Ticket to Ride

[Music] Overall, I'd say I give Ticket A Ride a seven. I like the pieces, they're simple, the cards, simple rules, you know, not too complicated, and ...

Ticket to Ride. For me and my wife this was the game that really got us into the hobby, played it to death, then stopped playing as we got into other games but this has recently resurfaced as my kids got old enough to play the non-kids versions, been playing alot of Nordic and loving it, but my son has been requesting Europe and I am even considering grabbing a new map or two which I think is amazing after all these years/plays that it's still feels worry further investment.

I cannot best this woman at Ticket to Ride: Europe. I don't know if she's hiding a penchant for fighting 'round the world or what, but she's got some Russell Crowe beautiful mind shit going on when it comes to this game. I think I won the first time we ever played it, but I could just be gaslighting myself as she just runs away with the game every. damn.

I'd remove Catan from any gateway boardgame to be honest. Games where you can be out of the game for a while due to luck will make possible new players sour on games. Splendor (maybe combined with Century: Spice Road) and especially Ticket To Ride are much better entry games.

In particular, I am talking about Ticket To Ride: New York/London/Amsterdam and Pandemic Hot Zone. I've seen a lot of reviews commenting on 'who is this for?' but the thing is, learning a new board game is daunting and often a lot of people don't necessarily want to dedicate a few hours to learning a game and playing one round. These smaller versions of bigger games are excellent.

**50% off:** Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Terraforming Mars, Arkham Horror, Blood Rage, Lord of the Rings. **60-80% off:** Pandemic, Scythe, Mysterium, Patchwork, Splendor, Isle of Skye, Love Letter, Smallworld, Le Havre, Takenoko, Isle of Skye. If you already own any of these, now is a good time to grab DLC. It looks like most DLC is also on sale.