Ticket to Ride Europe

Setup

1

Place the game board in the center of the table

2

Choose a color and grab your pieces

Choose your favorite color

Grab the game piece in that color

and take 45 train cars, also in your color

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Place your game pieces on the starting space

In the corner - Right before the number 1

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Each player receives 4 train cards face down

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Place the remaining train card deck face down next to the game board

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5 train cards are revealed next to the deck

So, side by side, that everyone can see them well

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3 secret destination tickets

Everyone gets 3 destination tickets

Now choose! Keep 2 or 3 destination tickets to complete them

If you feel confident, keep all 3

The remaining cards go under the destination ticket deck

Then place the remaining deck next to the game board

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The bonus card (+10) is placed next to the game board

It will only be needed at the end during scoring

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Who is the starting player?

Maybe the one who last traveled by train?

Continue clockwise

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Game board after setup

Goal

1

The game ends when ...

a player has only 2 train cars left

Everyone then gets one more turn

The player with 2 train cars takes the last turn

And then it's time for scoring

2

The winner is the one whose game piece is in front at the end

Your game pieces move along the edge of the board

Scoring points means moving forward!

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Points are awarded for

1: Connecting adjacent cities with your train cars

2: Connecting distant cities listed on your destination tickets

Only train cars in your color count!

3: Building the longest continuous route with your train cars

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Point deduction for

Uncompleted destination tickets at the end

If cities on your destination ticket are not connected

Gameplay

1

Choose one of these 3 actions

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1: Connecting cities

Per turn, you may build one route between two cities

Where doesn't matter, as long as it's a new route

It doesn't have to connect to your other routes

No opponent's train cars can be on it

The colored boxes indicate the train card color needed

Player colors? The boxes have nothing to do with your player color

Examples of your construction projects:

4 red boxes between two cities

give up 4 red train cards - locomotives are also allowed

3 gray boxes between two cities

3 identical train cards in any color

For double boxes between two cities

choose one of the two colors

With 4 players the second line can also be built

The second line belongs to a different player

Locomotives are your jokers

One locomotive replaces a train car in any color

Using multiple locomotives at once? No problem!

Have matching train cards or locomotives for a route?

Pay with them and put them on the discard pile

Next to the draw pile, visible to all

Place train cars on the boxes

Your game piece moves forward as many points as the board indicates

Ferries only with locomotives

Routes over water have locomotives on the boxes

To build, you must give up at least that many locomotive cards

Tunnel building - a gamble

Tunnel routes are identified by jagged edges

You give up the required number of train cards of one color

Then draw 3 cards from the deck

and hope they don't match the color of your played train cards

Each drawn card that matches your played train color costs you 1 additional card

Example:

You play 4 green train cards to pay

You draw 3 cards from the deck

2 of them are green

So you need to pay 2 additional green cards from your hand

Locomotives can also be used.

So before building a tunnel, make sure you have more cards than needed or locomotives

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2: Draw 2 train cards or 1 locomotive card

In short: You may only take one open locomotive or two other cards.

Follow these steps 2 times:

Choose one of the 5 open cards if you need it.

Replace it immediately with a new one from the deck

If 5 locomotives are then open, replace them with 5 new cards

Locomotive?

If you take a colorful locomotive card, you may not take a second card.

If you already took one card, you may not take a locomotive.

Or draw a face-down card

Collect cards endlessly? Yes, you can!

You may have as many train cards as you want.

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3: Draw destination tickets

Draw 3 destination tickets

Keep at least one

The rest? Put them under the destination ticket deck

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Building a station

The first station costs 1 train card

The second costs 2 identical train cards, and so on.

What does a station do?

If a route is blocked, you can place a station there

With a station, you may use one adjacent route of another player

This can help you complete your destination tickets

Unused stations give bonus points at the end

4 points per station

Scoring

1

You've been moving your game pieces diligently while building routes

Counting again? You can, but it's not necessary

Reminder: Each route brings the points on the points card

2

Now show your destination tickets

Completed destination ticket:

Your game piece moves forward by the points on the card

Uncompleted destination ticket:

Your game piece moves backward by the points on the card

3

Who has the longest continuous route?

Only without branches counts

The lucky one moves 10 points forward

And gets the bonus card: Longest route (+10)

In case of a tie, all players with the longest route move forward 10 points

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The winner is the one who is in front at the end

In case of a tie, the player with more completed destination tickets wins

then the player with the longest route