Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel iPad Screenshots: (click to enlarge) Ticket to Ride - Train Game TWIN SAILS INTERACTIVE CONNECT MORE THAN CITIES! Set off with your friends and family to re(discover) Ticket to Ride, the classic boardgame. I… TouchArcade Rating: $8.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsCONNECT MORE THAN CITIES! Set off with your friends and family to re(discover) Ticket to Ride, the classic boardgame. In this railway adventure, you’ll need to be the quickest to link up your cities and reach your destinations. In this strategy game for all ages, try out different tactics, block your competitors’ lines and take over routes before the others do. With so many different strategies to try, each new game is a unique experience. Travel the world from Europe to India, passing through the legendary China, facing new challenges by purchasing additional cards with their own special rules (available in expansion packs). - A tutorial teaches you the rules of the game so you can head off quickly on your adventure - Play in single-player mode, online multi-player against the whole world, or local multi-player with your friends - This is the official adaptation of Alan R. Moon’s best-selling boardgame, Ticket to Ride, which sold over 8 million copies. - An easy-to-play strategy game - No game is ever the same, you can play over and over again - Discover a series of add-ons with special maps and rules - Challenge players all over the world in cross-platform mode Information Seller:TWIN SAILS INTERACTIVE Genre:Board, Strategy Release:May 18, 2011 Updated:Feb 09, 2021 Version:2.7.11 Size:623.9 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (13) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal TA Review: http://toucharcade.com/2011/05/19/ticket-to-ride-review/ Titan Arrow Games likes this. cprloe Well-Known Member Oct 17, 2009 830 0 0 Katy, Texas USA #2 cprloe, May 17, 2011 Wow! This is awesome news. One of my favorite games of all time. An instabuy when it becomes available in the U.S. tonight. I hope Days of Wonder continues to convert its games to the iOS platform. I want Gang of Four next. badmanj Well-Known Member Mar 16, 2009 1,886 24 38 Software developer Reading, England http://www.underground-collective.com #3 badmanj, May 17, 2011 Is this similar to the boardgame "Railway Rivals"? Jamie FPE Well-Known Member Sep 25, 2010 3,031 0 0 World, now Belgium #4 FPE, May 17, 2011 Small world is a great game ..... I doubt I can resist! BazookaTime Well-Known Member Sep 30, 2009 5,340 1 36 Kansas http://www.paulmcraelind.com #5 BazookaTime, May 17, 2011 I have heard great things bout the game but really know nothing about it. I'm guessing this game doesn't work for same system multiplayer? crunc Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2008 4,575 0 0 #6 crunc, May 17, 2011 Oh my! This will be an instant buy and I'm *so* happy to hear that it integrates with their own online. This is like the best news ever! I'll buy the game and the expansions. Just awesome! I do hope that it has same-device multiplayer, but it sure doesn't say so, so I guess not. That's a shame, but then again you've got the usual issue of having to hide cards from other players, so maybe it makes sense. badmanj Well-Known Member Mar 16, 2009 1,886 24 38 Software developer Reading, England http://www.underground-collective.com #7 badmanj, May 17, 2011 They should consider implementing the Scrabble "Tile Rack" thing for local multiplayer - that's such an awesome approach... Jamie thevagrant Well-Known Member Jun 8, 2009 631 0 0 #8 thevagrant, May 17, 2011 For players of the board game, how does it compare to the Ticket to ride Card game (which is not bad, but got me bored quite quickly)? CzarCastic Well-Known Member Jan 21, 2010 2,164 0 0 Michigan http://www.8bitbrigade.com #9 CzarCastic, May 17, 2011 I'm pretty sure this game is a direct iOS version of the Ticket to Ride card game that you're referring to. In fact, you can see the retail boxes in the promo images. I love games like this. I'll be looking forward to downloading this. And, knowing that the devs did not offer crazy sales for Small World, I'm more confident in paying the release price for this game. Now watch, they'll go and prove me wrong by having some sort of sale. Shatner's hairpiece Well-Known Member Aug 1, 2009 248 0 0 #10 Shatner's hairpiece, May 17, 2011 I'll wait for reviews. Probably would have been an insta buy for me if we didn't have such a bad experience with their last conversion, 'small world'. Let's hope it has a better interface: one that doesn't involve ridiculous forced upside down views along with iPad spinning. (a first in two years of app gaming) TheDukester Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2010 823 0 0 Wherever Ascension wants me #11 TheDukester, May 17, 2011 Don't worry, it's not the TtR Card Game. The boardgame version of TtR (which is truly how the game is meant to be played) blows the card version right out of the water. No. See above. Couldn't agree more. This is a pretty big step forward in iOS boardgaming. Pressing the button as soon as it's live. INSTABUY. crunc Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2008 4,575 0 0 #12 crunc, May 17, 2011 Last edited: May 17, 2011 No, this is the boardgame, not the card game. Well, if there is a card game. I don't actually know. The board game does have cards in it too, but clearly this is the boardgame Ticket to Ride. The more I think about it, the more I hope this game does have local (one ipad) multiplayer. I'm going to be a bit disappointed if it doesn't. Hopefully it does. EDIT: looking at the screenshots again, it sure doesn't look like it does. I see "Solo" and "Online" as the only play options. TheDukester Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2010 823 0 0 Wherever Ascension wants me #13 TheDukester, May 17, 2011 TtR Card Game: http://bit.ly/kPEuNe djflippy Well-Known Member Mar 9, 2009 4,441 0 36 #14 djflippy, May 17, 2011 There are some similarities, but it also differs in several key ways. I would say that Ticket to Ride is more approachable than Railway Rivals and is quite popular with families. It's a "gateway game" that is known to get people interested in the hobby. Railway Rivals consists of the building phase and the racing phase, which is purely luck-driven, and the two are interwoven by the cash proceeds. The rails are drawn on the board by the players, much like Empire Builder. In Ticket to Ride, the track locations are pre-drawn on the map and players draw cards of varying rail colors that match certain sections of the rails. Players then attempt to create contiguous routes between cities to score points. Viable city routes are dictated by cards drawn at the beginning of the game and are different for each player. Both are good games, but if I had to choose between the two, I would get Ticket to Ride. Of course, I prefer Age of Steam to either of those rail games. clarsonx Well-Known Member Sep 29, 2009 100 0 16 #15 clarsonx, May 17, 2011 In boardgaming circles the Ticket To Ride Card Game is not liked due to a focus on memorization. The Ticket To Ride board games, however, are universally loved and usually mentioned as one of the best "gateway" board games. I think it is the best "gateway" game, better than Catan as an intro to Eruo style board games. Days Of Wonder has had a PC version of TTR out for years, including online play. The PC version plays great, they have been hosting tons of online games, and the single player AI is good but beatable. I have every confidence that the iOS version will be fantastic. I would also get the expansions when you get the main game. The expansions are worth the purchase, especially at a buck a piece: Europe map -- A more balanced map than the USA map provided in the main game. Generally thought of as the best of the TTR maps. If you only get one expansion this is the one to get. USA 1910 expansion -- A new set of victory point tickets for the main USA map that corrects some of the balance issues with the original map. Switzerland -- A map intended for 2-3 player games. A fun map that plays differently than the USA and Europe map. The game often comes down to a rush over who can draw the most route cards. bgribin Well-Known Member Mar 7, 2009 355 0 0 Seattle, WA #16 bgribin, May 17, 2011 Instabuy. Hells yes. bgribin Well-Known Member Mar 7, 2009 355 0 0 Seattle, WA #17 bgribin, May 17, 2011 I'm astonished it doesn't have local multiplayer. That's what made Small World on the iPad so great. :/ funambulist Well-Known Member Dec 21, 2008 505 0 0 NL #18 funambulist, May 17, 2011 It seems to fly in the face of the spirit of (face to face) board gaming doesn't it? TheDukester Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2010 823 0 0 Wherever Ascension wants me #19 TheDukester, May 17, 2011 It could always be added down the road ... TtR is kind of an odd beast when it comes to multiplayer, because the game already has an established online multiplayer feature. Literally hundreds of thousands of games have been played by PC/Mac users in the last few years. So I can sort of see DoW's thinking here: "Hey, let's just add the iPad to the community we've already got, then worry about other stuff at a later date." Not ideal, perhaps. But the good news is that online multiplayer will work splendidly from Day One. You won't be seeing too many "multiplayer bug report" threads ... unlike some other games I could mention, but won't. bgribin Well-Known Member Mar 7, 2009 355 0 0 Seattle, WA #20 bgribin, May 17, 2011 Yes. The only reason I can think this doesn't have local multiplayer is because the existing online version does not. But still, this is revamped for the iPad, and it's all Small World has. I'd like to say I hope they add it in but Days of Wonder hasn't been great about updating Small World. 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Wow! This is awesome news. One of my favorite games of all time. An instabuy when it becomes available in the U.S. tonight. I hope Days of Wonder continues to convert its games to the iOS platform. I want Gang of Four next.
I have heard great things bout the game but really know nothing about it. I'm guessing this game doesn't work for same system multiplayer?
Oh my! This will be an instant buy and I'm *so* happy to hear that it integrates with their own online. This is like the best news ever! I'll buy the game and the expansions. Just awesome! I do hope that it has same-device multiplayer, but it sure doesn't say so, so I guess not. That's a shame, but then again you've got the usual issue of having to hide cards from other players, so maybe it makes sense.
They should consider implementing the Scrabble "Tile Rack" thing for local multiplayer - that's such an awesome approach... Jamie
For players of the board game, how does it compare to the Ticket to ride Card game (which is not bad, but got me bored quite quickly)?
I'm pretty sure this game is a direct iOS version of the Ticket to Ride card game that you're referring to. In fact, you can see the retail boxes in the promo images. I love games like this. I'll be looking forward to downloading this. And, knowing that the devs did not offer crazy sales for Small World, I'm more confident in paying the release price for this game. Now watch, they'll go and prove me wrong by having some sort of sale.
I'll wait for reviews. Probably would have been an insta buy for me if we didn't have such a bad experience with their last conversion, 'small world'. Let's hope it has a better interface: one that doesn't involve ridiculous forced upside down views along with iPad spinning. (a first in two years of app gaming)
Don't worry, it's not the TtR Card Game. The boardgame version of TtR (which is truly how the game is meant to be played) blows the card version right out of the water. No. See above. Couldn't agree more. This is a pretty big step forward in iOS boardgaming. Pressing the button as soon as it's live. INSTABUY.
No, this is the boardgame, not the card game. Well, if there is a card game. I don't actually know. The board game does have cards in it too, but clearly this is the boardgame Ticket to Ride. The more I think about it, the more I hope this game does have local (one ipad) multiplayer. I'm going to be a bit disappointed if it doesn't. Hopefully it does. EDIT: looking at the screenshots again, it sure doesn't look like it does. I see "Solo" and "Online" as the only play options.
There are some similarities, but it also differs in several key ways. I would say that Ticket to Ride is more approachable than Railway Rivals and is quite popular with families. It's a "gateway game" that is known to get people interested in the hobby. Railway Rivals consists of the building phase and the racing phase, which is purely luck-driven, and the two are interwoven by the cash proceeds. The rails are drawn on the board by the players, much like Empire Builder. In Ticket to Ride, the track locations are pre-drawn on the map and players draw cards of varying rail colors that match certain sections of the rails. Players then attempt to create contiguous routes between cities to score points. Viable city routes are dictated by cards drawn at the beginning of the game and are different for each player. Both are good games, but if I had to choose between the two, I would get Ticket to Ride. Of course, I prefer Age of Steam to either of those rail games.
In boardgaming circles the Ticket To Ride Card Game is not liked due to a focus on memorization. The Ticket To Ride board games, however, are universally loved and usually mentioned as one of the best "gateway" board games. I think it is the best "gateway" game, better than Catan as an intro to Eruo style board games. Days Of Wonder has had a PC version of TTR out for years, including online play. The PC version plays great, they have been hosting tons of online games, and the single player AI is good but beatable. I have every confidence that the iOS version will be fantastic. I would also get the expansions when you get the main game. The expansions are worth the purchase, especially at a buck a piece: Europe map -- A more balanced map than the USA map provided in the main game. Generally thought of as the best of the TTR maps. If you only get one expansion this is the one to get. USA 1910 expansion -- A new set of victory point tickets for the main USA map that corrects some of the balance issues with the original map. Switzerland -- A map intended for 2-3 player games. A fun map that plays differently than the USA and Europe map. The game often comes down to a rush over who can draw the most route cards.
I'm astonished it doesn't have local multiplayer. That's what made Small World on the iPad so great. :/
It could always be added down the road ... TtR is kind of an odd beast when it comes to multiplayer, because the game already has an established online multiplayer feature. Literally hundreds of thousands of games have been played by PC/Mac users in the last few years. So I can sort of see DoW's thinking here: "Hey, let's just add the iPad to the community we've already got, then worry about other stuff at a later date." Not ideal, perhaps. But the good news is that online multiplayer will work splendidly from Day One. You won't be seeing too many "multiplayer bug report" threads ... unlike some other games I could mention, but won't.
Yes. The only reason I can think this doesn't have local multiplayer is because the existing online version does not. But still, this is revamped for the iPad, and it's all Small World has. I'd like to say I hope they add it in but Days of Wonder hasn't been great about updating Small World.
