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#TICKET TO RIDE RAILS AND SAILS BOARD HOW TO#

If a player takes a face up card, they will replace it with the top card from one of the draw piles. You can even take one face up card and one face down card. When choosing cards you can either choose one of the six face up cards or the top card from either of the draw piles. Train cards are used to claim land routes and ship cards are used to claim water routes.

Unlike the normal Ticket to Ride, this version of the game includes train and ship cards. When you choose this action you will have the opportunity to add up to two cards to your hand. On your turn you can choose one of five actions to perform on your turn. Play will proceed clockwise throughout the game.

The player that has traveled the most goes first.

Each player will place their chosen color scoring token on the zero space of the scoring track. For your first game the instructions recommend keeping 27 trains and 23 ships. They will get to keep a total of 50 plastic pieces.

Great Lakes – Each player will be given 33 trains and 32 ships.

For your first game the instructions recommend keeping 20 trains and 40 ships. They will get to keep a total of 60 plastic pieces.

The World – Each player will be given 25 trains and 50 ships.

Players will reveal how many trains and ships they kept at the same time. They will then choose which combination of trains and ships they will keep.

Each player will be given a number of plastic trains and ships depending on which map is played.

Any tickets that players don’t want are returned to the bottom of the deck. Each player must keep at least three of their tickets, but may keep four or all five. Each player will look at their tickets and choose which they would like to keep. Shuffle the ticket cards and deal five to each player.The rest of the cards form the two draw piles. Flip the top three cards from the train and ship decks face up on the table.For The Great Lakes map each player is dealt two train and two ship cards.For The World map each player is dealt three train and seven ship cards.Deal train and ship cards to each player depending on which map you are playing.Shuffle the train and ship cards separately.Place the game board in the middle of the table.I have also combined the rules for both The World and Great Lakes maps, and have noted the rules that only apply to one of the maps. Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails shares a lot of mechanics in common with the original game so I have streamlined these rules more than usual.

#TICKET TO RIDE RAILS AND SAILS BOARD HOW TO#

How to Play | My Thoughts | Should You Buy? | Comments How to Play Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails takes the original game and tweaks it into a more advanced game creating a game that might arguably be better than the original. I had high expectations heading into Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails as it is considered the “advanced” Ticket to Ride and the idea of having both train and ship routes intrigued me. Because of how much I love the original game, I have checked out a number of the Ticket to Ride spinoff games including Ticket to Ride Card Game, Ticket to Ride Europe, Ticket to Ride First Journey, and Ticket to Ride Marklin. What you get is a compelling game that I would play whenever I got the opportunity. The game is easy enough that almost anyone can play it, and yet the game has enough strategy where it feels like your decisions truly matter. I think this is due to the fact that the game has the perfect balance between simplicity and strategy. The game is honestly the closest thing to a perfect game that I have ever played. Any regular readers of Geeky Hobbies will know that my favorite board game of all time is the original Ticket to Ride.