Board Game Ticket to Ride - Paris

Train ticket in 15 minutes!

This board game will take you to the French capital of the Roaring 20s of the 20th century, to the magical sunsets of Montmartre and the Champs-Élysées.

It is designed for 15 minutes of gameplay and contains the same familiar mechanics of the original game. Players have to collect card sets, occupy the necessary sections of the paths with their figures and complete tasks.

How to play?

At the beginning of the game, all players receive 15 bus figures, 2 transport cards and 2 route cards, of which at least one must be kept (with dots that need to be connected). On his turn, the player performs one of the following actions:

• Takes two cards from the deck.
• Takes 2 cards from the "market".
• Takes 1 multi-colored bus card from the "market". Such a card is a "joker" that replaces any color.
• Sets aside the required number of cards of the same color to lay out a route on the playing field, and receives points for its length.
• Draws 2 task cards, then chooses and keeps at least 1 of them.

Vive la France!

Players have an additional opportunity to earn victory points for collecting sets of cards. When laying out a route from white, red or blue cards, the player can "keep" one of the transport cards for himself. Having collected all three French flag cards, the player discards them and receives 4 points, after which he can start collecting a new set.

End of the game

As soon as one of the players has 2 or fewer bus tokens in his hand, the game ends. All players take another turn, and then start counting the victory points.

In addition to the points earned during the game for the roads laid and the combinations of cards with the colors of the French flag, also:

• Points are awarded for completed routes,
• Points are deducted for uncompleted route cards.

This is an excellent mini-variant of one of the most popular games in the world for a family audience.