Euro Quest - Ticket to Ride Combo Tournament Why has it got to be built? It's a railroad. You've got to build railroads (TTR at EQ V...4th year)

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** All of this info is from EQ V (2007) **

	Designer:	Alan R. Moon
	Publisher:	AMIGO Spiel Rio Grande Games
	Boardgamegeek Info:	Ticket to Ride Ticket to Ride Europe
TTR: Spiel des Jahres (German game of the year) 2004 TTR-Europe: 2005 International Gamers Award Winner (General Strategy, Multi-Player category)

GameMaster(s)

GM: Michelle Hymowitz, Ass't GM: Hal Haag

Schedule

Please see the schedule here

Plaque(s)

The winner of the Final will receive a plaque.

Event Description

Ticket to Ride
It is October 2, 1900 - 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a £20,000 bet that he could travel "Around the World in 80 Days". It's now your turn to gather old friends for a new wager of your own. The stakes: $1 Million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see which of you can travel by rail to the most cities in North America - in just 7 days. The journey begins immediately...

Ticket to Ride Europe
From the craggy hillsides of Edinburgh to the sunlit docks of Constantinople, from the dusty alleys of Pamplona to a windswept station in Berlin, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you on a new train adventure through the great cities of turn-of-the-century Europe. Will you risk a trip through the dark tunnels of Switzerland? Venture aboard a ferry on the Black Sea? Or erect lavish train stations in the great capitals of the old empires? Your next move might just make you Europe's greatest train magnate!

Ticket to Ride Marklin
From the Bavarian countryside to the great Hanseatic ports of the North, the Ticket to Ride Märklin edition takes you on an unforgettable rail trip across Germany! The board for the Märklin Edition is based on a map of Germany and introduces Passengers and Merchandise to the Ticket to Ride gameplay.

Ticket to Ride is the award winning game of cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway.

Number of Players
Games will consist of four players to the greatest extent possible. Five player games will be used to round out the field if required.

The default version of the game is the original Ticket to Ride game. I will, to the extent possible, group players by the version of the game they would prefer to play.

Elimination Rounds
Advancing will be determined by the standard EuroQuest Rules.

1. If exactly four or five players have two qualifying round wins, then there will be no semi-final and a final will be held among the two win players
2. If 16 or fewer people have one or more qualifying round wins, a 16 player semi-final and a 4 player final will be held.
3. Otherwise a 25 player semi-final and a 5 player final will be held.

Rules Version
The tournament will use the official Ticket to Ride rules as published by Days of Wonder.

Rules Clarifications/Notes

1. Make sure each player has 45 trains at the start. The game is shipped with extra pieces and some pieces may get misplaced over time.
2. Be sure to replace a drawn face-up Train Car before drawing a second Train Car, especially if two Locomotives (Wild Cards) are face up since the deck will be flushed immediately if a third locomotive is drawn.
3. There is no discard deck for Destination Tickets. Discarded Destination Tickets are placed at the bottom of the pile as they are discarded.
4. The Train Cars discard deck must be reshuffled as soon as the last card is drawn (not when the next card is required).
5. Be sure to thoroughly shuffle the Train Car cards since they are discarded in sets. I recommend that you discard cards into the box lid which allows for better distribution before shuffling.

Tie Breakers
The following tiebreakers will be used to determine finish order within a game:

1. Total Score
2. Player who has completed the most destination tickets
3. Player with the Longest Continuous Path Card
4. Reverse Turn Order

Time Limit Adjucation
Each round will last 90 minutes. Games will be adjudicated promptly at the 90 minute mark.