Yes, it’s true. I am still a guy who likes to earn a trophy ever since the day that my brother’s soccer team was always better than mine. He always got a trophy and I didn’t. (Nowadays, everybody gets a trophy. I don’t see the point in working harder as a team when everybody gets one).

Oh, and did I mention that if you don’t act fast you will get consumed by the impending wall of doom?

Dino Run Run for your life and escape the oncoming wall of doom!

The goal is to connect cities together on predetermined routes you draw from a pile of route cards. Points are awarded for connecting distant cities by connecting routes of adjacent cities, and lost when you fail to complete the route. Train track connections between cities can be used by only one individual (except for double track connections), which creates an interesting strategy when you think your opponent is trying to connect two distant cities and you can disrupt the flow by claiming a connection along their route. Stations allow use of your opponent’s tracks at a point cost. Points are also awarded based on the length of each segment connected and the longest overall route.

We started with Ticket to Ride: Europe, which is the base game with some fun variations, including tunnels and ferries. Other variations include Switzerland (2-3 player game) and a number of United States variations.

Ticket to Ride Website

(I have given up on trying to get the margins right on the picture)