{"product_id":"ticket-to-ride-first-journey-us","title":"Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align:center\"\u003eTicket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended for Ages 6 \u0026amp; up \u003cbr\u003e2-4 Players\u003cbr\u003e15-30 minute playtime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTicket to Ride: First Journey takes the gameplay of the Ticket to Ride series and scales it down for a younger audience.\u003cbr\u003eIn general, players collect train cards, claim routes on the map, and try to connect the cities shown on their tickets. In more detail, the game board shows a map of the United States with certain cities being connect by colored paths. Each player starts with four colored train cards in hand and two tickets; each ticket shows two cities, and youre trying to connect those two cities with a contiguous path of your trains in order to complete the ticket.\u003cbr\u003eOn a turn, you either draw two train cards from the deck or discard train cards to claim a route between two cities; for this latter option, you must discard cards matching the color and number of spaces on that route e.g., two yellow cards for a yellow route thats two spaces long. If you connect the two cities shown on a ticket with a path of your trains, reveal the ticket, place it face up in front of you, then draw a new ticket. If you cant connect cities on either ticket because the paths are blocked, you can take your entire turn to discard those tickets and draw two new ones.\u003cbr\u003eIf you connect one of the West Coast cities to one of the East Coast cities with a path of your turns, you immediately claim a Coast-to-Coast ticket.\u003cbr\u003eThe first player to complete six tickets wins! Alternatively, if someone has placed all twenty of their trains on the game board, then whoever has completed the most tickets wins!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/\"\u003e Read More on Board Game Geek\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan R. Moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCyrille Daujean\u003cbr\u003eJean-Baptiste Reynaud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoard Game Geek Category(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildrens Game\u003cbr\u003eTrains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoard Game Geek Mechanic(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHand Management\u003cbr\u003eNetwork and Route Building\u003cbr\u003eSet Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Days of Wonder: No Restock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32384027197540,"sku":"DO7225","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/0619\/7092\/products\/65494.jpg?v=1746562546","url":"https:\/\/store.gglehi.com\/products\/ticket-to-ride-first-journey-us","provider":"Game Grid - Lehi Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}