Ticket to Ride App Reviews

I love this game. I have the board game and the game on my mac and iPhone. Very addictive. I can play against the computer, or online against people I know or against people online that I dont know - i.e. very easy to play the game at anytime.

I want a refund! I downloaded this game about a year ago. After reading the description that it worked with Game Center I thought it would connect with my games that are on iOS allowing me to play via either device. Not the case, and I wasted $10 on an app I used maybe twice. Learning that the developer is dropping support for the Mac version is just the icing on the cake. TTR is a great game, but don’t waste your time or money on this version.

I surely do love this game. I have the game boards, downloaded on my Macbook, and Ipad…my onlt issue is on the Macbook. When I go to create a game, I can’t change the name. When I click on the box to enter it, the game crashes. And When playing on my Macbook, at the end of the game you can review what each person’s tickets were and what not, but you can on the Ipad version…other than that I have not had any issues. I love it.

After falling in love with the iPad app, my wife and I were super excited to see that it was available for Mac as well. And we have enjoyed playing each other when possible. However, I have found that the Ticket to Ride Online component of the game can be very buggy on Mac. It crashes everytime I try to name my own game, it does not allow me to invite fellow players from the Restaurant, and I cannot create a private game. So it is virtually impossible to set up an online game wiht JUST my family and friends from afar. I never had this trouble with the PC version, so I am hoping that the developers read this and put some more attention into the Mac version. Also, when drawing cards, it can be slow or buggy on Mac as well. Please look into this developer(s)! I will sing your praises and continue to buy your products. :) Other than these issues, it is a great game and well worth the price.

This is my first time playing Ticket to Ride and it is a great game. I downloaded the rules, played thru the game tutorial, and went online to find out more about the (30) ticket destinations. I have only played the solo three person game (2 to 5 total players in solo mode) about 100 times. Each player gets 45 trains of a unique color (blue, green, red, yellow or black) and are dealt (3) destination tickets, and you must keep al least two, or all three. You can later ask for more tickets, then you keep one to three tickets. It is best to keep routes that are close to each other, or can connect together for the 10 point longest train bonus. You can put down train lengths that match the connecting cities on the U.S.A. board if you have the matching train color cards, grey routes are open to any color. You receive points as follows 1=1 pt; 2=2 pts; 3=4 pts; 4=7 pts; 5=10 pts; 6=15 pts. If you connect the two cities on your destination ticket you receive those points at the end of the game, if you couldn’t you get minus points instead. Their point value is about equal to the number of tracks needed to make the connection. Each player also gets four train cards to start. There are (12) each in eight colors (pink, white, blue, yellow, orange, black, green and red) and (14) of the colorful wild card locomotives. On your turn you may do only one of three actions. (1) Draw exactly two train cards from one or both of the five face up cards or the face down draw pile. If you decide to take one of the face up wild card locomotives then you may not take another card. When a card is taken it is immediately replaced from the draw pile. If three locomotives are face up, then all five cards are replaced until the situation is resolved. Drawing a locomotive from the face down draw pile still allows you to get two cards. (2) Claim a route by turning in train cards/wild cards matching the color of the desired route. Grey routes are open to any color. Don’t mix up the lighter grey with the black routes. (3) Draw three destination tickets, you must keep at least one, returing any undesired cards to the bottom of the deck. You make keep all three. Sometimes your choice can be three routes you cannot connect, so keep the one with the lowest point bonus because this will be a negative count against your score. Negative destination cards seem to happen to all players. But sometimes you can get one or two routes that you have already completed or only need one or two short connections, so it is worth the gamble. The game keeps track of which tickets you have completed and which still need some work. It shows how many trains everyone has left, and how many ticket destination cards that each opponent holds and number of train cards with 8+ when more than eight. When one player places a route that leaves them with two or less trains, than everyone gets one more turn including that player. Remeber you must have enough trains remaining to place a route. It will let you know why you cannot place a route. Then it counts up the scores and awards the 10-pt. longest train bonus. If it is a tie, then each of these players gets 10 pts. The game keeps track of your top (50) winning games scores. The computer opponets scores isn’t recorded. I have won with as little as 66 points and with as many as 178 points. The lower scores usually happen when their is competition for routes and players get more negative incomplete route counts.

I purchased all the versions in the Mountain lion days, but only the original still works. Are the others ever gone to be fixed to be compatible beyond Mountain Lion?

This game is fun but I keep getting a message that I don’t have enough trains to complete a route. This always happens on the last play and I always have enough trains. I can have the exact color needed, enough of one color for the “any color” spaces, or the color I need plus an engine. It is very frustrating and I would like to know if there is a fix for this problem.

I love this board game and purchased the app to enjoy playing it online. But this app crashes all the time (for instance it won’t let me create and name a new table and goes to the non-responding mode). I noticed that there has been no update for almost 3 years, so no wonder why there are so many bugs. I hope that they finally release a new updated version fixing all the issues for the fans of this board game.

I was disappointed the Local Play feature was missing here. Bought the game to play with my kids on their iPads. I had to create a ton of accounts for everybody instead. Picking cards has a pause/delay until it works. On retina display at least, the players are cut off on the top, the ticket cards are cut off on the bottom when first choosing, and other little things. We expect a minimum level of polish from Days of Wonder.

The developer has officially abandoned the Mac App Store, leaving this otherwise fantastic game without the critical bug fixes delivered long ago to those who purchased it on Steam. What a disappointing situation -- a five star game marred only by the developers one star treatment of Mac App Store customers.

I love ticket to ride as a board game, but the Europe app leaves much to be desired. I hope the app makers see this review and make the necessary changes! When you create a game with another person, it’s impossible to add more than one person, or even a bot player. Ideally, once you create a game, you should be able to add as many bots or contacts to the board. There is also a significant flaw that once someone has placed trains on a double route, the other parallel route is now blocked. I have to play a station everytime, and the route is never marked as completed. Furthermore, it’s extremely hard to know when it’s your turn, ideally there should be some obvious marker next to the player tile.