May 24, 2004 |
Today was my birthday, and I had just gotten 4 new games, so I made Karla play one with me...to my great chagrin.
| Ticket to Ride |
| Results | |||
| Player | Score | Place | First Time? |
| Karla | 183 | 1 | * |
| Mike | 99 | 2 | * |
Notes: Karla blew me out of the water with some nice, long connections. She made two 6-train connections and one 5-train. I went for a north-south connection in the central USA, but never got more than about 13 or 14 points for a ticket. Karla, on the other hand, had about 20+ point tickets.
I never really had much of a chance, but Karla crushed my hopes by holding a monopoly on Boston when I needed a Boston-Miami connection, and ended the game before I could connect to Atlanta.
This is a light, fun game that is prettier and more strategic than TransAmerica, though I'd like to play with at least 4 people to see how it really turns out.