Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion

About this expansion

Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train Expansion is a card expansion for 2–5 players that adds new routes and special scoring effects to a game lasting about 60 minutes.

The set contains 8 to 10 cards. Four of them are routes that join the Ticket deck, while the remaining additions are special cards rather than ordinary tickets. These cards introduce new ways to shape your objectives and pursue bonus points.

• Double the value of any ticket you make, provided the ticket is worth 10 points or less.
• Earn bonus points for making a cross-country route.
• Earn bonus points for making a west coast route.
• Gain bonus points for connecting to the most cities.
• In lieu of a turn, look through the entire ticket deck and take any card you want.

Because several cards award points at the end of the game, Mystery Train adds extra incentives beyond the route cards themselves. The deck-search card offers a different kind of advantage: it gives you the option to spend a turn finding a specific ticket instead of following a standard turn.

Mystery Train was released in 2004 as part of the Ticket to Ride series. It was offered as a free giveaway at Essen in October 2004 and in the December 2004 issue of Game Trade Magazine, with availability also planned through distributors, retailers, and the Days of Wonder website while in print.