Ticket to Ride

If you haven't played the board game Ticket to Ride, you're missing out. I played it for the first time tonight and realized how fun it is. A game of railroad construction, Ticket to Ride pits you against the other players to build routes between specific destinations. With only certain rails available to build on, you must race the other players to place your colored railroad cars in those designated positions before somebody else does. While it's a game requiring planning, board awareness, and strategy it's play is actually very simple and easy to pick up on. A great game for small groups even if some haven't played before. Games will become intense with experienced players and will bring out the worst in everyone. You may often find yourself building in order to "block" someone's route and cause a detour rather than complete your routes. The game play seems similar to Settler's of Catan only much simpler and less time consuming. I'd buy it myself but Amazon.com has just confirmed my suspicion that the cost is over 30 dollars($35) and after all of those Settlers of Catan expansion packs, I don't have much(any) money left in my game budget...