Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn.\r\nAdditional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. The object of the game is to score the highest number of total points. Points can be scored by: Claiming a Route between two cities on the map; Successfully completing a Continuous Path of routes between two cities listed on your Destination Ticket(s); Or by completing the Longest Continuous Path of routes. Points are lost if you do not successfully complete the route given on your Destination Ticket(s).\r\nGame Turn In Ticket to Ride, there are three possible actions a player can take during the game turn:\r\n\r\nDrawing Train Car Cards\r\nClaiming a Route between two cities on the board\r\nDrawing additional Destination Tickets that will earn extra points if completed by the end of the game.\r\n\r\nFor: 2-5 Players\r\nAges: 8+ years\r\nPlay time: 30-60 minutes\r\nContent:\r\n\r\n1 Board map of North American train routes\r\n225 Colored Train Cars\r\n144 Illustrated cards\r\n5 Wooden Scoring Markers\r\n1 Rules booklet\r\n\r\nAWARDS:\r\n\r\n- 2005 Game of the Year in Spain\r\n- Nominated for 2005 Game of the Year in Norway\r\n- Nominated for 2004 Game of the Year in the Netherlands\r\n- Bruno Faidutti – 2004 Game of the YeaR\r\n- 2005 Origins Award winner\r\n- 2004 Best family Game on boardgameratings.com\r\n- Diana Jones Excellence in Gaming Award\r\n- Parents’ Choice Foundation 2004 Silver Honor\r\n- 2005 Game of the Year in Finland\r\n- 2004 Game of the Year in Japan\r\n- As d’or – Game of the Year 2005 in France\r\n- 2005 Game of the Year in Sweden