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Ticket to Ride Board Game $37.90 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Amazon AU

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A good price for a great game. If you have Prime the last best was March 2023, and before that 2019ish.

Kids >8 can learn and play reasonably in about 20mins with 'slow play', but there are more advanced approaches for older kids and adults.

Here's a 1 minute rap explaining and reviewing the game. Apparently you can play it without watching this, but why would you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69ZenlQgw0

Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure game
Connect iconic North American cities and build your train routes to earn points
Compete with other players to build train lines across North America
Part set collection, part area control, Ticket to Ride challenges players to be constantly aware of the board state, which cards they need, and what their opponents are up to
Easy to learn, hours of play
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  • Gomo on 04/03/2024 - 10:18

    Love this game by the wife always wins somehow 😅

    • cupnooodle on 04/03/2024 - 10:36
      +1

      i felt this, my wife also always 'wins'

    • cameldownunder on 04/03/2024 - 10:45
      +4

      If you win the game you lose …. later, if you lose then you lose.

  • helldoodle on 04/03/2024 - 10:30
    +1

    link doesn't work

  • tekisei on 04/03/2024 - 10:36

    Does this version still have the tiny train and mission cards? (Relative to all the other editions with normal sized cards)

    • ColPow11 on 04/03/2024 - 11:06

      Yes. The images in the link show the little cards. I don't mind them, however - and once you play the game a few times you only need the little dots to remind you where you're going.

    • foursaken on 04/03/2024 - 11:11

      I've never seen an edition with "normal" sized cards! They all have Hobbit (c) cards in my experience.

  • markmeister92 on 04/03/2024 - 10:36

    great game

  • omblygombly on 04/03/2024 - 10:52

    I too, can recommend this game. Good fun. Good price too.

  • codinghelloworld on 04/03/2024 - 11:00

    Anyone know this or Europe version, which game is better?

    • abb on 04/03/2024 - 11:04
      +5

      Europe is a bit more complicated.

      • ESEMCE on 04/03/2024 - 12:13

        It is, but you can simplify by ignoring things like Stations and the rules for Tunnels.
        I think the map is better than US.

    • foursaken on 04/03/2024 - 11:11
      +1

      I wouldn't consider any edition "better" than another - Most editions are fairly similar with some additional, specific rules.

    • Hamish125 on 04/03/2024 - 11:37

      I personally prefer Europe edition. Game seems to be a bit quicker and more interesting dynamics

    • theSav on 04/03/2024 - 11:47
      +1

      Better? Maybe. Different? Yes.

      Europe has extra rules & a different map (obviously). You can simply play without the extra Europe rules if you prefer a more TTR:US feel.

      But all versions of TTR are roughly the same. Nothing groundbreakingly different amongst them.

      Note that TTR is a gateway game, so deep mechanics, rulesets, strategies are not present here. I love a great strategy game, so Europe is better for me. But both are very light strategy only.

      Unsure about this version, but TTR:Europe has a couple of decent expansions which add extra destination cards and routes etc

      I paid $90 for TTR:Europe when it first came out. This at <$40 is a total steal. Don’t wait, just buy it.

      • codinghelloworld on 04/03/2024 - 12:32

        Nice, I just bought this one, now wait for Europe version to be on sale, love strategy and a bit complicated game

    • mysticalrealm on 04/03/2024 - 12:16
      -1

      Played both. US is more cutthroat and Europe is more collaborative. Both are equally fun.

      • pizzaguy on 04/03/2024 - 13:34

        What did you mean by "collaborative"? Because there's no collaboration in this game at all.

        • SharkBait on 04/03/2024 - 13:43

          "Collaborative" isn't the right word in my opinion. Europe is definitely less cutthroat and more forgiving though.

        • diamondd on 05/03/2024 - 08:32

          Europe has stations you can build that allow you to use other people's links to complete tickets.

          They remove all the tension over trying not to get blocked out which makes every other version of the game fun in the first place.

      • mysticalrealm on 05/03/2024 - 13:18

        Yeah collaborative is not the right word, europe is less cut throat compared to the US, it allows you to build stations if someone else already built network, in the US it was not possible

    • Stanvx on 04/03/2024 - 12:30

      I already had Europe which I prefer, but that one is harder to introduce to new players so I've brought this one.

  • foursaken on 04/03/2024 - 11:12

    If setting up, shuffling a million decks, etc. is not your thing, the app is excellent.

    • theSav on 04/03/2024 - 11:49
      +1

      By ‘a million’, do you mean two decks?

      The app is nice for on the go gaming.

      • foursaken on 04/03/2024 - 13:01

        Only off by 999998

  • habek on 04/03/2024 - 12:13
    +1

    some lady in Melbourne sells this and Europe version for $10 a pop. She had 70+ copies of each.

    Bought 1 each. Really good board game! my 10 & 8 y.o enjoyed playing this with the fam.

      • habek on 04/03/2024 - 13:14

        Wow! Will have a look now when i get home.
        The ones i purchased look pretty legit though. All sealed, nice printing, solid box.

        • Kommodore on 05/03/2024 - 01:14

          The fakes are like 98% as good as the real one so you are not really missing out, it is really difficult to tell the difference.

      • abb on 04/03/2024 - 14:49
        +1

        For $10 each they're probably stolen fakes!

  • Jaymac on 04/03/2024 - 12:46
    +1

    Think I just bought the last one in stock - sorry!

  • Alcaro on 04/03/2024 - 14:54

    A near universally praised game that you may not like enough to play at all. This gets suggested and summarily rejected every time at my pal's game nights generally for power grid, hansa teutonica or something with a stronger theme. I put my hand up to try it each time and have yet to play it. Make sure you play it within the returns window as it can get stuck in the never play zone.

    • s3n on 04/03/2024 - 15:04

      Same thing happens to Catan right?

      Both cause a bit too much heat and bad blood for the average relationship :D

      • Alcaro on 04/03/2024 - 16:04

        Perhaps that's it, but I struggle to imagine it being much more ruthless than power grid. High interaction and conflict games are usually hits with us too.

        • ESEMCE on 04/03/2024 - 16:18
          +1

          TTR is a basic game, like Catan, there's not a heap of strategy (least not with much chance of getting the highest score. You could play a blocking strategy for the entire match targeting one, maybe 2 players) and it takes a while to play with a large group.
          Because they're basic, they're easy to learn and good to use as introductory games for people who think Board Game = Monopoly or Cluedo. I can understand why a group of board gamers would want to play something with more meat to it.

          • Alcaro on 04/03/2024 - 17:35

            @ESEMCE: Interesting: With its raft of spinoffs or expansions I had expected more meat on the bones.

            • diamondd on 05/03/2024 - 08:41

              @Alcaro: Some of the spinoffs add complexity, but not a lot.

              The small versions are probably the best, like London or Amsterdam. They're still fun, but don't outstay their welcome like the full versions can.

              It's all push your luck at the end of the day though, not a whole lot of strategy involved.

          • s3n on 05/03/2024 - 10:19

            @ESEMCE: Yes both are quite scientific games where you need to change strategy to win always counting points. Both are quite easy to start in terms of there being a very short rule set, but both are quite hard to master.

            With Ticket to ride the most unknown piece is how many routes your opponents have completed so at the end there could be a big difference in what you expect an opponent's score to be. You can guess where they are going and block them but then you're potentially sacrificing your own points. All along you could be thinking you are winning but in the end you lose especially if you're not playing a blocking game. I guess that mechanic can be either enjoyable or upsetting for some people so you're going to have trouble reaching consensus with everyone to actually play it.

            Catan is open book other than a couple of point cards here or there. I enjoy Catan more than Ticket but some people might find Catan overly simple. That said it's played in tournaments eg. online so it can be quite engaging just not for everyone because it's so scientific.

            • ESEMCE on 05/03/2024 - 10:44

              @s3n: Disagree on TTR. (noting that I quite like TTR for the simplicity. In fact I recently printed out the fan-made TTR "Down Under" Map and glued it to the back of our US board.)
              Number of Completed Tickets rarely wins the game in my experience.

              If you play properly you need to luck out on drawing a long route that includes the high point, long tracks. Then you're 80% of the way to a win as building long tracks are where the points are.

              If you draw 3 short tracks, you start behind.
              About the only way to win is to just ignore your tickets and try to build trains on all the long, high point, tracks before anyone else can.

              • s3n on 05/03/2024 - 15:12

                @ESEMCE: Fair enough I bought this so I'll give it a go with the kids which is one of the reasons you'd buy simple games :)

                I'd previously played it at a gathering and on the app

                • ESEMCE on 05/03/2024 - 15:20

                  @s3n: Yeah great game for kids. I did the Down Under Map thing so the kids can learn where places are in Aus.

                  It has worked surprisingly well.
                  I just printed 4x A3 pages on the Colour Printer at work, trimmed off the unprinted margins and applied some Glue/Sealer/Finisher that I bought from Bunning for $10 to stick it on, then after glue curing, carefully cut the fold lines using a razor blade.
                  Aussie tickets I just printed Black and White at home on some thin cardstock.
                  Everything fits perfectly in the existing US box.

    • pizzaguy on 05/03/2024 - 09:51

      Make sure you play it within the returns window

      As in: unbox it, play it, then put it together and send back? Have you ever return a game like that? Genuine question. I imagine if it's still in the plastic wrappers, you may do a change of mind return, but when it's actually used?

      • s3n on 05/03/2024 - 10:08
        +1

        It's Amazon. They have a warehouse now when you can buy returns. That's why you pay for Amazon prime etc. I'd imagine they price in returns in the overall item price plus prime subscription fees.

        There was a shop near me that used to get a whole heaps of Amazon returned stuff before they had the warehouse. I bought a couple of opened games with Amazon stickers and all so the answer is it happens all the time.

        That said I've never done it before because I only ever buy games on sale so it's a bargain enough that I keep it but I recently bought a used TV bracket off Amazon in "damaged" condition figuring it's going behind the TV anyway who cares about scratches and lo and behold I got a $300 bracket for $150 and it's awesome absolutely stoked. I also bought a couple of encyclopaedia of Amazon in used condition and was very happy.

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