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Ticket to Ride score sheet
Routes score on the board’s track the moment you claim them, by length. At the end, add every destination ticket you completed, subtract every one you did not, and give 10 for the longest path. Keep it on this Ticket to Ride score sheet, or on the Scorepad.
- 2 to 5 players
- About 30 to 60 minutes
- Ends at 2 trains or fewer
- Highest score wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live: the track, the tickets and the longest path, added on the keypad.
Ticket to Ride
- BGG #264
- 30 to 60 min
A train game: collect colored cards, claim routes between cities, and try to join the cities on your secret destination tickets before the trains run out.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Ticket to Ride, in brief
Ticket to Ride has you claiming railway routes across North America to link the cities on your secret destination tickets. Routes, tickets and the longest line of track all score.
- Take trains and ticketsEach player takes 45 trains and 4 train cards, and keeps at least 2 of the tickets dealt. Turn 5 train cards face up.
- Do one thing a turnDraw 2 train cards, face up or from the deck; claim one route; or draw 3 tickets and keep at least 1. A face-up locomotive (wild) uses both draws.
- Claim a routePlay as many cards of the route’s color as it has spaces, and fill it with your trains. Any one color fits a gray route.
- Run low on trainsWhen someone ends a turn with 2 or fewer trains, everyone gets one last turn.
Routes as you go, tickets at the end.
Most of your points move around the board’s track during play, one route at a time. The tickets in your hand stay secret until the end, and they can push you up or pull you down.
What scores, and when
| When | Points |
|---|---|
| Claiming a 1-train route | 1 |
| Claiming a 2-train route | 2 |
| Claiming a 3-train route | 4 |
| Claiming a 4-train route | 7 |
| Claiming a 5-train route | 10 |
| Claiming a 6-train route | 15 |
| End: each ticket you completedIts two cities joined by your own trains | Its value |
| End: each ticket you did notEvery ticket you kept counts, finished or not | Minus its value |
| End: the longest continuous pathTied players all score it | 10 |
- Score each route as you claim itMove your marker on the track by the route table: a 6-train route is worth 15, not 6.
- Watch for 2 trainsWhen a player ends a turn with 2 or fewer trains left, everyone, that player included, takes one more turn. Then the game ends.
- Reveal the ticketsAdd each ticket whose two cities you joined with your own trains. Subtract each one you kept but did not finish.
- Give the longest path 10Find the longest unbroken line of each player’s trains. It may loop, but no train counts twice. The longest scores 10.
- Total it upTrack, plus tickets made, minus tickets missed, plus 10 for the path. A tie goes to the most completed tickets, then to whoever holds the longest path card.
Tickets decide it: Priya wins with 87.
Three players at the end of a game on the USA map, with route points already on the track: Priya 61, You 70, Jonas 55. Then the tickets come out, and Priya has the longest path. This is the game on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Track, tickets, longest path | Final |
|---|---|---|
| Priya | 61 on the track; tickets worth 9 and 7 completed; the longest path61 + 9 + 7 + 10 | 87 |
| You | 70 on the track; a 10 completed, a 6 missed70 + 10 - 6 | 74 |
| Jonas | 55 on the track; tickets worth 8 and 4 completed55 + 8 + 4 | 67 |
The board keeps the routes. Tabletales keeps the game.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Ticket to Ride the board keeps the route points while you play. When the game ends, leave it on Highest wins and type each player’s final in Totals, with their tickets and the longest path: Tabletales adds it up and marks the winner.
- Tickets on the keypadType each total, or type it the way you count it, the track, then each ticket and the bonus (61 + 9 + 7 + 10), and Tabletales adds it up.
- Missed tickets subtractPress the minus key for each ticket you missed: 70 + 10 - 6 comes to 74.
- Ties share the trophyTied players share the trophy. The rules break a tie on completed tickets.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the map. Ticket to Ride gets its own history: how often you play, who with, and the high score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Ticket to Ride, with its scores
Common Ticket to Ride scoring mistakes
- Forgetting missed ticketsEvery ticket you kept counts at the end. One you did not finish costs its full value.
- Scoring a route by its trainsUse the table: 3 trains is 4 points, 4 is 7, 5 is 10 and 6 is 15.
- Counting a branching networkThe longest path is one continuous line. It may loop back on itself, but no train is counted twice.
- Stopping at 2 trainsThe player who gets down to 2 or fewer still takes one more turn, and so does everyone else.
Ticket to Ride scoring, answered
- How do you score Ticket to Ride?
- Routes score as you claim them, by length, from 1 point for one train to 15 for six. At the end, add completed tickets, subtract unfinished ones, and the longest path scores 10.
- How do you score Ticket to Ride Europe?
- The same way, with an 8-train route worth 21 and 4 points for every train station you never built. Its longest path bonus, the European Express, is also 10.
- What happens if you don’t complete a ticket in Ticket to Ride?
- You subtract its value from your score. Every ticket you kept counts at the end, finished or not.
Ticket to Ride score sheet
The board keeps the route points, so this sheet is for the end: the track, both kinds of ticket, the longest path and Europe’s stations, for up to five players.
Score another game
Europe adds 8-train routes worth 21 and 3 stations per player (each one you never build is worth 4), keeps the 10-point bonus as the European Express, and breaks a tie on completed tickets, then fewest stations used, then the Express. Other maps have longer routes. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against the rulebook, the Europe rulebook and Wikipedia. Ticket to Ride is a trademark of Days of Wonder. Tabletales is not affiliated with it.
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