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Ticket to Ride
Collect coloured cards, claim train routes across a map, and quietly block the one line your partner needed. Gentle on the surface. Not underneath.
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The facts
- Players
- 2–5
- Play time
- 30–60 minutes
- Age
- 8+
- Style
- Competitive
- Publisher
- Days of Wonder
- First published
- 2004
Facts checked against daysofwonder.com. Editions vary, so check the box. Complexity and “best for” are our opinion.
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