We just had a game night with friends and broke out this brand new game. Nobody had ever played it. We spent about 20 minutes fumbling around with the instructions. I held up my phone and we all took 10 minutes and watched this video. No more questions or confusion. We all understood all the rules. Thank you.
Fantastic explanation, as usual, Rodney. All this time I've been playing this game, I never realized that thematically I was supposed to be *riding* these trains. I always thought I was *building* them. You really do learn something new every day.
Really excited to see you covering classic titles that can help get people into the hobby. I think you're one of the hobby's best ambassadors for new players so it's great that people will be able to find you when trying out some gateway games!
Just got ticket to ride yesterday and was a bit overwhelmed with the specificness of the rules - but I watched this and you gave an amazing explanation of how It's played! Thanks Rodney!
Got this for my dad for Christmas, has he had wanted it for a while. My mom doesn’t like complicated games (villainous) so she quits before we start. For Villainous and this wonderful game, you have been helpful to keep all the players at the table!
I wanted to check that I understood the rules before my husband and I played Ticket to Ride for the first time. You explained the rules so clearly. Thanks. This is another fun game to play on cold winter nights.
I really like these videos. They are to the point and the host manages to be both professional and friendly. These are more helpful than manuals you get with your games.
Fantastic tutorial Rodney! I’m sure you save many families and friends from getting frustrated with each other. Very informative, entertaining and clear. Stay happy brother!
Played this game first time last week. I dont play video games and dont have anybody to play with so just now downloaded the app on the iphone. Came for hints so i can win haha
This video was super helpful - after watching it I went straight into a group of ESL 2nd grade Elementary students and taught them how to play. It was easy to explain the rules clearly thanks to your video and they had a great time!
This is my first video of yours i've watched. I must say, you are very thorough and detailed in the gameplay. I really enjoyed it and I am actually going to mostly use your videos as sources to future games I might get! thank you so much!
This guy is so thorough in his explanation. I don't own this game and became kind of interested because it came up a lot on top board games. So I wanted to see how it's played if I'd like it. After watching this, it seems fun and enjoyable.
Thanks! We got s bunch of new games for Christmas and your videos are the best for explaining how to play. You cover everything we need to know and the quality of your videos is great. I watched a few different ones for this and Splendor and your videos are soooo much better. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this video. You were concise and pleasant to listen to. I bought Ticket to Ride - Europe (and India/Switzerland expansion pack) as a surprise for my group of friends. I watched a video and it's pretty complex for us newbies (me especially as I will be presenting the rules of the game). .. So I'll be buying this original, easier format. You've given me confidence that we can learn it easily enough and then venture onto Europe - with ferries, tunnels and more options. .Thanks so much!!
Hey, an excellent way to do it - get confident with this version, and then have the other one when you're ready for some extra element - very glad the video was helpful!
I planned on playing this game with my wife and mother in law, but there were just a few of the more strange situation rules I just did not understand. Thank you for making it more clear. Now I feel confidant enough to give a match a try.
I've been curious on how to play this since I've seen them in Wal-Mart and Target. Especially the London one since I recently became married and we visited England and took the train and the "tube" many times during our 11-day visit. It was pretty cool seeing the stops that looked familiar. I might have to hop on the "Ticket to the Ride" train and pick this up. Thanks for your well done demonstration on how to play.
I bought this game for my 8 year old for Christmas and you are a blessing to a family that would have been so frustrated trying to learn the game! You explained everything so well! Thank you! I have subscribed to your channel and will give you a thumbs up! 😊
Great video!! We just had family game night and we opened our new Ticket to Ride game. This video helped us get started fast!! Thank you for the quick, concise and easy to follow instructions. 😁👍
Great explanation ! I ain't going to lie, I found the rules for this game really confusing ! But after watching a few videos they are slowly starting to make sense.
This video is perfect, I'm currently trying to convince my cousins we should play a boardgame or 2 at Christmas this year instead of watching 2 player video games. They only really know games like Clue or Monopoly. There are 5 of us.
Are you kidding, I brought Clank! after watching your video. Then when I looked at the rulebook, it was so sparse, so many things I would've done wrong if it was not for your instructions. Thanks a lot for all this effort.
Thanks so much for making this tutorial!!! my wife and I are playing lots of games at home and in board game events and this channel has helped us to learn them super quickly 🥳
Thank you for the very clear explanations. It's so much better than reading the rule book when you first buy the game and means we can get going very quickly.
You did a great job explaining the game. I am in a class to teach a strategy board game design at my high school and part of the classes grade is explaining a game to your group. This is helping me so much.
SO SO CLEAR!! AMAZINGLY EXPLAINED!😀💫💥 Thanks so much! Me and my sister had watched a few videos and were so confused, then we found yours and I kept saying out loud 'this is so clear', and we had to keep rewinding so she could concentrate 😅
I just bought Age of Steam and I was like "wait I think I need something people-friendly of a train-themed board game" and the number 1 that pops in the internet is this. Glad I bought the Europe 15th Anniversary because not only the production is quality at its best but I'm so surprised how simple but addicting the game is, much more than AOS actually 😅. But the latter is for an occassional brain burn I seek. Nice tutorial video!
Thank you for the video, and thank you in advance for answering my questions. Here are my questions. 1) If on my turn, I first select a card off the top of the deck, can I pick a locomotive from the five face up cards as my second card. Yes or No (One of the reasons I am asking is because in your video when you picked from the deck and got the locomotive, you are allowed to pick a second card either from the deck or from the face up cards. When you illustrated this, you swept your finger across all five face up cards including the locomotive.) 2) If I pick up my first card from the 5 face up cards and the replacement card is a locomotive, can I pick it up as my second card. Yes or No 3) can you help me understand the last statement regarding the tie breaker when you talk about the longest route? If the two tied players had the longest route card seems like it will be a tie.
1) Nope, you wouldn't be able to in that case. If you take a regular card, you cannot take a locomotive card as your second. This is detailed here: czcams.com/video/4JhFhyvGdik/video.html 2) See above. 3) Player 1 & 2 might have 100 points, but player 3, who only had 80 points, might have actually had the longest route, and therefore claimed the card - so when tie breaking between player 1 & 2, even though neither of them has the longest route for the game, between them, you check to see who had the longest single route for the purposes of breaking the tie. Hope that helps!
Happy to see an older title! While I understand that you have to keep up with new games from publishers, it'd be great to see some older games like this for those wanting to build their collection. Even a 10/90 split between old vs new games would be great! Keep up the good work!
Just received my promo material in Spain. Thanks Rodney. I love the standee for dead of winter even though I don’t have the game. You may be making an appearance as a boss in my Gloomhaven campaign though lol.
I had some trouble distinguishing the blue and green trains. For future accessibility for people with some form of colorblindness, I recommend using colours with non-adjacent colours where possible (and also not red/green or yellow/blue, which are the most common colorblindness varieties).
Thanks for this video! I’m looking for a fun, light-strategy game for my grandparents who are stuck at home during the pandemic. I think they’ll love this.
Thanks to your playlist, “new to board game? Start here!”, game night is now a family tradition. We got 5 board games out of the 7 that was recommended on the playlist. Can you make another playlist of what games to get next. Thanks.
I very much enjoyed your presentation (best one I've watched).... but still have a couple of questions that I've been given contradicting answers to. Question 1: If your destination card is Houston to Portland (for example), can you "claim" ANY section within that route with first move? An example would be: Yellow section between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Or do you have to start from either the Destination Station or the Departure Station? Question 2: (If answer to Question 1 is that you must start from either the Destination or Departure Stations) If you do begin with Portland, (playing the 5 green cars) do you have to continue adding to your train from that direction only... or can you claim a route further down, skipping a section for the moment? Or even claiming the section from the opposite end of your route, El Paso to Houston? In these cases, you would then go back at another turn and place cars on sections that are in between routes that you completed on prior turns. Just to be clear... I'm talking about ONE destination card only. (I realize that you can be working on multiple destinations at the same time.)
Hey Sharalyn, 1) You can claim ANY section of the map, no matter what Destination cards you might be holding. For example, you could claim San Francisco to Los Angeles, even if that was not a part of any of your destination routes. The benefit in claiming sections that are part of your destination routes, is that you may be able to complete a line that connects those too locations, which can then provide you with points at the end of the game. 2) You can claim routes anywhere on the board, in any order, and none of them have to be connected to any other routes you've already claimed.
Additionally, I hope you do all the classics, such as Catan, Carc, Cosmic, etc etc.. so I can use them as a simple to follow pre-gaming tool for those new to gaming.
Thanks Eric, I was hoping that my channel could also help people new to the hobby with some of these, along with the usual new-game stuff that we veterans of the hobby enjoy :)
What a clearly communicated, straightforward, and comprehensive explanation -- great job!!! I have never played this game and am investigating it -- we love games at home but somehow missed this one over the years, and it seems to have legions of fans. Thanks to you breaking it down the way you did, I'm going to get a copy and dig in. Nice job, no hurried explanations or confusing concepts == great pacing, simple to follow -- really appreciate that.
I used this video again yesterday, now that I bought the game, and was breaking it out to play it for the first time -- and I thought showing your video to my wife and son instead of me trying to explain it to them would go better -- and it did. Very clearly explained, thanks again. We had a lot of fun.
I agree with Tyler down below; it is great that you are going back and covering some of these older games. Essentially, I had not played this for a while and needed a refresher. I was able to run your vid on 1.25 speed and picked the rules up again in a jiffy. Thank you!
Thank you but if a player runs out of destination cards so will the player in its next turn have to pick destination cards or we can make random routes without destination cards ?
If I complete the routes in my hand before a player has only two trains, do I have to continue to pick up ticket route card or able I able to just continue to lay trains down without having a mission?
You are never required to have destination cards, or toy even work on their routes if you do have them. You can always just put trains down to gain points that way, if you want. Have fun playing!
I watched several videos about this game in my language (Brazilian Portuguese) and none of them was explained as well as yours. I'm already a fan. I've been considering buying this game for a while and your video certainly contributed to a decisive step. Thank you!
Hi Jana, I'm not quite sure what you mean. It sounds like maybe you are under the impression that when you place trains they must connect to other trains you already have in play, (but you don't have to) - see here: czcams.com/video/4JhFhyvGdik/video.html - let me know if that answered the question.
Great video!!! I wanted to see if this game would be something my dad could understand and I could play along with him. He likes trains but is getting older and losing some coordination so playing with his trains is getting harder. I think a train themed game would be something he'd enjoy. Curious, how do you determine the "longest route"? Is it based on the number of trains between the two points? Thank you again!
This is really helpful for me and my family, we're not long into playing board games, so this is really helpful, as was the carcassonne video too. Thank you very much.
I really appreciate your skill in being clear, synthetic and also comprehensive while explaining... Do you prepare a written list of things to say beforehand and then make the video?
Question: when you have completed your routes and you see your opponent/s have very few train cars left, do you have to draw another destination card? If you don’t, what do you do for the final several turns? Can you lay train cars down on routes that you don’t have destination cards for?
Hey Cyn, jut so it's clear, you can always put trains down on any route. They never have to be helping you complete your Destination cards. You also never have to draw additional destination cards. So, if I had all mine completed and it was near the end of the game, I would just try to claim routes on the board for the points they give. Does that make sense?
Watch It Played you are true one of my favorite content creators. Keep up the great quality work. BTW I miss seeing Luke in some of the play throughs, but I also really enjoy Pep (sp?).
Great how to play video as always Rodney. This game is a big favorite of my family because it is so easy and fun to play. This was a great tutorial for new players and even a fun video for the experienced players like myself. I hope you keep doing videos for "classic" games such as this (Memoir 44 perhaps?) and continue to keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for the kind words Will! I'm certainly considering doing more classics in the future, though I won't announce them ahead of time just in case my schedule changes.
Wow. Another great classic and one that I bought late into my collection. Great job as usual. Such a kid-friendly game also but equally awesome with adults. Thanks for this one, Rodney!
Like many here this video is not news to me but I still enjoyed watching every minute and was keen to pick up any explanation pointers I may have been lacking previously. Although I think exploring the different maps in people's own time is a good thing, I think there could be room for a small addendum video just covering the rule variations in the other games. I don't know how practical that would be in practice but I know some of the newer rules can be rather advanced and could benefit from a Rodney explanation. Thank you for this video and I eagerly await the next
Point of clarification if you would. If someone draws a face down card from the top of the deck can you then draw the locomotive card from the face up cards or no?
@Rodney - I LOVE the intro/exit music, if I could loop it I would and play it all the time. Nice job, as usual, for this video, I haven't seen a comprehensive how to play video for TTR before, glad you did this one!
Thanks for another great video. This is a great game for friends of all ages, I played a digital version first. Really like it so I purchased the US version and another expansion. The game flow is smooth and simple with very interesting route building elements for most people I know.
Thank you. This was excellent. Q: if I have 5 or more ticket cards and I see the game is ending soon and don’t want to get stuck with them, how do I discard them from my hand. ? Thank you.
@@jimhausman Well, that’s the catch: you can’t! That’s why you have to be careful about which you commit to keeping, and the ones you do keep you I’ll want to work towards completing during the turns you have. Hope that helps!
"In the very, very, rare case that there's STILL a tie" then the tied players must fist fight on an Amtrak train to Portland
Hahahahahahahahahahhaha
very old west style, partner.
So that's why I saw those two guys fighting on the train.
I think that's more than a reasonable way to resolve it lol
Hahaha
We just had a game night with friends and broke out this brand new game. Nobody had ever played it. We spent about 20 minutes fumbling around with the instructions. I held up my phone and we all took 10 minutes and watched this video. No more questions or confusion. We all understood all the rules. Thank you.
So great to hear that this helped smooth out game night a bit! Hope you had fun playing :)
I would watch you explain to me how to walk or how to breathe, just because of your ability to explain things properly and your vocal tone.
Please don't forget how to breath!!
I'm a big fan of his series on how to watch paint dry. You don't want to miss a step there.
now what you're gonna wanna do is exhale after you've taken a full inhale. if you dont, the other person will get to call the ambulance.
@@WatchItPlayed I want to know your myer briggs. Mine is ENFP
@@sssanonsky4299 ENTJ
Fantastic explanation, as usual, Rodney. All this time I've been playing this game, I never realized that thematically I was supposed to be *riding* these trains. I always thought I was *building* them. You really do learn something new every day.
You're thinking of Ticket to Build
@@Sporacle ha!
Cool
Really excited to see you covering classic titles that can help get people into the hobby. I think you're one of the hobby's best ambassadors for new players so it's great that people will be able to find you when trying out some gateway games!
That's kind of you to say Tyler, and it's the spirit in which I'm approaching these.
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I wanted to know how to play the Beatles song Ticket To Ride
So close, yet so far!
The easiest way is Spotify, it's on the Help album.
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Just got ticket to ride yesterday and was a bit overwhelmed with the specificness of the rules - but I watched this and you gave an amazing explanation of how It's played! Thanks Rodney!
This is really nice to hear Evan, I hope you have a great time playing!
I always come to you for a tutorial every time I get a new board game, you have a great way of explaining the rules and game play. Thank you.
Very kind of you to say!
Got this for my dad for Christmas, has he had wanted it for a while. My mom doesn’t like complicated games (villainous) so she quits before we start. For Villainous and this wonderful game, you have been helpful to keep all the players at the table!
So glad the video was helpful - I hope you all have a great time playing together!
I wanted to check that I understood the rules before my husband and I played Ticket to Ride for the first time. You explained the rules so clearly. Thanks. This is another fun game to play on cold winter nights.
So glad the video was helpful - have a great time playing Sandra!
I really like these videos. They are to the point and the host manages to be both professional and friendly. These are more helpful than manuals you get with your games.
Thank you kindly Andrew - very nice of you to say so!
I explained to my baby cousin and he grasped it very quickly. You are awesome!
I hope you both have a great time playing together!
Fantastic tutorial Rodney! I’m sure you save many families and friends from getting frustrated with each other. Very informative, entertaining and clear. Stay happy brother!
Thank you Greg - with comments like this, my continued happiness is assured :)
Played this game first time last week. I dont play video games and dont have anybody to play with so just now downloaded the app on the iphone. Came for hints so i can win haha
This video was super helpful - after watching it I went straight into a group of ESL 2nd grade Elementary students and taught them how to play. It was easy to explain the rules clearly thanks to your video and they had a great time!
So great to hear this was helpful, and even better to know the kids enjoyed it - great to see board games like this getting into a classroom!
This game is great for kids. Teaches them geography AND lateral thinking skills!
This is one of our all time favorite games. We play it all the time. Great video!!
Very good tutorial! I appreciate that you explain in detail how a game plays out and that u actually show us instead of just telling us how it works.
Very nice to know this was helpful!
By far this is the clearest and most complete explanation of this game I've seen. Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it!
This is my first video of yours i've watched. I must say, you are very thorough and detailed in the gameplay. I really enjoyed it and I am actually going to mostly use your videos as sources to future games I might get! thank you so much!
SO nice to hear Katana, I'm very glad the video was helpful and I hope you enjoy exploring more games here!
What an awesomely detailed breakdown of the game. Thank you! Going to play with my family tonight.
I hope you have a fun time Mason!
I spent almost a year trying to understand this game, and then i found this video. Best instructional video ever. Thank you.
So glad to hear this was helpful. Have a great time playing!
What an unbelievably helpful and well made video! Thank you so much for making this!
Hey, thanks so much for saying so Maxwell!
Best "How To Play" Games guy on CZcams. So glad I found this channel!
Very kind of you to say - glad you like it!
This guy is so thorough in his explanation. I don't own this game and became kind of interested because it came up a lot on top board games. So I wanted to see how it's played if I'd like it. After watching this, it seems fun and enjoyable.
Glad you found this helpful Jay!
Thanks from New Zealand, first time player who is keen to now unpack my new game. Thanks
Greetings back from Canada Jason - I hope you have a fantastic time playing!
Thanks! We got s bunch of new games for Christmas and your videos are the best for explaining how to play. You cover everything we need to know and the quality of your videos is great. I watched a few different ones for this and Splendor and your videos are soooo much better. Thanks again!
Thank you so much Tammy, I'm glad these have been helpful. I hope you have a great time playing with your new Christmas board game collection :)
Thank you so much for this video. You were concise and pleasant to listen to. I bought Ticket to Ride - Europe (and India/Switzerland expansion pack) as a surprise for my group of friends. I watched a video and it's pretty complex for us newbies (me especially as I will be presenting the rules of the game). .. So I'll be buying this original, easier format. You've given me confidence that we can learn it easily enough and then venture onto Europe - with ferries, tunnels and more options. .Thanks so much!!
Hey, an excellent way to do it - get confident with this version, and then have the other one when you're ready for some extra element - very glad the video was helpful!
I planned on playing this game with my wife and mother in law, but there were just a few of the more strange situation rules I just did not understand. Thank you for making it more clear. Now I feel confidant enough to give a match a try.
So glad this was helpful - have a great time playing!
I’ve watched 5 videos on how to play this game and this is the first one that we actually understood and now feel we can play the game. Thank you!
So glad to hear this was helpful Adrienne - have a great time playing!
I've been curious on how to play this since I've seen them in Wal-Mart and Target. Especially the London one since I recently became married and we visited England and took the train and the "tube" many times during our 11-day visit. It was pretty cool seeing the stops that looked familiar. I might have to hop on the "Ticket to the Ride" train and pick this up. Thanks for your well done demonstration on how to play.
You're very welcome Jamie - I hope you have a fun time playing if you pick it up!
@@WatchItPlayed Found it for a decent price on ebay. Should be here Saturday. Looking forward to it!
I bought this game for my 8 year old for Christmas and you are a blessing to a family that would have been so frustrated trying to learn the game! You explained everything so well! Thank you! I have subscribed to your channel and will give you a thumbs up! 😊
Gloria, I'm so glad to hear that the video was helpful, and it removed some of the frustration! I hope you all have a great time playing :)
Great video!! We just had family game night and we opened our new Ticket to Ride game. This video helped us get started fast!! Thank you for the quick, concise and easy to follow instructions. 😁👍
So good to know it was helpful Matt - have fun playing!
we recently picked up this game and carcassonne and some others, we enjoy your helpful videos. Thanks for the help.
You're very welcome - glad they were helpful!
Great explanation ! I ain't going to lie, I found the rules for this game really confusing ! But after watching a few videos they are slowly starting to make sense.
Very glad this helped - I hope you have a great time paying!
Excellent video as always!!!!...I think that Mr Rodney is the best game reviewer ever!!!!!😊
Ah, you're too kind - glad you're enjoying the videos.
This video is perfect, I'm currently trying to convince my cousins we should play a boardgame or 2 at Christmas this year instead of watching 2 player video games. They only really know games like Clue or Monopoly. There are 5 of us.
I hope they give it a shot with you!
I played this game for the first time yesterday with 4 other players (3 newbies & 1 expert) and I loved it (I won) 😊 Great game!
So glad you enjoyed it Sharon - congrats on the win :)
Perhaps the best instructional video I've ever seen. Brilliant. and thank you for your work.
You are too kind - thank you Necia!
I know the rules for this one, still I watched and liked the video very much :)
I think this is a great idea, making videos for "older" known games.
It's something I've been wanting to do from time to time.
Now this got me thinking of finally getting this game. Great explanation as always.
Appreciated Kenneth!
Before I even think of buying a game, I check if Rodney has covered it :-D
So glad the videos are helpful!
Are you kidding, I brought Clank! after watching your video. Then when I looked at the rulebook, it was so sparse, so many things I would've done wrong if it was not for your instructions. Thanks a lot for all this effort.
Thanks for this! I was looking to try some board games but they all seem pretty confusing for a beginner. You explained this quite well.
Thank you Bec, very nice to hear you found this helpful - welcome to the hobby!
Thanks so much for making this tutorial!!! my wife and I are playing lots of games at home and in board game events and this channel has helped us to learn them super quickly 🥳
That's so nice to hear - I hope you both have a great time playing this one!
So glad I found this. Brought this for my babies for Christmas but I hadn’t heard of it before. Seems like a lot of fun
It’s a really great game - I hope you all have a wonderful time playing. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for the very clear explanations. It's so much better than reading the rule book when you first buy the game and means we can get going very quickly.
So glad you're finding it helpful!
You did a great job explaining the game. I am in a class to teach a strategy board game design at my high school and part of the classes grade is explaining a game to your group. This is helping me so much.
So glad to assist, and great to hear you're sharing the joy of the hobby to high schoolers!
SO SO CLEAR!! AMAZINGLY EXPLAINED!😀💫💥 Thanks so much! Me and my sister had watched a few videos and were so confused, then we found yours and I kept saying out loud 'this is so clear', and we had to keep rewinding so she could concentrate 😅
I'm so happy to hear that you found this video helpful - I hope you both have a great time playing!
Thank you so much. This is a brand new game to our family. We have not seen it played or played it ourselves. This was very helpful.
So glad it helped - have a great time playing!
I just bought Age of Steam and I was like "wait I think I need something people-friendly of a train-themed board game" and the number 1 that pops in the internet is this. Glad I bought the Europe 15th Anniversary because not only the production is quality at its best but I'm so surprised how simple but addicting the game is, much more than AOS actually 😅. But the latter is for an occassional brain burn I seek. Nice tutorial video!
Hey, glad you enjoyed the video AND the game! Have fun :)
Thank you for the video, and thank you in advance for answering my questions. Here are my questions.
1) If on my turn, I first select a card off the top of the deck, can I pick a locomotive from the five face up cards as my second card. Yes or No
(One of the reasons I am asking is because in your video when you picked from the deck and got the locomotive, you are allowed to pick a second card either from the deck or from the face up cards. When you illustrated this, you swept your finger across all five face up cards including the locomotive.)
2) If I pick up my first card from the 5 face up cards and the replacement card is a locomotive, can I pick it up as my second card. Yes or No
3) can you help me understand the last statement regarding the tie breaker when you talk about the longest route? If the two tied players had the longest route card seems like it will be a tie.
1) Nope, you wouldn't be able to in that case. If you take a regular card, you cannot take a locomotive card as your second. This is detailed here: czcams.com/video/4JhFhyvGdik/video.html
2) See above.
3) Player 1 & 2 might have 100 points, but player 3, who only had 80 points, might have actually had the longest route, and therefore claimed the card - so when tie breaking between player 1 & 2, even though neither of them has the longest route for the game, between them, you check to see who had the longest single route for the purposes of breaking the tie.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for asking this! I was unclear about it to.. I thought you could take it from the deck then one from the five face up!! lol
Love the game. Europe is funnier with tunnels and ferries
Happy to see an older title! While I understand that you have to keep up with new games from publishers, it'd be great to see some older games like this for those wanting to build their collection. Even a 10/90 split between old vs new games would be great! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Ryan, we'll have another classic releasing today :)
it's 2022 and I thought this game was only a year old 🙄🤣
Thanks for this, I have the game on order for my family and this has and will help me teach and play.
So nice to hear that - have a great time playing!
Just received my promo material in Spain. Thanks Rodney. I love the standee for dead of winter even though I don’t have the game. You may be making an appearance as a boss in my Gloomhaven campaign though lol.
I had some trouble distinguishing the blue and green trains. For future accessibility for people with some form of colorblindness, I recommend using colours with non-adjacent colours where possible (and also not red/green or yellow/blue, which are the most common colorblindness varieties).
Yes, a good note for the publishers, to be sure.
Thank you for making these instructions, they made it a lot clearer
Really nice to hear Milda - I hope you have a great time playing!
Great explanation! Thank you! Finally I feel ready to buy it! Your explanation makes the game sound so easier to understand!
So glad to hear - I hope you have a great time playing it!
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you! 😊
Thanks for these "back to basics" videos -they're great! They fill a hole in the board game video universe!
Glad you're enjoying these - I'll be returning to do some more in the near future, I'm sure!
Thanks for this video! I’m looking for a fun, light-strategy game for my grandparents who are stuck at home during the pandemic. I think they’ll love this.
I hope it's a great fit!
Thanks to your playlist, “new to board game? Start here!”, game night is now a family tradition. We got 5 board games out of the 7 that was recommended on the playlist. Can you make another playlist of what games to get next. Thanks.
That's a good idea - going to put it on my "to-do" list!
I very much enjoyed your presentation (best one I've watched).... but still have a couple of questions that I've been given contradicting answers to.
Question 1: If your destination card is Houston to Portland (for example), can you "claim" ANY section within that route with first move? An example would be: Yellow section between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Or do you have to start from either the Destination Station or the Departure Station?
Question 2: (If answer to Question 1 is that you must start from either the Destination or Departure Stations) If you do begin with Portland, (playing the 5 green cars) do you have to continue adding to your train from that direction only... or can you claim a route further down, skipping a section for the moment? Or even claiming the section from the opposite end of your route, El Paso to Houston? In these cases, you would then go back at another turn and place cars on sections that are in between routes that you completed on prior turns.
Just to be clear... I'm talking about ONE destination card only. (I realize that you can be working on multiple destinations at the same time.)
Hey Sharalyn,
1) You can claim ANY section of the map, no matter what Destination cards you might be holding. For example, you could claim San Francisco to Los Angeles, even if that was not a part of any of your destination routes. The benefit in claiming sections that are part of your destination routes, is that you may be able to complete a line that connects those too locations, which can then provide you with points at the end of the game.
2) You can claim routes anywhere on the board, in any order, and none of them have to be connected to any other routes you've already claimed.
@@WatchItPlayed Thanks.... good to confirm.
Thank you for the explanation! I just got this game yesterday and this was super helpful to absorb the rules. 😊
So nice to know you found it useful - have a great time playing!
Such a professional. I really enjoy everything you do for the hobby and I wish you nothing but the best.
Additionally, I hope you do all the classics, such as Catan, Carc, Cosmic, etc etc.. so I can use them as a simple to follow pre-gaming tool for those new to gaming.
That's very kind, thank you Danny!
I can finally get this one to the table. :-) This is going to be a huge video for people just getting into the hobby
Thanks Eric, I was hoping that my channel could also help people new to the hobby with some of these, along with the usual new-game stuff that we veterans of the hobby enjoy :)
TTR Europe would be a good how to play especially with the tunnels. Keep up the great work
I really want to buy the board version
Helped me so much!
Thanks for the video! This is my first time playing the game tonight you explained it very well!
Thanks Roosevelt, I hope you had a good time playing!
@@WatchItPlayed it was a very fun game thanks!
What a clearly communicated, straightforward, and comprehensive explanation -- great job!!! I have never played this game and am investigating it -- we love games at home but somehow missed this one over the years, and it seems to have legions of fans. Thanks to you breaking it down the way you did, I'm going to get a copy and dig in. Nice job, no hurried explanations or confusing concepts == great pacing, simple to follow -- really appreciate that.
That's really nice feedback to get - I'm glad you liked the video!
I used this video again yesterday, now that I bought the game, and was breaking it out to play it for the first time -- and I thought showing your video to my wife and son instead of me trying to explain it to them would go better -- and it did. Very clearly explained, thanks again. We had a lot of fun.
Ah, thanks for the positive report. Very glad to hear it was helpful!
I agree with Tyler down below; it is great that you are going back and covering some of these older games. Essentially, I had not played this for a while and needed a refresher. I was able to run your vid on 1.25 speed and picked the rules up again in a jiffy. Thank you!
Hoping to do some more of these in 2019!
Thank you but if a player runs out of destination cards so will the player in its next turn have to pick destination cards or we can make random routes without destination cards ?
Hey Rashmi, you can always make random routes, whether you have destination cards or not.
Fantastic explanation! So clear. Our new favourite lockdown game. Thank you so much!
So glad you've been enjoying this one :)
If I complete the routes in my hand before a player has only two trains, do I have to continue to pick up ticket route card or able I able to just continue to lay trains down without having a mission?
You are never required to have destination cards, or toy even work on their routes if you do have them. You can always just put trains down to gain points that way, if you want. Have fun playing!
Thanks for asking my question! And for a response of course! 😉
Thanks for this. Introducing a friend to Rodney for the first time. This will also be the first time either of us has played the game!
I hope you both have a fun time!
Amazing tutorial. I am giving this as a gift and will be able to jump straight into this on the day so thank you!!
So glad you found it helpful. Hope you have a great time playing :)
I watched several videos about this game in my language (Brazilian Portuguese) and none of them was explained as well as yours. I'm already a fan. I've been considering buying this game for a while and your video certainly contributed to a decisive step. Thank you!
So very kind of you to take the time to say Macelo - I'm so glad the video was helpful!
Great Video! My girlfriend & I played this for the first time over the weekend and absolutely loved it. Thanks!!
You're very welcome AJ, glad it was helpful!
Do you have “house rules” yet? I know the wife and I definitely do
My wife and I just played - we were tied right to the very bitter end lol Really great video and fun game. Thanks
What a close finish!
You explained this very well. The tone and concise manner conveyed the information clearly. Thanks.
Very kind of you to say Sabu glad you enjoyed!
Evergreen game and video. Teaching my 8yo to play today. Thanks for the clear concise video.
You're very welcome - have a great time playing!
what a classic staple. Thanks Rodney...this is one everyone should have.
Thanks!
Really great video but what if i need to get from one place to another but im trapped (other players have me surrounded) so what should i do then ❤❤
Hi Jana, I'm not quite sure what you mean. It sounds like maybe you are under the impression that when you place trains they must connect to other trains you already have in play, (but you don't have to) - see here: czcams.com/video/4JhFhyvGdik/video.html - let me know if that answered the question.
This was the best instructional video for Ticket to Ride. Very intuitive and clear. Thank you!
Very kind of you to say - glad you enjoyed it Sarah!
That was wonderful! Concise yet thorough.
Thanks for the kind feedback Steven!
THANK YOU YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE GREAT, FAR BETTER DONE THAN THE COUPLE OF OTHER VIDEOS I WATCHED.
Very glad to know it was helpful!
Great video!!! I wanted to see if this game would be something my dad could understand and I could play along with him. He likes trains but is getting older and losing some coordination so playing with his trains is getting harder. I think a train themed game would be something he'd enjoy. Curious, how do you determine the "longest route"? Is it based on the number of trains between the two points? Thank you again!
Yes, you've got it!
Hope your father enjoyed the game
This is really helpful for me and my family, we're not long into playing board games, so this is really helpful, as was the carcassonne video too. Thank you very much.
I'm very glad the tutorial was helpful, especially if it's helping to teach your whole family!
I really appreciate your skill in being clear, synthetic and also comprehensive while explaining... Do you prepare a written list of things to say beforehand and then make the video?
I retype the rule book into a script that I reference as I record, to ensure I can deliver the information as efficiently as possible.
Well done ;)
Always the best game explanations from this guy love it.
So glad you're enjoying - thanks for the kind words :)
That was a fantastic explanation. I've had the game at home for a while, but haven't played it yet. Definitely want to try it out now. Thank you.
You're very welcome - have a great time playing!
Question: when you have completed your routes and you see your opponent/s have very few train cars left, do you have to draw another destination card? If you don’t, what do you do for the final several turns? Can you lay train cars down on routes that you don’t have destination cards for?
Hey Cyn, jut so it's clear, you can always put trains down on any route. They never have to be helping you complete your Destination cards. You also never have to draw additional destination cards. So, if I had all mine completed and it was near the end of the game, I would just try to claim routes on the board for the points they give. Does that make sense?
You could, for sure. BUT...if you have good connections, you might want to draw more destination cards to see if you can grab extra points!
I’m glad you are doing some of the classics.
This was fun to do. Hoping to do a few more like this in the future as well.
Watch It Played you are true one of my favorite content creators. Keep up the great quality work. BTW I miss seeing Luke in some of the play throughs, but I also really enjoy Pep (sp?).
Great how to play video as always Rodney. This game is a big favorite of my family because it is so easy and fun to play. This was a great tutorial for new players and even a fun video for the experienced players like myself. I hope you keep doing videos for "classic" games such as this (Memoir 44 perhaps?) and continue to keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for the kind words Will! I'm certainly considering doing more classics in the future, though I won't announce them ahead of time just in case my schedule changes.
Completely understand, you've gotten pretty busy lately! Also, congrats on the partnership with BoardGameGeek!
Thank you kindly!
Wow. Another great classic and one that I bought late into my collection. Great job as usual. Such a kid-friendly game also but equally awesome with adults. Thanks for this one, Rodney!
My pleasure Steve!
Thank you so much for this!
You're very welcome Ryan - have fun playing!
@@WatchItPlayed Me and my girlfriend LOVED the game!!!!
I just warched your video. My parents and I have been playing this game wrong. Going to try to play it correctly today. Wish us luck!
Have a great time on your next attempt! Choo! Choo!
Thank you very much! The game directions were hard to understand. This was very helpful.
So glad to hear this helped. I hope you have a fun time playing!
We are having family game night tonight and this video was very helpful ❤️thanks
So glad to hear it - have a great time playing!
Like many here this video is not news to me but I still enjoyed watching every minute and was keen to pick up any explanation pointers I may have been lacking previously.
Although I think exploring the different maps in people's own time is a good thing, I think there could be room for a small addendum video just covering the rule variations in the other games. I don't know how practical that would be in practice but I know some of the newer rules can be rather advanced and could benefit from a Rodney explanation.
Thank you for this video and I eagerly await the next
Thanks for the feedback Dominic, glad you enjoyed even as rewatch on a game you're familiar with :)
Point of clarification if you would. If someone draws a face down card from the top of the deck can you then draw the locomotive card from the face up cards or no?
Nope, because you can't publicly take a Wild card and a second card.
Thank you
@Rodney - I LOVE the intro/exit music, if I could loop it I would and play it all the time. Nice job, as usual, for this video, I haven't seen a comprehensive how to play video for TTR before, glad you did this one!
Thanks mark, and glad you're enjoying the music :)
Thanks for another great video. This is a great game for friends of all ages, I played a digital version first. Really like it so I purchased the US version and another expansion. The game flow is smooth and simple with very interesting route building elements for most people I know.
Glad to hear you enjoyed this one - you can see why it's been such a popular board game in the hobby!
Thank you. This was excellent. Q: if I have 5 or more ticket cards and I see the game is ending soon and don’t want to get stuck with them, how do I discard them from my hand. ? Thank you.
@@jimhausman Well, that’s the catch: you can’t! That’s why you have to be careful about which you commit to keeping, and the ones you do keep you I’ll want to work towards completing during the turns you have. Hope that helps!