How to Play Ticket to Ride

i count Ticket to Ride among the "holy trinity" of gateway board games that go me into the hobby, along with Carcassonne and The Settlers of Catan. It's very easy to play, so a rules rundown may not be strictly necessary, but here's a guide in case you're struggling.
Use these links to skip ahead:
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Overview
3:46 Taking a Turn
8:35 Endgame
9:23 Setup
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[@tolkienfan4ever]

Ryan, I really appreciate you peppering strategy into your video of how to play. I try to provide new players with that same type of information when I'm teaching a new game. I think that type of information is extremely important.

[@moonmartex]

Bro the quality of the video compared to the view is just sad, like a video this nicely done should have at least 100k+ views.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks so much! From your lips to God’s ears. :)

[@crtinkering7323]

Your channel is so underrated deserves more credit. Your videos explain things so much better than other channels.

[@Diamondfist1]

I love your concise description of the rules, and loved the video design, layout, and visual presentation. However, the like was mostly for that delightful over the top "Shhh! It's a secret!" Well worth multiple rewatches, thank you for this!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Shhh!!

[@Diamondfist1]

@@NightsAroundaTable I won't tell anyone, I tells ya! LOL! 😆

[@seannyoh1]

Yup, that's a real link to Loco-motion! Loved that!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

:) i wonder if you're the only person to have discovered the Nights Around a Table secret beneath the video description.

[@ProgShell]

Wait. That’s the premise of ticket to ride?

[@NightsAroundaTable]

(i know, right? Owned the game for 15 years, and read the front page for the first time last week)

[@g8kpr3000]

Great over view. I would also say that the 1910 expansion is a must for this game. I always play with it. We usually play this on new years eve along with many other games.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks! And you’re not the first person to recommend the expansion to me, so it must be good!

[@alcovitch]

I hate the fact they sell that expansion for over 40 dollars here in Canada. New editions from a long while ago should have just had the larger cards and extra routes ages ago.

[@calboy2]

That was a really great video, especially like the stop motion effects. I’ve played this game many times but introducing it to my son today he’s never played it before so we’ll see how that goes

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks, Marty! How old is your son?

[@calboy2]

@@NightsAroundaTable he’s 11 years old. Me and my husband are adopting him, he’s been our foster son for the last 10 months. We played two games tonight and he loved it. But I did catch him sneaking cards from the discard pile into his hand. Have to watch him. 👁

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@calboy2 That's wonderful! Congratulations!
There IS a kiddie version of Ticket to Ride, but it skews too young for an 11 year old. Sounds like he's on the right... track.

[@calboy2]

@@NightsAroundaTable thanks mate. I don’t think this was over his head. What other games might you recommend?

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@calboy2 My girls are a little bit older at 12 and 14, but they enjoy Wingspan, Welcome To, Cartographers, Cat Lady, and Res Arcana.

[@csnodgers9025]

Are you able to discard the first two destination cards at any point in the game? Or they must be kept until after the game?

[@NightsAroundaTable]

You're stuck with them!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

But... if your initial tix are no good, one strategy is to dump the costliest one and hang on to two cheapies, and then completely ignore them.

[@alex0519]

So I can actually first draw a blind train card follow by a face up locomotive card?

[@NightsAroundaTable]

No - if you draw a face up locomotive, you’re done. But if you draw a face down card and it happens to be a locomotive, you still get to draw a second card - either another face down card (which could, luckily, be another locomotive) or a face up non-locomotive card.