Q 01/05

Who designed the original Ticket to Ride?

A) Alan R. Moon

B) Klaus Teuber

C) Reiner Knizia

D) Uwe Rosenberg

Answer · why

A) Alan R. Moon

Alan R. Moon. The idea struck him on a walk, after a session of a more complicated game had gone badly; he hurried home and drafted a version close to...

Q 02/05

Which publisher released the first Ticket to Ride game?

A) Fantasy Flight

B) Days of Wonder

C) Rio Grande Games

D) Z-Man Games

Answer · why

B) Days of Wonder

Days of Wonder. Most Eurogames of the day came out of Germany, but this one came from a young American publisher and went on to win Germany's top priz...

Q 03/05

Which hit board game is older than Ticket to Ride, which arrived in 2004?

A) Pandemic

B) Catan

C) Wingspan

D) Azul

Answer · why

B) Catan

Catan. It appeared in 1995, nine years earlier, and the two are often named together as the gateway games that turn newcomers into hobby players.

Q 04/05

Which city on the original Ticket to Ride board is drawn well away from its real location?

A) Omaha

B) Duluth

C) Helena

D) Winnipeg

Answer · why

B) Duluth

Duluth. It sits roughly where Minneapolis is: the rail hub had to be on the board, so it took the spot first marked for Minneapolis, and in 2019 a fan...

Q 05/05

Which major German award did Ticket to Ride win in 2004?

A) Deutscher Spiele Preis

B) Kennerspiel des Jahres

C) Kinderspiel des Jahres

D) Spiel des Jahres

Answer · why

D) Spiel des Jahres

Spiel des Jahres. The prize is worth more than prestige: winning it can add hundreds of thousands of copies to a game's sales.