Editing Ticket to Ride (board game) (section)

==Reception==

===Sales===

''Ticket to Ride'' was first published in the States by an American company, [[Days of Wonder]].<ref name="10th-review_wired_2014">{{Cite news|title=Board Game 'Ticket to Ride' Celebrates 10 Years With a Gorgeous New Edition|first=Peter|last=Rubin|date=18 June 2014|language=en|website=Wired (www.wired.com)|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/06/ticket-to-ride-10th-anniversary|access-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528111926/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21348/ticket-to-ride-marklin|archive-date=28 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The very first sale of the game to German distributor was 600 units, shipped on 27 February 2004, with French and English sales coming soon after.<ref name="sales_games-trade-magazine_2014"/> On 12 November 2004, nine months after its release, 250,000 copies of the ''Ticket to Ride'' board game had been sold.<ref name="sales_dow_2004">{{cite press release|title=Days of Wonder's Award-Winning Ticket to Ride™ is a runaway hit with over 250,000 boardgames sold!|website=Asmodee (www.asmodee.com)|publisher=DaysofWonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=12 November 2004|first1=Mark|last1=Kaufmann|first2=Claudia|last2=Fichtner|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news021.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324071444/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news021.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2024, 18 million copies of the game have been sold worldwide.<ref name="20th-trains_dow_2024">{{cite press release|title=Days of Wonder announces Deluxe Train Sets for Ticket to Ride|website=Asmodee (www.asmodee.com)|date=3 July 2024|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2024/07/Press_Sheet_20Y-trains.pdf|access-date=13 July 2024|archive-url=https://ia600300.us.archive.org/6/items/press-sheet-20-y-trains/Press_Sheet_20Y-trains.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The estimates of the total number of the board games sold since the game's release show a consist increase:

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Cumulative copies sold
! Ref
|-
| 2004
| 250,000
|<ref name="sales_dow_2004"/>
|-
| 2005
| 300,000
|<ref name="sales_games-trade-magazine_2014">{{cite web|title=GTM #170 – The History of Ticket To Ride|website=Games Trade Magazine (www.gametrademagazine.com)|date=21 May 2014|first1=Alan R.|last1=Moon|first2=Mark|last2=Kaufmann|language=en|url=https://www.gametrademagazine.com/Home/1/1/58/581?articleID=146013|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210203045/https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/best-of-gen-con-2018|archive-date=10 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- The date was not apparent in the article link, however, the details of edition 170 can be found at https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR142356 --->
|-
| 2006
| 500,000
|<ref name="sales_dow_2006">{{cite press release|title=Ticket to Ride™ Board game Series Reaches Half-Million Units Sold Milestone|website=Asmodee (www.asmodee.com)|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=13 February 2006|first1=Mark|last1=Kaufmann|first2=Pierre|last2=Gaubil|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news026.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324052223/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news026.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| 750,000
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ticket to Ride|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012091315/https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|archive-date=12 October 2007|website=daysofwonder.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| 750,000
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online store – Play different|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221141046/https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|archive-date=21 December 2010|website=daysofwonder.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| 1,500,000
|<ref name="ipad_dow_2011"/><ref name="expansions-launch_dow_2011"/><ref name="sale_forbes_2011">{{cite web|title=Ticket To Ride: How The Internet Fueled A New Board Game Powerhouse|website=Forbes (www.forbes.com)|date=18 March 2013|first=Caleb|last=Melb|language=en|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2013/03/18/days-of-wonder-how-the-internet-fueled-a-new-board-game-powerhouse/?sh=79046e8e1e41|access-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240131024738/https://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2013/03/18/days-of-wonder-how-the-internet-fueled-a-new-board-game-powerhouse/?sh=283a7d5c1e41|archive-date=31 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- Forbes quotes 2 million, but the official DOW site quotes 1,5&nbsp;million, therefore 1.5&nbsp;million is used in preference. -->
|-
| 2012
| 2,000,000
|<ref name="mac-classic_dow_2012">{{cite press release|title=Ticket to Ride Comes to Mac App Store|website=Asmodee (www.asmodee.com)|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=5 April 2012|first=Kevin|last=Brown|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news079.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324052217/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news079.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="steam-classic_dow_2012">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride, top selling board game from Days of Wonder, now available on Steam|website=Asmodee (www.asmodee.com)|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=24 May 2012|first=Kevin|last=Brown|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news080.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010163227/https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/DoW_news080.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| 3,000,000
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online store – Play different|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111160434/https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|archive-date=11 November 2013|access-date=7 May 2024|website=daysofwonder.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| 3,000,000
|<ref name="sales_guardian_2014">{{Cite web|last=Duffy|first=Owen|date=27 October 2014 |title=All aboard – How Ticket To Ride helped save table-top gaming|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/oct/27/all-aboard-how-ticket-to-ride-helped-save-table-top-gaming|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027151434/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/oct/27/all-aboard-how-ticket-to-ride-helped-save-table-top-gaming |archive-date=27 October 2014|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="10th-anniversary-days-of-wonder_2014"/><ref name="sales_games-trade-magazine_2014"/>
|-
| 2015
| 3,000,000
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online store – Play different|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TTT|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930100153/https://www.daysofwonder.com/en/buy/?family=TT|archive-date=30 September 2015|website=daysofwonder.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| 6,000,000
|<ref name="sales_indianapolis-monthly_2018">{{cite web|title=Best Of Gen Con 2018 Ticket to Ride: New York (Days of Wonder)|website=Indianapolis Monthly (www.indianapolismonthly.com)|date=6 August 2018|first=Lou|last=Harry|language=en|url=https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/best-of-gen-con-2018|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802235928/https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/best-of-gen-con-2018|archive-date=2 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sales_24-7-wall-st_2018">{{cite web|title=25 Best Board Games for a Snowy Day|website=24/7 Wall St (www.247wallst.com)|date=19 January 2018|first1=Michael B.|last1=Sauter|first2=Grant|last2=Suneson|first3=Cheyenne|last3=Buckingham|language=en|url=https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/01/19/25-best-board-games-for-a-snowy-day|access-date=30 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507021452/https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/01/19/25-best-board-games-for-a-snowy-day|archive-date=7 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| 6,000,000
|<ref name="sales_tabletop-gaming_2018">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride is being turned into a reality TV show|website=Tabletop Gaming (www.tabletopgaming.co.uk)|date=1 July 2019|language=en|url=https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/ticket-to-ride-is-being-turned-into-a-reality-tv-show|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506153521/https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/ticket-to-ride-is-being-turned-into-a-reality-tv-show|archive-date=6 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| 10,000,000
|<ref name="pink-pieces_dow_2021"/><ref name="pink-pieces_asmodee_2021">{{cite press release|title=Ticket to Ride Releases Exclusive Train Set as Part of "Play Pink" Initiative to Support Research Against Breast Cancer|website=Games Press (www.gamespress.com)|date=27 September 2021|language=en|url=https://www.gamespress.com/Ticket-to-Ride-Releases-Exclusive-Train-Set-as-Part-of-Play-Pink-Initi|access-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240511120304/https://www.gamespress.com/Ticket-to-Ride-Releases-Exclusive-Train-Set-as-Part-of-Play-Pink-Initi|archive-date=11 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| 10,000,000
|<ref name="sales_guardian_2014"/><ref name="san-francisco-release_dow_2022"/><ref name="sales_people-of-play_2022">{{cite web|title=Game Review: Ticket to Ride by Alan R. Moon|website=People of Play (peopleofplay.com)|date=26 November 2023|first=Julia|last=DeKorte|language=en|url=https://peopleofplay.com/blog/game-review-ticket-to-ride-by-alan-r-moon|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240502050139/https://peopleofplay.com/blog/game-review-ticket-to-ride-by-alan-r-moon|archive-date=2 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| 15,000,000
|<ref name="new-video-game_marmalade_2023a">{{cite web|title=A new Ticket to Ride® Video Game is coming soon|website=Marmalade Game Studio (www.marmaladegamestudio.com)|date=18 September 2023|language=en|url=https://www.marmaladegamestudio.com/a-new-ticket-to-ride-video-game-is-coming-soon|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240504011746/https://www.marmaladegamestudio.com/a-new-ticket-to-ride-video-game-is-coming-soon|archive-date=4 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sales_total-licencing_2024">{{cite web|title=Lincencing Ticket to Ride|page=80|website=Total Licensing Winter 24|date=15 January 2024|language=en|url=https://issuu.com/totallicensing/docs/total_licensing_winter_24|access-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://ia802209.us.archive.org/2/items/2024-05-11a-total-licencing-winter-24-15-january-2024-p-80-81/2024-05-11a%20Total%20Licencing%20Winter%2024%20-%2015%20January%202024%20%28p80-81%29.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- The January 2024 press release quoted the figure as over 15,000,000 demonstrating it still remained 15,000,000 in the initial part of the following year.-->
|-
| 2024
| 18,000,000
| <ref name="20th-celebrations_dow_2024"/><ref name="20th-trains_dow_2024"/>
|}

===Critical reception===
The reception to the ''Ticket to Ride'' series, as a whole, had been generally positive. Giving the series an 8.6 out of 10, ''Board Game Halv'' wrote "''Ticket to Ride'' is one of the most popular games in the world, period. They have painstakingly earned that distinction over several years and several<!--"sever" in original; fixed silently per [[MOS:TYPOFIX]]--> iterations of the game so it is all well deserved."<ref name="series-review_boardgamehalv_2024(current)">{{cite web|title=Ticket To Ride Review|website=Board Game Halv (www.boardgamehalv.com)|date=29 January 2020|language=en|url=https://www.boardgamehalv.com/ticket-to-ride-review|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129075453/https://www.boardgamehalv.com/ticket-to-ride-review|archive-date=29 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Impact===
Influenced in part by the game's popularity, the game's box dimensions (30&nbsp;cm × 30&nbsp;cm × 8&nbsp;cm) became a popular standard for medium-size games, and are commonly referred to as "standard TtR size".<ref name=bggSize>{{cite mailing list |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2773297/article/39023086#39023086 |title=La Granja: Deluxe Master Set: Obligatory- What is going to be the size of this box |author=Rainer Ahlfors [@GalaGalaxia] |date=12 December 2021 |access-date=12 June 2024 |mailing-list=Board Game Geek forums}}</ref><ref name=tekeliSize>{{cite mailing list |url=https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/sizes-of-boxes-that-feel-right/1788/21 |title=Sizes of boxes that feel… right |author=lalunaverde |date=November 2020 |access-date=12 June 2024 |mailing-list=tekeli.li}}</ref>