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Ticket to Ride: Europe

2-5 players 30-60 min 7.5 Board Game Geek Rating

Players collect train cards to build railway routes connecting European cities from Edinburgh to Constantinople. New mechanics include tunnels requiring extra cards, ferries needing locomotives, and stations letting you use opponents' tracks for points. Score by placing trains and completing destination tickets, but unfinished routes cost points. Highest score wins.

Published 2005

Ticket to Ride: Europe

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Place board and reference cards
Put the board, European Express card, and scoring table card face-up on the table
2
Distribute player components
Give each player 45 train cars and 3 stations of one color, then place the matching scoring marker at the start of the score track
3
Prepare train card deck
Shuffle the train cards (12 each of 8 colors plus 14 wild locomotives)
4
Deal long Destination Tickets
Shuffle the 6 long tickets (blue background), deal 1 facedown to each player, and remove the rest from the game
5
Deal short Destination Tickets
Shuffle the short tickets (tan background), deal 3 facedown to each player, and stack the rest facedown by the board
6
Select starting tickets
Each player keeps 2-5 of their destination ticket cards and returns others, removing returned cards from the game
7
Determine first player
The player who has visited the most European countries starts

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Choose one action
On each turn, perform exactly one of four possible actions: draw train cards, claim a route, draw destination tickets, or build a station
2
Draw Train Cards
Take cards to build your hand
3
Claim a Regular Route
Play matching train cards equal to the route length
4
Claim a Ferry Route
Play cards for routes showing locomotive symbols
5
Claim a Tunnel Route
Attempt routes with heavy borders using extra risk
6
Draw Destination Ticket Cards
Draw 3 tickets, keep 1-3, return unkept cards to bottom of deck
7
Build a Station
Play 1/2/3 cards of one color for your 1st/2nd/3rd station respectively

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Trigger game end
When a player has 2 or fewer train cars remaining, each player (including that player) takes one final turn
2
Recount route scores
Verify all completed route scores for errors and omissions
3
Score destination tickets
Add or subtract points for each held ticket based on completion
4
Score unbuilt stations
Add 4 points for each station not built
5
Award European Express
Give the card and 10 points to the player with the longest continuous path
6
Determine winner
The player with the most points wins

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