Ticket to Ride game rules

Ticket to Ride

‘Destination’ cards: Cards with 2 end-points on the map which require the player to connect. Different destination cards have different points that will add to the points of the player if the route is completed.

‘Railway car’ cards: Cards corresponding to the color of routes. The routes on map are of varying lengths which requires varying numbers of matching colored cards, i.e. if a 4-train-long red route is to be completed, 4 red cards of that player must be consumed. The special locomotive card can be used as any colour.

1.     Each player chooses 2 ‘destination' cards and chooses the color of train to be used in the game

2.     Each turn, players can choose to collect 2 'railway car' cards in single color, collect 1 ‘Locomotive’ card, draw additional 'destination' cards(if all the destinations assigned to the player are completed), or use ‘railway car’ cards to claim routes on a map and thereby earn points.

3.     Each discrete route marked on the board can be claimed by only a single player. Some cities are connected by two parallel routes that can each be claimed by a different player. Longer routes are worth progressively more points than shorter routes, e.g. a route of length four is worth more than two routes of length two.

4.     The game ends when one player was left with 3 trains or less his or her supply of colored train pieces. When this occurs, every player then plays one additional turn, after which they each reveal his or her previously hidden 'destination' cards.

5.     Additional points are awarded for having successfully completed the routes on the cards, whereas points are subtracted for any incomplete routes. A ten point bonus is awarded to the player who has the longest continuously connected set of routes.

Competition:

1.     This game is played by individual players. There will be 4 players per game.

2.     The player with the highest points in one game will be rewarded with 10 points; the 2^nd highest one with 7 points, the 3^rd with 5 points and the 4^th with 3 points.

3.     One game typically lasts for 1 hour. Each player will play 3 rounds to determine

4.     The 4 players with highest marks after 3 games will be selected to proceed to final.  For the players having the same marks, one with higher points in individual games will be chosen. They will play for one last round to determine the winner. The top 3 players will be ranked as 1^st , 2^nd and 3^rd place of Ticket to Ride competition.