Ticket to Ride Quick Reference Rules Guide

This basic guide acts as a quick reference, or a basic outline of rules, for people that have read the full instructions for the Ticket to Ride board game.

This game is designed for fast turn taking, which aims to keep everyone engaged. You can find the full instructions of Ticket to Ride here on their main website.

Ticket to Ride Rules

The Objective

The game end is triggered when a player has 0-2 trains left after their turn, all other players including this player gets one last turn.

Player with the most points wins the game. Calculate score in the following way:

1. Add completed Destination ticket points.
2. Subtract Destination ticket points for unfinished Destination tickets.
3. Add 10 points for the longest continuous route.

If tied, the longest continuous route is the tie breaker.

Quick Setup

Train car cards: 4 per player, and then place 5 face up in the play area next to the board.

Destination tickets: 3 per player, players must keep at least 2, and able to discard 1 if desired.

Critical Notes

Grey/uncolored squares allow a set of trains of any one color to be used.

In 2-3 player games, the double routes must be treated as single routes (only one of two lanes may be used).

Actions

Perform only 1 of 3 options

1. Pick up coloured Train card(s) - 1 of 2 options
• Pick up 1 face up Wild (rainbow) train.
• Pick up 2 train cards, either face up or from the draw stack face down (no face up wilds, face down Wilds are fine).
2. Pick up 3 Destination tickets, keep at least 1, discard the rest
3. Claim a Route
• Pay the cost with same coloured trains and/or wilds.
• Score points according to route length.