Play then proceeds clockwise around the table, each player taking 1 turn at a time.Ī player's turn consists of 2 separate steps: Step 1 Players will use Train cards in their On-the- Track stack to match the quantity and colors of routes on their Destination Tickets, scoring points for completed Tickets and possibly winning Big Cities bonuses in the process. Move Train cards out of their Railyard and into a single On-The-Track stack of Train cards, face down, in front of them.

Place Train cards from their hands into an area in front of them called their Railyard Game Playĭuring the course of the game, players will have the opportunity to:ĭraw new Destination Tickets or new Train cards into their hand In a four-player game, when the deck runs out, it triggers the first scoring of completed Destination Tickets the discard pile of Train cards is then reshuffled into a new Train deck, and it is only when this second Train deck runs out that the game ends and the final score is computed. When the Train deck is depleted, there is a final turn of play the game ends, and points are scored. Two or three-player games go through the deck of Train cards once. Unwanted Tickets are shuffled back into the Ticket deck. Each player must keep at least 1 Destination Ticket, but may keep as many as all 6 if he wishes to. Place the remaining Tickets face down in a Ticket deck 6.Įach player now looks at his Tickets in secret and chooses which ones he wishes to keep. Now, shuffle the Destination Tickets and deal 6 to each player 5. Place the 6 Big Cities Bonus cards off to the side, their value visible to all players 4. Shuffle the rest of the Train cards into a Train deck, including any Locomotives left over deal 7 cards to each player 2 and place the rest of the Train deck within easy reach of all players.ĭraw the top 5 cards from the deck and place them face-up, in a row, in the Draw area next to the Train deck 3. Give each player 1 Locomotive card (wild card) 1.

But beware - points are lost for any uncompleted Destination Tickets, at this stage! Setup They also score points by winning Big Cities Bonus cards at the game's end. Players score points by completing the Destination Tickets in their hands. The object of the game is to score the highest total number of points.

Ticket to ride board game rules