The object of the game is to score the highest total number of points. The tickets you decide to keep are held until the end of the game. The Tickets that are put away may either be long routes or short routes or both. Put any Destination Tickets you wish to discard back in the game box without letting any of the other players see them. Each player must keep a minimum of two tickets (one long-route and one short-route) although they may keep more. Now shuffle the short-route Destination Tickets, deal two to each player, and place the remainder in a draw pile face down, next to the board.īefore taking their first turn, players must choose which Destination Tickets they will keep from among those they were initially dealt. Put any remaining long routes back in the game box without letting anyone see them. Shuffle the long routes, and randomly deal two to each player. Take the deck of Destination Tickets and separate the long routes (the twelve Destination Tickets with a blue background) from the regular routes (the 45 Destination Tickets with a brown background). Place the 4 Bonus (Across All Of Russia, Hero of the Railroad, Hero of the Sailors, Hero of the Miners) cards, face up, next to the board, as a reminder to the players. Place the remaining deck of Train cards near the board, then turn the top five cards from the deck face up, and lay them one next to the other. Shuffle the Train cards and deal a starting hand of four cards to each player. Throughout the game, each time a player scores points, they will advance their marker accordingly. Each player receives a set of 45 Colored Train Cars, a matching set of three Colored Train Stations and the corresponding Scoring Marker.Įach player places their Scoring marker on 'Start' (0) on the Scoring Track running along the map's border. Place the board in the center of the table. 1 'Viva to the Soviet Sailors' bonus card.1 'Viva to the Soviet Tunnel Builders' bonus card.1 'The Longest Railway in the Soviet Union' bonus card.

1 'Viva to the Soviet Railroad' bonus card.Design, development and component construction by Nikita Semago. Since it uses Train Stations, it is best used with Ticket to Ride Europe. This a fan-based expansion for use with any of the excellent Ticket to Ride games published by Days of Wonder.

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