Ticket to Ride Setup Guide

Setup Steps

1. Place Board: Place the Game Board in the center of the table.
2. Take Trains & Marker: Each player takes a set of 45 colored Plastic Train Cars and the matching Scoring Marker. Place the Scoring Marker on the Start space of the scoring track.
3. Deal Train Cards: Shuffle the Train Car Cards and deal 4 cards face-down to each player.
4. Create Draw Pile: Place the remaining Train Car Cards face-down next to the board as the draw pile. Turn the top 5 cards face-up and place them in a row next to the draw pile.
5. Deal Destination Tickets: Shuffle the Destination Tickets and deal 3 cards face-down to each player. Each player looks at their Destination Tickets secretly and must keep at least 2 but may keep all 3. Return any unwanted tickets face-down to the bottom of the Destination Ticket deck.
6. Longest Path Card: Place the Longest Path Bonus Card face-up next to the board.
7. First Player: Randomly determine the starting player.