Editing Ticket to Ride (board game) (section)

==Gameplay==
The gameplay is based on the format of the original 2004 game's rules (United States 1910),<ref name="ticket-to-ride_rules_current(2024)a">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride {{!}} A cross-country train adventure game!|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder)|year=2004|language=en|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> with a few unique rule variations for each version:-

===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.

===Play===

Each turn, the player chooses from one of three options:

* Draw two [[railway car]] [[Playing card|card]]s in various colours from the face-up 5 draw cards or the pack. The ''Rails and Sails'' and ''Great Lakes'' versions use two draw card piles of 3 train cards and 3 ship cards instead<ref name="rails-&-sails-rules_dow_current(2024)b">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – Rails and Sails {{!}} The world|chapter=Setting up the game|publisher=Days of Wonder|language=en|year=2016|page=3|url=https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/8f/4c/e2-ticket-to-ride-rails-sails-rulebook.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505001821/https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/8f/4c/e2-ticket-to-ride-rails-sails-rulebook.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="great-lakes-rules_way-back_2015b"/>), with the restriction that drawing a face-up wild Locomotive card forfeits drawing another card for that turn (this restriction does not exist in the Switzerland map<ref name="switzerland-rules_dow_2007">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – Switzerland → Locomotive cards|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|page=2|date=2007|language=en|url=https://fgbradleys.com/wp-content/uploads/rules/TickettoRideSwitzerlandexp-rules.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://ia600304.us.archive.org/31/items/ticketto-ride-switzerlandexp-rules/TickettoRideSwitzerlandexp-rules.pdf|archive-date=8 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> or the Nordic Countries version<ref name="nordiccountries-rules_dow_2004">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride - Nordic Countries → The Game Turn → Draw Train Car Cards|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]](www.daysofwonder.com)|page=2|date=2004|language=en|url=https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2023/09/7208-T2RNC-Rules-EN.pdf|access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>). Any removed face-up draw cards are automatically replaced, with all the face-up draw cards being immediately completely replaced if three or more wild locomotive cards are face-up; or
* Draw a number of additional destination ticket cards, specified by the version being played, keeping a specified minimum number in that version; or
* Play their collected railway car cards from their hand to claim a route on the board and place the corresponding number of train pieces from their store on the claimed route. The routes are of varied lengths, and only one player can claim each discrete route marked on the board. Some cities are connected by two parallel routes that can be claimed by two different players (unless the game is played with a number of players lower than a stated threshold of players, in which case only one of the routes can be claimed). A single player may not claim both parallel routes between two cities. On their turn, a player can claim any route on the board that has not already been claimed, regardless of whether the route helps to complete their destination tickets.

The game ends when one player possesses a number of their remaining coloured train pieces which falls below three trains (except for the ''Rails and Sails'' version, which is ended when the combined number of any player's own trains/ships falls below 7<ref name="rails-&-sails-rules_dow_current(2024)c">{{cite book|title=Ticket to Ride – Rails and Sails {{!}} The world|chapter=Game end|publisher=Days of Wonder|language=en|year=2016|page=7|url=https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/8f/4c/e2-ticket-to-ride-rails-sails-rulebook.pdf|access-date=7 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505001821/https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/8f/4c/e2-ticket-to-ride-rails-sails-rulebook.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>). Every player then takes one additional turn (two turns in the ''Rails and Sails'' version) and then reveals their previously hidden retained ticket cards.<ref name="Wirecutter">{{Cite news|last1=Perling|first1=Anna|last2=Austin|first2=James|date=9 December 2019|title=The best beginner board games for adults |work=[[The Wirecutter]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/board-games-for-adults|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

===Scoring===

{| class="wikitable" align="right" style="margin-left
|+ Standard Route Scores 
|-
! Route Length<br><small>(Trains)</small>
! Score<br><small>(Points)</small>
|-
| 1
| 1
|-
| 2
| 2
|-
| 3
| 4
|-
| 4
| 7
|-
| 5 
| 10
|-
| 6
| 15
|-
| 7
| 18
|-
| 8 
| 21
|-
| 9
| 27
|}

Players can earn points by:
* '''Routes''' – The points awarded for a route are based on the number of wagons required for that route, using a standard point value for every version.
* '''Tickets''' – The combined prescribed points on the ticket cards whose objectives have been completed, i.e. by connecting specified cities in one of their ticket cards (occasional in a specific order), once the combined prescribed points of any ticket cards with uncompleted objectives have been subtracted.
* '''Longest Road''' – A 10 point bonus for the player, or each player for those tied in length, who has built the longest continuous route. In some versions, there is a "globetrotter" instead, i.e. a road from one end of the board to the other, with each player potentially obtaining the points if they build it. Some versions do not have this bonus.
* '''Most Completed Tickets''' – A point bonus for the player, or each player for those that tied in number, who completed the most tickets (10 or 15 points depending on the version). Some versions do not have this bonus.

Some versions have additional special rules.