2-5 players

Ages 8 and up
30-60 minutes
COMPONENTS
+ 1 Board map of Germany with train routes
+ 240 Colored Train Cars (45 each in White, Red, Purple, Yellow and Black, plus 3 extra "replacement" cars in each color)
+ 165 Illustrated cards:
+ 5 Scoring Markers (1 for each player)
+ 74 Merchandise Tokens:
+ 1 Most Completed Tickets Bonus Tile (Value of 10)
+ 1 Rules Booklet
+ 15 Passengers (3 each in White, Red, Purple, Yellow and Black)
+ 1 Days of Wonder Online Access Number (located on back of
Rules)
SETTING UP THE GAME
Place the board in the center of the table
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. Create stacks of Tokens with the highest number on top and the lowest number on the
bottom. You should have one stack of black Tokens (7, 6, 5 & 4), six stacks of red Tokens (4, 3 & 2), twelve stacks of Yellow Tokens (3,
2 & 1) and sixteen independent white Tokens (2). Place the different stacks on the corresponding cities. The color of the city matches
the color of the Token stack.
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14 Locomotives 6 Locomotives (+4)
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118 Train Car cards - 11 each of Blue, Red, Green,
Yellow, Black, Purple, White and Orange
23 Short Destination Ticket
Cards (Value of 5 to 11)
23 Long Destination Ticket
Cards (Value of 12 to 22)
10 Passenger Cards
White Tokens
(16, all
numbered 2)
Yellow Tokens
(12 of each
numbered 3,2,1)
Red Tokens
(6 of each
numbered 4,3,2)
Black Tokens
4 in total, numbered
7, 6, 5, 4
IMPORTANT NOTE
Players familiar with the earlier games in this series, Ticket to Ride and Ticket
to Ride Europe, should focus their attention on the following new features:
Passengers, Wild cards.
Each player takes a set of 45 Colored Train Cars along with the matching Passengers and Scoring Marker
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. Each player places his
Scoring Marker on Start
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on the Scoring Track running along the map's border. Throughout the game, each time a player scores
points, he will advance his marker accordingly.
Shuffle the Train Car Cards and deal a starting hand of 4 cards to each player
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, then place the remaining deck of Train Car Cards near
the board and turn the top five cards from the deck face-up
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Place the Most Completed Tickets Bonus Tile face up next to the board
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Separate the deck of Destination Tickets into one stack of short routes (Blue background) and a
second stack of long routes (Brown background). Place each of them next to the board
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At the beginning of the game, each player draws four Tickets. A player may draw any
combination of the two types of Tickets, but he must first announce what combination
of Tickets he is drawing.
Each player then looks at his Destination Tickets and decides which ones he wishes
to keep. He must keep at least two, but may keep three or all four if he chooses.
Unwanted tickets are placed back into their respective stacks. The two stacks are
reshuffled, and the two separate decks of short and long Destination Tickets are
then placed next to the board. Players keep their Destination Tickets secret
until the end of the game.
You are now ready to begin.
OBJECT OF THE GAME
The object of the game is to score the highest number of total points. Points
can be scored by:
1. Claiming a Route between two cities on the map;
2. Successfully completing a Continuous Path of routes between
two cities listed on your Destination Ticket(s);
3. Moving Passengers
4. Completing the most Destination Tickets.
Points are lost if you do not successfully complete the routes given on
the Destination Tickets you kept.
THE GAME TURN
The player who has the best collection of Mrklin trains or is the youngest
player goes first. Play then proceeds clockwise around the table, each
player taking one turn at a time until the game ends. On his turn, a player
must perform one (and only one) of the following four actions:
1. Draw Cards - The player may draw 2 cards. He may take any one of the
face-up cards or he may draw the top card from the deck (this is a blind draw).
If he draws a face up card, he immediately turns a replacement card face-up
from the deck. He then draws his second card, either from the face up cards
or from the top of the deck. (See Train Car/Passenger Cards for special rules
for Locomotive and Passenger Cards)
2. Claim a Route - The player may claim a route on the board by playing a set of
Train Car Cards that match the color of the route and then placing one of his
colored trains on each space of this route. He then records his score by moving his
Scoring Marker the appropriate number of spaces (see Route Scoring Table) along
the Scoring Track on the board.
When a player claims a route, he may also place one of his Passengers in either city of
this particular route. Only one Passenger is allowed in any city.
3. Draw Destination Tickets - The player draws 4 Destination Tickets from the top of the decks.
He must keep at least one of them, but he may keep two, three or all four if he chooses. Any returned
cards are placed at the bottom of their corresponding Destination Ticket Deck.
4. Move Passengers - The player may move any one of his Passengers that is already on the board. The Passenger must move from the
city he currently occupies along any or all of the player's continuous routes, picking up one Merchandise Token from each city he moves
through (of course he'll take the highest remaining token). The player can only use the same route once per turn, i.e., a Passenger may
not backtrack over the same route. The player does not pick up a Merchandise Token in the city in which the Passenger starts. Passengers
can move into or through cities with other Passengers. At the end of the turn the Passenger that moves is removed from the game.
Thus, each player has a maximum of three turns in which Passengers may move during the game. The points are recorded immediately,
but the player keeps the Merchandise Tokens in case he needs to recount his score later.
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TRAIN CAR AND PASSENGER CARDS
A player may have any number of cards in his hand at one time.
When the deck is exhausted, the discards are reshuffled into a new draw pile deck. The cards should be shuffled thoroughly, since all
the cards have been discarded in sets.
In the unlikely event that there are no cards left in the deck and there are no discards (because players are hoarding many cards in their
hands), a player cannot draw Train Car Cards. Instead he may only Claim a Route, move a Passenger or draw Destination Ticket Cards.
Train cards
There are 8 types of regular Train Car Cards. The colors of each type of Train Car Card match various routes
between cities on the board - Purple, Blue, Orange, White, Green, Yellow, Black, and Red.
Locomotive cards
Locomotives are Multi-colored and act as wild cards that can be part of any set of cards when claiming
a route. If a Locomotive Card is one of the five face-up cards, the player who draws it may only draw one
card, instead of two. If, after having drawn one card, the replacement card is a Locomotive, the player
cannot take it. If at any time, three of the five face-up cards are Locomotives, all five cards are immediately
discarded and five new ones are turned face-up to replace them.
Locomotive +4+ Cards
Locomotive +4 Cards are Multi-colored and act as wild cards but can only be used as part of a set of cards
to claim a route 4 spaces or longer. They cannot be used on routes of less than 4 spaces. Unlike standard
Locomotive Cards, a player may still draw two cards when drawing Locomotive +4 Cards.
Passenger Cards
Passenger Cards can be drawn like any other Train cards. When moving a Passenger, the player can play
any number of Passenger Cards and use one route belonging to an opponent for each Passenger Card
played. If at any time, three of the five face-up cards are Passenger Cards, all five cards are immediately
discarded and five new ones are turned face-up to replace them.
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Example :
Activating a Passenger
for the purple player
The purple player must play a
Passenger Card to use the route
belonging to the yellow player
When a player claims a route he may also put one
of his 3 Passengers on either city of this route.
Only one Passenger is allowed per city.
Once a Passenger has finished traveling, he is
removed from the game.
The player does
not pick up a
Merchandise
Token in the city
in which the
Passenger starts.
CLAIMING ROUTES
A route is a set of continuous colored spaces (in some instances, gray
spaces) between two adjacent cities on the map. To claim a route, a player
must play a set of Train Cards whose color and quantity match the color and
number of spaces of the chosen route.
A set of cards must be of the same type. Most routes require a specific type
of set. For example a Blue route must be claimed using Blue
Train Cards. Some routes - those that are gray colored -
can be claimed using a set of cards of any one color.
When a route is claimed, the player places one of his
plastic trains in each of the spaces on the route. All the
cards in the set used to claim the route are then discarded.
The player then immediately records his score by moving
his Scoring Marker the appropriate number of spaces along
the Scoring Track, per the route scoring table.
A player may claim any open route on the board. He is
never required to connect to any of his previously played
routes.
A route must be claimed in its entirety during a single
turn. For example, you cannot lay two trains on a three-
space route and wait for the next turn to lay the third train.
No more than one route may be claimed in a given player's
turn.
Some cities are connected by Double Routes. One player
cannot claim both routes to the same cities. The same rule
applies for Triple Routes.
Example 2
To claim a Blue route that is three
spaces long, a player may play any
of the following card combinations:
three Blue cards;
two Blue cards and a Locomotive;
one Blue card and two Locomotives;
or three Locomotives.
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On a route 4 spaces or longer, both Locomotive +4
and regular Locomotive cards can be played.
On a route with less than 4 spaces,
only regular Locomotive cards can be played.
A Gray route that is Two spaces
long can be claimed by playing
two Red cards;
one Yellow card and a Locomotive;
or two Locomotives.
IMPORTANT NOTE
In 2 or 3 player games, only one of the Double or Triple Routes between two cities can be used.
A player can claim one of the two or three routes, but the other route(s) is then closed to other players.
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Double Routes Triple Routes
ROUTE SCORING TABLE
DRAWING DESTINATION TICKET CARDS
A player can use his turn to draw more Destination Ticket Cards. To do so, he draws 4 new cards from
the top of the two Destination Ticket Decks. A player may draw any combination of the two types of Tickets,
but he must first announce what combination of Tickets he is drawing. If there are less than 4 Destination
Tickets left in the decks, the player only draws what cards are available. He must keep at least one of
the cards, but may also keep two, three or all four if he chooses. Any returned cards are placed at the
bottom of their corresponding Destination Ticket Deck.
Each Destination Ticket includes the name of two cities on the map and a Point Value. If a player
successfully completes a series of routes that connect the two cities, he will add the amount of points
indicated on the Destination Ticket to his point total at the end of the game. If he does not successfully
connect the two cities, he deducts the amount of points indicated.
Some Destination Ticket include the name of a city and a country name. Each route leading to a country
is a dead end and cannot be used to link two cities. A Passenger cannot be placed or go through a country.
Destination Tickets are kept secret from other players until the Game's final scoring. A player may
accumulate any number of Destination Ticket cards during the game.
GAME END
When one player's stock of colored train cars gets down to zero, 1 or 2 trains left at the end of his turn, each player, including that player,
gets one final turn. The game then ends and players calculate their final scores.
Calculating Scores
Players should have already accounted for the points earned as they completed different routes and collected various Merchandise tokens.
To make sure no mistakes were made, you may want to re-count the points for each player's routes and Merchandise tokens collected
by Passengers.
Players should then reveal all their Destination Tickets and add (or subtract) the value of their Destination Tickets still in hand, based
on whether they successfully connected those cities together or not.
The player who has completed the most Destination Tickets receives the Most Completed Tickets Bonus Tile and adds 10 points to his
score. In the case of a tie for the most completed tickets, all tied players score the 10 bonus points. Tickets that were not completed
have no effect for purposes of determining which player gains this bonus.
The player with the most points wins the game. If two or more players are tied for the most points, the player (among those tied) who
has completed the most Destination Tickets wins. In the unlikely event that they are still tied, the player with the highest total of
Merchandise Tokens wins.
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When a player claims a route, he immediately scores the number of points indicated
on the Route Scoring Table for the length of the route he just claimed.
Route Length Points Scored
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CREDITS
Game design by Alan R. Moon
Illustrations by Julien Delval
Photos by Mrklin
Playtesters: Phil Alberg, Buzz Aldrich, Dave & Jenn Bernazzani, Pitt & Radonna Crandlemire, Terry
Egan, Brian Fealy, Dave Fontes, Matt Horn, Craig Massey, James Miller, Janet Moon, Mark & Tery
Noseworthy, Michael Robert, Bob Scherer-Hoock, Mike Schloth, Eric Schultz, Ricardo Sedan, Scott
Simon, Rob Simons, Adam Smiles, Tony Soltis, Richard Spoonts, Briant Stormont, Evan Tannheimer,
Rick Thornquist, everyone at Days of Wonder and Lars Schilling and Wolfgang Stein from Mrklin.
2006 Days of Wonder, Inc. / www.daysofwonder.com
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