History & Credits

Credits

Game Design: Alan R. Moon

Graphic Design: Cyrille Daujean

Illustrations: Julien Delval

A special thanks from Alan to all those who helped play test the game: Phil Alberg, Buzz Aldrich, Dave & Jenn Bernazzani, Pitt Crandlemire, Terry Egan, Brian Fealy, Dave Fontes, Matt Horn, Craig Massey, Janet Moon, Mark Noseworthy, Mike Schloth, Eric Schultz, Scott Simon, Rob Simons, Adam Smiles, Tony Soltis, Richard Spoonts, Brian Stormont, Rick Thornquist.

History

August 2003, at the World Boardgame Championship, in Hunt Valley, Maryland - In the back of a diner straight out off American Graffiti, we discover what will become Ticket to Ride.

Alan, accompanied by his future wife and Pitt Crandlemire, is about to give us the best (unfinished) game we have yet had to play

Pulling a prototype, Station to Station, out of his bag of games, Alan explains us the rules in a snap, and off we go, feverishly beginning to claim our own railroads on the way to World domination.

Suddenly, ten turns or so into the game, Alan wipes the board clean and says "well, it's quite a simple game, and you clearly got it!"

We're still wondering whether this was the definitive tactic: building up such a level of frustration (try stopping mid-way through your first game of Ticket to Ride, and you will understand what we mean!) that we had no alternative but to publish the game ourselves to finish that interrupted, yet so intense and delightful play session!