BasOpPad's spellendoos: Ticket To Ride
In het spel Ticket to Ride gaan de spelers spoorverbindingen leggen tussen de verschillende grote Amerikaanse steden, (of Europese steden, afhankelijk van de editie van het spel).
Door middel van reeksen van treinkaarten af te leggen, bekomen spelers vergunningen om spoorverbindingen te maken in hun treinkleur. Ze krijgen hier onmiddellijk punten voor. Hoe langer de treinroute die ze kunnen afleggen, hoe meer punten verdiend worden.
Aan het begin van elk spel Ticket to Ride krijgt iedere speler drie bestemmingskaartjes, waarvan hij er minstens één moet behouden. Op deze bestemmingskaarten staan opdrachten om bepaalde steden met elkaar te verbinden. Of dit al dan niet gelukt is, bepaalt of het getal op het kaartje punten of strafpunten worden op het einde van het spel. De bestemmingskaartjes worden voor de andere spelers verborgen gehouden tijdens het spel. Dit zorgt ervoor dat elk spel Ticket to Ride spannend blijft tot op het einde.
Er is slechts een nadeel aan het spel. Telkens ik het speel, zit hetzelfde nummer nog weken in mijn hoofd te spelen:
I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care
She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care
I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away, yeah
Oh, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care
I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around
Ah, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care
My baby don't care, my baby don't care
My baby don't care, my baby don't care
My baby don't care, my baby don't care