Ticket to Ride Europe Board Game - Embark on a Railway Adventure Across the Continent! Fun Family Strategy Game for Kids & Adults, Ages 8+, 2-5 Players, 30-60 Min Playtime, Made by Days of Wonder

I love the Ticket to Ride series, and the Europe version is no exception. The gameplay is easy to learn, yet still offers enough strategy to keep things interesting. Also, love the regular size cards.For the best experience, I find that 3 players the perfect group size—there’s a great balance of competition and strategy. 2 players also good, but with 4-5 players, the game can become a bit too frustrating for me, though some people might enjoy that added challenge.Overall, this game is a fantastic mix of fun and strategy, and I highly recommend it for your board game nights!

Have so much fun playing this game with adults or grandkids. It’s a learning curve, but once you get the rules, it’s fun. Takes a while to play.

Best board game around! Our family loves to play this game.

This quickly became our go-to game toPlay. It’s super easy to play and teach new folks, very fun, has a great pace while staying engaging and is overall beautiful. We’re big Catan people ($600+ deep in our catan collection) and this is way up there with that game series. One of the most captivating board games and similar to catan, is a new game every time you play it which we love. I also like that it can be played with 5 players, rather than just 4.

I love playing video games but at times I want to take a break from viewing a monitor or TV screen. My wife and I enjoy a few board games and playing cards, but I wanted some more in-depth to play that is not Monopoly, Sorry, Uno, and etc. I would love to play games like Risk or something in those veins, but I know she will not be up for it. My first tough was to get Catan, but sadly we need at least three players, and my daughter is barely 8 months, so she doesn’t count.I was looking for a game that would fit all these requirements and still be fun for her, but be something that was a little different and I remembered a game I got for free on my iPad a few months back called Ticket to Ride. I remembered having a lot of fun with it but playing against AI was not as fun after a while. I did some research on this game and showed my wife to see if she would be interested. We found that they had another version that was based in Europe instead of the US, and since we love traveling, we opted to get this out. Boy, it was a great investment.The night that it came my in-laws were over for dinner, and I asked if they wanted to play. They said sure to try something else. I was a little concerned as the instructions were a book, and it had a rule that was not in the iPad game since this was a newer version, but we opted to play the game in sections and introduce more advanced features (such as the Stations, ferries, and tunnels) with each new time we played.My in-laws and wife were hooked on his game. It is so simple to play yet, it is also complicated and provides a nice bit of strategy if you want to win. If you notice someone is trying to get to a particular place, do you be a jerk and claim that line, but you could risk losing your own line later? It is really fun to see how each game goes.I will admit the first game we played we had major issues fining some of the Eastern European locations, and none of us have been (or recognize) a few of the names, but after a couple of play thoughts, we now have a great grasp on everything. What I like is that each game can be done in about 30 min to 1 hour. This is great because anything longer would be too hard, as the baby could wake up and spoil the rest of the game. We have not had this be an issue where a game went over that time frame (yet).The concept for this game is SUPER simple, but it takes a while to master. Mark train lines to get from Point A to Point B in the faster route possible. You do this by collecting a train card. You have to have a specific color of train cards to claim a route. What makes this interesting is you can only do one of three things each time it is your turn:1. Claim a Route2. Pull Train Cards (from stack or on the board)3. Get another route cardSo you have to plan each turn carefully. Is it worth claiming a route, when you see a while card in the open deck? You are out of routes, but do you use your turn to do something else. Each route you claim is worth a certain amount of points, and the object is to get the most points before someone has less than two of their own person trains. Just because you get rid of all your trains doesn’t mean you win, as we have had a game where other people win as they claimed more complicated routes.This is a great game to play and we look forward to teaching our daughter it when she is a bit older, as it is just different from other games currently out on the market, and it makes for a really great time!

Great game

Our whole family loves this game: a good mixture of luck and strategy, building train routes around Europe.Not having dice is an excellent bonus too 🤣We love games that can be used as an educational tools as well. I wish the map was more realistic, and the font clearer (telling the difference between G and C proved challenging at times)

I read the reviews on this game and watched some YouTube video reviews as well and decided to purchase it for some new euro style gaming. I previously had purchased another euro style game called Carcassonne which is now a family favorite (or should I say favourite) and I was looking for something else to add to the gaming mix.Ticket To Ride Europe fit with what I was looking for. I first compared the two prominent versions of the game: the USA map to the Europe map and read comparison reviews on them both before deciding to buy. I went with the Europe version of the game because it seems there were more route paths to connect your cities compared to the USA map. What I did not expect was the names of the European cities to be really old and spelled differently than what I am used to now. I think it was done this way to fit into the time period, but not being that familiar with the old names of the European cities it was difficult for us to determine our various routes. The route cards do show a mini map though with highlights in the general area of the two cities you need to connect, but it is still a bit difficult especially for the younger kids in the family. What this means is that we need to take extra time in looking at our route cards and the map to decide on our paths to build.Other than getting used to the city names the only other minor downside I see in the game is that there are so many train pieces. You have to be really careful not to drop them all over the place when picking up. The game does come with 2 extra train pieces per color which is good in case you lose a couple. After that though you may have to dock everyone a piece if you really start losing some (or buy a new game).Regarding the game play, it is great! Not too difficult to learn at all and once everyone knows what they have to do it moves along at a good pace. Although our initial games of 4 and then 5 people lasted about 2.5 hours each to play which everyone thought was a bit too long. The non players passing through the room kept making comments like "You guys are STILL playing that game?!?!" and "When the hell is it going to be over already?!?". But those of us playing the game were not fatigued at all by the amount of time it was taking us to get through it. I think it is conceivable to have a game last maybe 1.5 hours on average.Overall, the family really liked this game. It is definitely a must for a unique and new type of gaming experience that is interactive and not just your boring roll the dice and move type thing. I will be getting the Ticket To Ride 1912 Expansion pack for this game as well since I have read it adds a couple more elements to the play in addition to some new route cards.UPDATE: It has been about 1 year now since I had the game and I did get the 1912 expansion which adds a ton more route cards to the game. We have been playing this game so much that the base routes kept coming up and it was getting a bit boring. It seemed like we were always getting the same routes game after game. The 1912 Expansion is a MUST. My family is addicted to this game and even more so with the 1912 expansion. This is a GREAT GAME.