Ticket to Ride - Strategy Primer

[@leezy94]

Thank you, I’ve been getting destroyed in this game lately by my 8 and 11 year old nieces. Also realized that they were not going exactly by the rules. There’s going to be quite the revelation this weekend.

[@barbaramazzocca4605]

Hahaha. They have their own home rules!

[@Choppop11]

Just got the game (it's AWESOME), recommendation from a friend, hopefully I can beat my parents this time! Thanks for the tips!

[@TheForbiddenLimb]

Sweet! I have a feeling you will dominate this time. :)

[@ct3950]

Great advice. I stopped taking face up wildcards and started to look for longer routes. Towards the end, I had just a one car route to complete but almost 20 cars left, so I went around building unrelated long route sections. I think that messed the others up a little. I initiated the end with just 1 car left, just right to complete my missing link. That's the best score I have till now, coupled with some calculations and good luck. Thanks to all your tips!

[@gakaface]

Very good video. I've been playing this for a couple of years now so I agree with your strategies. Another one I think is good which you touched on, but this is an emphasis on your strategy, is to always draw two cards from the pile from the outset for about 70-90% of the game as this improves your efficiency when you're using them quickly to finish the game, plus you'll draw more wild cards in the process which improves your position further.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

The tradeoff for taking 5 or 6 train routes is that you're connecting fewer cities than if you placed a bunch of 2 or 3 train routes. This means that further draws of the destination cards are likely to need much more work to do.

[@tomaspuodziukynas5361]

Thank you. Really good video, most of the tips I found out in first few games, but some of them were really good. Cheers!

[@kingrex1931]

The most important short route in the game is the Seattle to Portland. If someone else takes it you have to place three trains that take up 15 cars, which is one third of your pieces, to go from Seattle to Portland. It might make sense to claim this spot even if you don't need it to block others from having it. I think it's generally a bad idea to not take the wild cards, they are so powerful. Unless you see two cards that you need face up, you should grab the wild card. By the way the link posted in the description takes you to a screen to purchase Norton anti-virus.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

LOL that intro as if he did not know the camera was there. Remembers me very much of bert and earnie but prior to when the camera goes off and the beds are pushed together. Thanks for the video.

[@formulahank1250]

I used to be hopeless at winning this game. I adapted my strategy to completing the two destinations I have from the start of the game, then I bring the game to an end very quickly by simply putting down 6s in a way that gets me the longest train. It doesn't always work out, but I win almost every time now. I think I've won 9 out of my last 10 now

[@TonyAllen2AT]

Great points and nice instructional video. After 100+ games played with friends in various versions of the game, these are my strategies as well. My problem is that the longest continuous train bonus either makes me or breaks me. I win many times because of having the longest train, but then I also lose sometimes because I didn't take alternate routes to finish a necessary ticket knowing it would mess up my long train.

[@robbieunger850]

My advice is always pick up more destination tickets early in the game... like in first 3 turns. Before the board gets clogged so you can game plan and get your critical routes. Always keep in mind that 3 short routs that overlap may be just as good if not better than one 20+ point route.

[@anudistsjury]

I've played with my friends on board game nights. I'm 0-6. I will use your advice, good sir!

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Blocking is a dangerous strategy if there are 3+ players. It often puts both you and the subject of the blocking behind and the others ahead. It's only good in 2-player games and even then usually break-even at best.

[@DavidDouglasToth]

I agree. I play 4 player with my wife and kids. Kids don’t try to block, hard to block anyone single handed. 45 trains isn’t enough to optimize my score and sabotage stuff random far flung routes.

[@Safire2159]

Thanks for the tips!!

[@Whiteroca]

>want to see you play a game

[@ham456]

Good video, but I do disagree with one part. A lot of times you come down to just searching for one specific color card. And most people waste 2-5 turns hoping they'll get it from the blind draw. In my strategy I always take what I need from the face ups, if there's nothing there I take a wild card and if there's no wild card I take two from the top. It ensures that you almost always get what you need on every turn and makes your gameplay a lot more efficient

[@jackcarlos]

I agree with playing effieicintly and not drawing for 1 specific color, but disagree with taking a face up wild card. The only caveat is if the game is close to ending and you need to complete a route ASAP. Otherwise you always have the option to draw more routes, which almost always opens up your color/draw options. Therefore the more cards the better!

[@nuuwnhuus]

How different are your ticket to ride europe strategies? Played it one time and I'm curious if you still don't go for the wildcards in that one.

[@brycewalburn3926]

Great video. Thanks, man.

[@wesleybrown8051]

Bro do we have the same dog? What's his breed/make-up?

[@AlessioDiGirolamo1981]

Hope it works for TTR Europe too.:)

[@AlGuien82]

You have good content but please invest in a wearable microphone to avoid the echo sound

[@kaylentan9537]

Why there's a board game on the dog ? He looks pretty bored XD

[@TheForbiddenLimb]

+Kaylen Tan He's not bored. Link LOVES Ticket to Ride. ;)

[@kaylentan9537]

Oh nice dog though.. xD

[@OGchickentnt]

is the ticket to dog included?

[@kaylentan9537]

Nope lol

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Bam Bam Thankyou Mam. 8:59

[@aurasphere87]

Oh hey

[@covovker]

Strategy? Really? I mean, aren't those things obvious? Btw, the advice of stockpiling your at-this-moment-useless same color cards is not applicable to say europe version, since it has far less good lengthy gray routes. Except the top 8 card one of course :)