name="original-details_dow_current(2024)">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride|language=en|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/usa|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509044814/https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/usa|archive-date=9 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="original-details_boardgamehalv_current(2024)b">{{cite web|title=Ticket To Ride Board Game|website=Board Game Halv (www.boardgamehalv.com)|date=26 August 2020|language=en|url=https://www.boardgamehalv.com/ticket-to-ride|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129080939/https://www.boardgamehalv.com/ticket-to-ride|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="original_review_current(2024)"/>

'''Reception''' – Reviews from the critics were overwhelmingly positive. [[Mike Fitzgerald (game designer)|Mike Fitzgerald]] called ''Ticket to Ride'' "a game that I never tire of, one that lends itself well to the many expansions that Days of Wonder have released. The design principles it uses are all simple and have been done before, but they have never been put together in a game as compelling as ''Ticket to Ride''."<ref name="original-reviews_hobby-games_2007">{{Cite book|last=Fitzgerald|first=Mike|title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best|publisher=Green Ronin Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-932442-96-0|editor-last=Lowder|editor-first=James|editor-link=James Lowder|pages=315–318|chapter=Ticket to Ride|author-link=Mike Fitzgerald (game designer)}}</ref> Board Gaming, when giving the game a 7.8 out of 10, wrote "A game almost everyone loves to play. It's easy to learn and quick to play, which makes it ideal for introducing you, your friends and your family to board games."<ref name="series_review_board-gaming_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride|website=Board Gaming (www.boardgaming.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgaming.com/games/board-games/ticket-to-ride|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129091539/https://boardgaming.com/games/board-games/ticket-to-ride|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> This original version has an average rating of 7.39, and an adjusted "Geek Rating" of 7.275, on [[BoardGameGeek]], based on the responses from 89,720 voting members.<ref name="original-reviews_bgg_current(2024)">{{Cite news|title= Ticket to Ride (2004)|language=en|website=[[BoardGameGeek]] (www.boardgamegeek.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=Ticket%20to%20Ride|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416154715/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&q=ticket%20to%20ride&objecttype=boardgame|archive-date=16 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The original version won the following awards:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Accolades
|-
! Award
! Date
! Category
! Result
! Ref
|-
| [[Spiel des Jahres|Game of the Year (Germany)]] – Spiel des Jahres
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Game of the Year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="Parent Herald">{{Cite news|title=Board Game of the Year Award: Codenames Named Best; Where Is Isle Of Skye?|date=24 July 2016|work=Parent Herald|url=http://www.parentherald.com/articles/56502/20160724/board-game-year-award-codenames-named-best-where-isle-skye.htm|access-date=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729124718/http://www.parentherald.com/articles/56502/20160724/board-game-year-award-codenames-named-best-where-isle-skye.htm |archive-date=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="awards_spiel-des-jahres_curreent(2024)">{{Cite news|title=Zug um Zug|language=de|website=spiel-des-jahres (www.spiel-des-jahres.de)|url=https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spiele/zug-um-zug|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126170125/https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spiele/zug-um-zug|archive-date=26 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="original-german-award_dow_2004">{{cite press release|title=Coveted German Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) 2004 awarded to Ticket to Ride, the Train Adventure Game.|website=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=28 June 2004|first1=Mark|last1=Kaufmann|first2=Pierre|last2=Gaubil|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news018.pdf|access-date=24 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318114228/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news018.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[Origins Award]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Best Board Game
| {{win}}
|<ref name="awards_origin_awards_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Origins Award Winners|website=The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (www.originsawards.net)|language=en|url=https://www.originsawards.net/origins-award-winners|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221073556/https://www.originsawards.net/origins-award-winners |archive-date=21 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Japan Boardgame Prize|ja|日本ボードゲーム大賞}}
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Best Advanced Game
| {{win}}
|<ref name="japan-award_u-more_current(2024)-2004">{{cite web|title=Japan Boardgame Prize 2004|website=Japan Boardgame Prize(English page)|publisher=U-more (www.u-more.com)|language=en|url=http://www.u-more.com/project/JBP-e.shtml|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601180716/http://www.u-more.com/project/2004/jbp2004-e.shtml|archive-date=1 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="japan-award_bgg_current(2024)-2004">{{cite web|title=2004 Japan Boardgame Prize|website=Board Gaming (www.boardgaming.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/19175/2004-japan-boardgame-prize|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129124653/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/19175/2004-japan-boardgame-prize|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Jeux sur un plateau|lt=Games on a Board|fr|Jeux sur un plateau}} – Jeux sur un plateau
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Gold Award
| {{won}}
|  {{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
|-

| [[Bruno Faidutti]] (Personal)
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Game of the Year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="faidutti-award_faidutti_2004">{{cite web|title=My 2004 game of the year|website=Bruno Faidutti (www.faidutti.free.fr)|date=21 June 2004|first=Bruno|last=Faidutti|language=en|url=http://faidutti.free.fr/jeux/articles/annee/annee.html|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040624205725/http://faidutti.free.fr/jeux/articles/annee/annee.html|archive-date=24 June 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

| [[Parents' Choice Award]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Silver Honour
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summer 2004 Parents' Choice Award Winners: Games|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/get_direct_level.cfm?cat=c_gam&award=AW&awdyr=2004&awdse=b&product_code=p_toy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712002838/http://www.parents-choice.org/get_direct_level.cfm?cat=c_gam&award=AW&awdyr=2004&awdse=b&product_code=p_toy|archive-date=2004-07-12|access-date=2024-06-06|website=Parents Choice Foundation|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Meeples' Choice Award|de|Meeples' Choice Award}}
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Meeples' Choice
| {{win}}
|<ref name="meeple_board-game-geek_2004">{{cite web|title=2004 Meeples' Choice Award|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamehonor/13420/2004-meeples-choice-award|access-date=21 January 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240127130216/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamehonor/13420/2004-meeples-choice-award|archive-date=27 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[Schweizer Spielepreis|Swiss Games Prize]] – Schweizer Spielepreis
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Family Games
| {{Runner-up|2nd place}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|year=2004|title=Origins Award winners|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2004/list-of-winners|access-date=2 June 2008|publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603142308/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2004/list-of-winners|archive-date=3 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

| [[Deutscher Spiele Preis|German Games Prize]] – Deutscher Spiele Preis
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004
| Game of the Year
| {{Runner-up|6th place}}
|<ref name="german-game-prize_bgg_2004">{{cite web|title=Deutscher Spiele Preis – German Game Prize|website=|date=24 October 2023|first=Gary|last=Sonnenberg|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/57620/deutscher-spiele-preis-german-game-prize|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240130023529/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/57620/deutscher-spiele-preis-german-game-prize|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Tric Trac d'or|lt=Golden Trictrac|fr|Tric Trac d'or}} – Tric Trac d'or
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="tric-trac-award_bgg_current(2024)-2004">{{cite web|title=2004 Tric Trac awards|website=BoardGameGeek (boardgamegeek.com) [directions: winners → nominees]|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/13207/2004-tric-trac-awards|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://ia601309.us.archive.org/31/items/2004-tric-trac/2004-tric-trac.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Nederlandse Spellenprijs|lt=Dutch Games Prize|nl|Nederlandse Spellenprijs}} – Nederlandse Spellenprijs
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Game of the Year
| {{Nom}}
|<ref name="dutch-award_boardgame-geek_current(2024)-2004">{{cite web|title=2004 Nederlandse Spellenprijs [directions: winners → nominees]|website=BoardGameGeek (boardgamegeek.com) [directions: winners → nominees]|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/13135/2004-nederlandse-spellenprijs|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://ia601301.us.archive.org/24/items/2004-spellenpriis/2004-spellenpriis.pdf|archive-date=26 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[International Gamers Awards]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2004 
| Best Multi-player Strategy Game 
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="international-gamers-awards_international-gamers_current(2024)-2004">{{cite web|title=2004 Nominees|website=International Gamers Awards (www.internationalgamersawards.net)|language=en|url=https://www.internationalgamersawards.net/nominees/2004-nominees|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130024505/https://www.internationalgamersawards.net/nominees/2004-nominees|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[Games 100|Games Magazine – Games 100]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005 
| "Family Games" Category
| style="text-align: center;"| Top 100
|<ref name="games-100-2005_board-game-geek_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=2006 Games 100|website=BoardGameGeek (boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/2005_Games_100|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240127120237/https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/2005_Games_100|archive-date=27 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[Diana Jones Award]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005 
| Excellence in Gaming
| {{win}}
|<ref name="diana-jones-award_diana-jones-awards_current(2024)-2005">{{cite web|title=The 2005 Award|website=Diana Jones Award (www.dianajonesaward.org)|date=23 May 2015|language=en|url=https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2005-award|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804191638/https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2005-award|archive-date=4 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="diana-jones-award_bgg_current(2024)-2005">{{cite web|title=Diana Jones Award Winners|website=BoardGameGeek (boardgamegeek.com)|date=9 September 2009|first=Matt|last=Lewis|language=en|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804191638/https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2005-award|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240130033248/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/45889/diana-jones-award-winners|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[As d'Or|Game of the Year (France) – Golden Ace (As d'Or)]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005 
| Game of the year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="golden-ace_bgg_current(2024)-2005">{{cite web|title=2005 As d'Or – Jeu de l'Année|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/72559/2005-dor-jeu-de-lannee|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240130033739/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/72559/2005-dor-jeu-de-lannee|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Årets spel|lt=Game of the Year (Sweden)|sv|Årets spel}} – Årets spel
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005
| Family Game of the Year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="sweden-award_boardgame-geek_2024(current)">{{cite web|title=2005 Årets Spel|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/9073/2005-arets-spel|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129022445/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/9073/2005-arets-spel|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Årets Spill|lt=Game of the Year (Norway)|no|Årets Spill}} – Årets Spill
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005
| Family Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="norway-award_bgg_2024(current)-2008">{{cite web|title=Årets Spill Best Family Game|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardcategory/9249/arets-spill-best-family-game|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://ia601301.us.archive.org/6/items/2008-arets-spill/2008-arets-spill.pdf|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Juego del Año|lt=Game of the Year (Spain)|es|Juego del Año (España)}} – Juego del Año
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005
| Game of the Year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="spain-award_bgg_2024(current)">{{cite web|title=Juego Del Año 2005 (Game of the year in Spain)|date=18 January 2006|first=Jesús Torres|last=Castro|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/12199/juego-del-ano-2005-game-year-spain|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129072417/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/12199/juego-del-ano-2005-game-year-spain|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="spain-award_boardgamehalv_2024(current)">{{cite web|title=Full list of Juego del Año Award Winners|website=Board Game Halv (www.boardgamehalv.com)|date=6 October 2021|language=en|url=https://www.boardgamehalv.com/full-list-of-juego-del-ano-award-winners/#2005-Juego-del-Ano-Winner|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119184736/https://www.boardgamehalv.com/full-list-of-juego-del-ano-award-winners/#2005-Juego-del-Ano-Winner|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Vuoden peli|lt=Game of the Year (Finland)|fi|Vuoden peli}} – Vuoden peli
| style="text-align: center;"| 2005 
| Family Game of the Year 
| {{win}}
|<ref name="finland-award_bgg_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=2005 Vuoden Peli|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/12558/2005-vuoden-peli|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129082451/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/12558/2005-vuoden-peli|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Hra roku|lt=Game of the year (Czech Republic)|cz|Hra roku}} – Hra roku
| style="text-align: center;"| 2006 
| Game of the Year
| {{win}}
|<ref name="hra-roku-award_bgg_current(2024)-2006">{{cite web|title=2006 Hra roku|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/13149/2006-hra-roku|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240130010237/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/13149/2006-hra-roku|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Japanese Boardgame Prize|ja|日本ボードゲーム大賞}} 
| style="text-align: center;"| 2006 
| Best Japanese Game
| {{win}}
|<ref name="japan-award_u-more_current(2024)-2006">{{cite web|title=Japan Boardgame Prize 2006|website=Japan Boardgame Prize(English page)|publisher=U-more (www.u-more.com)|language=en|url=http://www.u-more.com/project/2006/jbp2006-e.shtml|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129123719/http://www.u-more.com/project/2006/jbp2006-e.shtml|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="japan-award_bgg_current(2024)-2006">{{cite web|title=2006 Japan Boardgame Prize|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/19173/2006-japan-boardgame-prize|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129090624/https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/19173/2006-japan-boardgame-prize|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| {{ill|Ludoteca Ideale|lt=Ideal playroom (Italy)|it|Ludoteca Ideale}} – Ludoteca Ideale
| style="text-align: center;"| 2008
| Official Selection
| style="text-align: center;"| Top 10
|<ref name="ludoteca-ideale_goblins_2008">{{cite web|title=Ludoteca Ideale 2008: i vincitori|website=La Tana dei Goblin (www.goblins.net)|date=2 September 2008|author=Andrea "Liga" Ligabue|language=it|url=https://www.goblins.net/articoli/ludoteca-ideale-2008-vincitori|access-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022142513/https://www.goblins.net/articoli/ludoteca-ideale-2008-vincitori|archive-date=22 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ludoteca-ideale_board-game-geek_2008">{{cite web|title=2008 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamehonor/12646/2008-ludoteca-ideale-official-selection-winner|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815190041/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamehonor/12646/2008-ludoteca-ideale-official-selection-winner|archive-date=15 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| [[Hungarian Board Game Award]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 2010 
| Game of the Year
| {{nom}} & Top 4
|<ref name="hungarian-award_társasjátékos_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Az összes korábbi év adata {{!}} 2022. év – Magyar Társasjátékdíj|trans-title=Data from all previous years {{!}} Year 2022 – Hungarian Board Game Award|website=Társasjátékos (wwwjatekdij.hu)|language=hu|url=https://jatekdij.hu/osszes-ev|access-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128213240/http://jatekdij.hu/osszes-ev|archive-date=28 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

The following card expansions were produced to complement the original ''Ticket to Ride'' version:
<ul>
'''a) ''Mystery Train''''' 

– Days of Wonder premiered the German version of a card expansion called ''Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train'' at [[Spiel|Spiel '04]] (21 – 24 October 2004) in [[Essen]] (Germany).<ref name="mystery-train_dow_current(2024)">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion (2004)|language=en|page=|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13297/ticket-to-ride-mystery-train-expansion|access-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240602085941/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13297/ticket-to-ride-mystery-train-expansion|archive-date=2 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="spiel-2004_kulkmann_2004">{{cite web|title=The Speil Games Convention at Essen &sol; Germany {{!}} The SPeil 04|website=Kulkmann's G@mebox (www.boardgame.de)|language=en|url=http://www.boardgame.de/specials/messe/essen04/essen04.htm|access-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206150059/http://www.boardgame.de/specials/messe/essen04/essen04.htm|archive-date=6 February 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> This expansion was given away free along with the newly-released original (North America) core game<ref name="mystery-train-release_pevan_2005">{{cite web|title=Spiel '04 │ Notes on the 2004 games fair by Pevans|website=Pevans (www.pevans.co.uk)|date=21 February 2005|first=Paul|last=Evans|language=en|url=https://www.pevans.co.uk/Reviews/Spiel2004a.html#Days%20of%20Wonder|access-date=17 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221072329/https://www.pevans.co.uk/Reviews/Spiel2004a.html#Days%20of%20Wonder|archive-date=21 February 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> as part of a limited release of 30,000 decks, exclusively distributed at the convention and not to be sold elsewhere.<ref name="spiel-2004_kulkmann_2004" /> After that, the English version was available in the United States through the December '04 [[Game Trade Magazine]], and then generally in stores.<ref name="mystery-train_dow_current(2024)" /><ref name="spiel-2004_kulkmann_2004" /><!-- Kulkmann predicted a December 2004 pre-release, but the official Days of Wonder site says the December edition of Game Trade Magazine, which is used in this article in preference. -->

This expansion was a series of cards, in the original smaller card format,<ref name="mystery-train_spiel-fritte)_2013" /> which included:<ref name="mystery-train_spiel-fritte)_2013" /><ref name="mystery-train-resources_dow_current(2006)">{{Cite news|title=English printable cards|language=en|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|url=http://static.ticket2ridegame.com/lang/german/images/tt_mysterytrain_en.pdf|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060308085816/http://static.ticket2ridegame.com/lang/german/images/tt_mysterytrain_en.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mystery-train-details_spiele-test_2004" />
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<li> ''Mission Tickets'' – Four new short destination tickets; 
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<li> ''Character Cards'' – Five unique character cards, including three cards ("Station Master", "Conductor", "Industrial Mangnate") that allowed a player to get bonus points at the end of the game for accomplished tasks; and two copies of a card ("Engineer") that allowed a player to immediately look through the entire deck of tickets and take one.
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The cards had a distinctive baking to provide incentive for players to draw more cards at the risk of getting additional destination cards.<ref name="mystery-train_dow_current(2007)">{{cite web|title=Mystery Train – A Ticket to Ride Expansion|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|language=en|url=http://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/mystery/?game=us|access-date=29 May 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071008170336/http://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/mystery/?game=us|archive-date=8 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> This expansion has a "complexity rating" of 1.81 out of 5 on [[boardgamegeek]].<ref name="mystery-details_bgg_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=
Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion (2004)|website=[[BoardGameGeek]] (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13297/ticket-to-ride-mystery-train-expansion|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240602085941/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13297/ticket-to-ride-mystery-train-expansion|archive-date=2 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Reception''' – Reviews were mixed, with positive praise pragmatically considering nature of this free mini-expansion. While giving the expansion a 5 out of 5 for style and a 4 out of 5 for substance, Shannon Appelcline (RPG) wrote "''Mystery Train'' is a nice little expansion to ''Ticket to Ride''; its not earth-shattering (or essential), but its worth going to the trouble to pick up, as it'll cause some slight changes in your ''Ticket to Ride'' games."<ref name="mystery-train_rpg_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Review of Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train|website=RPG (www.rpg.net)|date=17 November 2004|first=Shannon|last=Appelcline|language=en|url=https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10844.phtml|access-date=29 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403065045/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10844.phtml|archive-date=3 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Arno Steinwender (Spiele Test) wrote "''Mystery Train'' complements ''Ticket to Ride'' well and brings variety to the game. Of course you can't expect 'the latest thing' from 10 new cards – but ''Mystery Train'' certainly manages to shorten the wait for the Europe expansion and wet your appetite for more!" (translated)<ref name="mystery-train-details_spiele-test_2004">{{Cite news|title=Zug um Zug – Mystery Train Erweiterung|first=Arno|last=Steinwender|date=6 November 2004|language=de|website=Spiele Test (www.spieletest.at)|url=http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=555|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050521130714/http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=555|archive-date=21 May 2005|url-status=live}}</ref> In later reviews, the incompatibility with the newer, now standard, large card size, used in the ''USA 1910'' expansion and the stand-alone versions was noted. Giving the expansion a 5 out of 10, Spiel Fritte wrote "''Mystery Train'' is only available in small card format. If you want to play with the larger and more manageable cards, you can forget about this expansion. What a shame."<ref name="mystery-train_spiel-fritte)_2013">{{Cite news|title=Zug um Zug – Mystery Train|date=20 March 2013|language=de|website=Spiel Fritte (www.spielfritte.de)|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605071707/http%3A%2F%2Fspielfritte.de%2Fzug-um-zug-mystery-train%2F|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210091304/https://cliquenabend.de/spiele/757100-Zug-um-Zug-Deutschland.html|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[BoardGameGeek]] this expansion has an average rating of 6.65 and an adjusted "Geek Rating" of 5.852, from a combined vote of 944 voting users.<ref name="mystery-train-reviews_bgg_current(2024)">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion (2004)|language=en|website=[[Boardgamegeek]] (www.boardgamegeek.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&q=%20Ticket%20to%20Ride:%20Mystery%20Train%20Expansion&objecttype=boardgame|access-date=2 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240602093109/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&q=%20Ticket%20to%20Ride:%20Mystery%20Train%20Expansion&objecttype=boardgame|archive-date=2 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''b) ''USA 1910''''' – ''USA 1910'' had its premier release in conjunction with [[Spiel#Spiel '06|Spiel '06]] (19 – 22 October 2006) in [[Essen]], [[Germany]].<ref name="usa-1910-release_edgl_2006">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride: USA 1910|website=Edmonton Board Gaming League (www.ebgl.org)|language=en|url=https://www.ebgl.org/current.php?g=189|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321095352/http://www.ebgl.org/current.php?g=189|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="usa-1910-release_hero-scapers_2006">{{cite web|title=New limited Ticket to Ride expansion coming out|website=Hero Scapers (www.heroscapers.com)|date=6 October 2006|author=0rbital|language=en|url=https://www.heroscapers.com/threads/new-limited-ticket-to-ride-expansion-coming-out.3218|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216103243/https://www.heroscapers.com/threads/new-limited-ticket-to-ride-expansion-coming-out.3218|archive-date=16 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> The initial release was packaged in a distinctive, 2-piece metal box. The release was limited, with some countries like the United States only having 10,000 copies made available.<ref name="usa-1910-release_edgl_2006"/><ref name="usa-1910-release_hero-scapers_2006"/> The expansion, which became a standard supplement to the original game,<ref name="usa-1910_days-of-wonder_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=USA 1910|website=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|language=en|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/usa-1910|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126222205/https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/usa-1910|archive-date=26 November 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> contained:<ref name="usa1910-details_dow_current(2007-2015)">{{Cite news|title=USA 1910 – Ticket Ride Expansion|language=en|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|url=http://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/usa1910|access-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070714014408/http://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/usa1910|archive-date=14 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="1910-expansion_dads-gaming-addiction_2015">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 (Expansion)|website=Dad's Gaming Addiction (www.dadsgamingaddiction.com)|date=1 January 2015|author=Vincent|language=en|url=https://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910-expansion|access-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240510095041/https://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910-expansion|archive-date=10 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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<li> Large format reprints of the original card deck, replacing the much smaller ones included in the original game;
<li> Thirty-five new destination tickets, including four from the out-of-print ''Mystery Train'' expansion;
<li> A "Globetrotter" bonus card.
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The expansion also included a rulebook giving three additional different ways to play the game:
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<li> 1910 Rules - A range of new missions;
<li> Big Cities Rules - Only missions between major metropolises; 
<li> Mega Game - Featuring all the possible missions.
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This card expansion currently has a complexity rating of 1.89 out of 5 on [[BoardGameGeek]].<ref name="usa-1910-details_bgg_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 (2006)|website=[[BoardGameGeek]] (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/24439/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910|access-date=2 May 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240329003334/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/24439/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Reception''' – The game received favourable reviews to the 1910 expansion, especially as an indispensable add-on to the original. Nathan Coobs, while giving it 83%, wrote "True to their word, Days of Wonder have used the 1910 expansion to re-inject some life and vigour into this old showpiece. ... For us 1910 is a mandatory part of the game."<ref name="1910-expansion_zatu-games_2021">{{cite web|title=Ticket To Ride USA 1910 Expansion Review|website=Zatu (www.board-game.co.uk)|date=25 August 2021|first=Nathan|last=Coombs|language=en|url=https://www.board-game.co.uk/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910-expansion-review|access-date=11 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511130307/https://www.board-game.co.uk/ticket-to-ride-usa-1910-expansion-review|archive-date=11 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Tom Vasel (RPG), while giving it a 4 out of 5 for both style and substance, wrote "Large cards and a whopping thirty-five new tickets are a good enough reason to picking up this inexpensive expansion. It turns the original ''Ticket to Ride'' into a more tactical game, almost putting it on par with the strategy king of the series – ''Ticket to Ride: Märklin''."<ref name="1910-expansion_rpg_2006a">{{cite web|title=Review of Ticket to Ride: USA 1910|website=RPG (www.rpg.net)|date=27 December 2006|first=Tom|last=Vasel|language=en|url=https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12656.phtml|access-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403065045/https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12656.phtml|archive-date=3 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In contrast, some reviewers questioned the need for the expansion. Vincent (Dad's Gaming Addiction), while giving it 7 out of 10, wrote "The base game is perfectly playable by itself and can easily provide entertainment for years to come…most casual gamers can and will be happy with just that. With that said, sometimes you just want more. I personally would have liked another train set so that six players could play or something along those lines, but I suppose ''USA 1910'' does the job as-is even if it is a tad on the expensive side."<ref name="1910-expansion_dads-gaming-addiction_2015"/> On [[BoardGameGeek]], the USA 1910 card expansion received an average rating of 8.00 and an adjusted "Geek rating" of 7.566, from a vote amongst 11,108 voting users.<ref name="usa-1910-reviews_bgg_current(2024)">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 (2006)|language=en|website=[[BoardGameGeek]]|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=Ticket%20to%20Ride:%20USA%201910|access-date=2 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240602094343/https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=Ticket%20to%20Ride:%20USA%201910|archive-date=2 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

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