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Ticket to Ride: London features the familiar gameplay from the Ticket to Ride game series — collect cards, claim routes, draw tickets — but on a scaled-down map of 1970s London that allows you to complete a game in no more than 15 minutes.
Each player starts with a supply of 17 double-decker buses, two transportation cards in hand, and one or two destination tickets that show locations in London. On a turn, you either draw two transportation cards from the deck or the display of five face-up cards (or you take one face-up bus, which counts as all six colors in the game); or you claim a route on the board by discarding cards that match the color of the route being claimed (with any set of cards allowing you to claim a gray route); or you draw two destination tickets and keep at least one of them.
Players take turns until someone has no more than two buses in their supply, then each player takes one final turn, including the player who triggered the end of the game. Players then sum their points, scoring points for (1) the routes that they've claimed during the game, (2) the destination tickets that they've completed (by connecting the two locations on a ticket by a continuous line of their buses), and (3) the districts that they've connected. (A district consists of 2-4 locations, and you score 1-5 points for a district if you link all of its locations to one another with your buses.) You lose points for any uncompleted destination tickets, then whoever has the high score wins!
Year Published
2019
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Adam's Board Game Whale analysis at 0:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Plays in 15-20 minutes vs original length
- Identical rule set to original
- More portable
- Cheaper production
- Maintains game feel
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- London transport
- Route building
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride
- Ticket to Ride: New York
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Actual Lol general_discussion at 28:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fast, city-themed variant of the classic series
- great for quick game nights
Cons
- less depth than larger Ticket to Ride titles
Thematic elements
- train-route building with accessible logistics
- London transit system
- fast, urban, gateway-level gateway game
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride (base)
- Killer Bunnies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- route-building — Players place routes to connect cities with tickets.
- set-collection/collection management — Collects cards to claim routes and gather points.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
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- King's Dilemma is a beast.
- I would never get rid of that one, that is perfect.
- There is a real appeal to negotiation games; they're so interactive and social.
- This is absolutely one of my favorite party games.
- Two Rooms and a Boom is completely unique.
- New Angeles is such a cool example of negotiation in a modern setting.
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Our Family's Game top_5_list at 19:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- gateway family game
- compact footprint
- family-friendly
- easy to learn
Cons
- lighter weight may bore seasoned gamers
Thematic elements
- route building across cities
- rail transport theme; urban routes
- light and approachable
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- hand management — managing destination and route cards
- set collection / network building — collect route cards and connect cities to score
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- these are the revelations i'm putting out what revelations you put now you know fossilists was one of my k-teams
- Creature Comforts man it is such a cute game such a fun game
- two to four players it's a gateway from london and new york
- it's semicolon yeah because that's how you're going to come now you're going to say semicolon
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Adam's Board Game Wales personal_vlog at 31:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- proper board game feel
- tactile train pieces
- shorter than full Ticket to Ride
- smaller than full version
- London setting appeals to UK hosts and guests
- interesting for German visitors (UK-themed)
Cons
- more complex than advertised (has additional rule)
- not as simplified as base Ticket to Ride
Thematic elements
- railway
- London-themed
- geographic
Comparison games
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- board games are sort of absolutely central to my life really and my being my makeup and also to my relationship the relationship with evenness that's what we do we play games
- the thing about this one is I want simple games I want games which are very very small I want to be able to put them one on each of the tables
- I'm very proud of the games I've made I want to be able to show the games off to people I haven't seen for a long time
- this is what I would call a pure game it's one mechanism and that mechanism is fun that mechanism is just lying to your friends or telling the truth
- I would play this any time I absolutely love it
- it's a card game classic okay it's a staple
- every time we end up laughing every time we attract a big crowd
- it's a really good game for children but it's also a really good game for adults who don't play many games
- the great thing is I've got a German version so I can put that you know where the German contingent at the wedding can play it
- the ingenious thing is the fact that there's always a match between two two cards but only ever one thing matches it's a mathematical marvel
- it's gonna be a game that that the German people can easily pick up without me needing to have a separate sort of German Edition
- a bunch of my friends will feel more comfortable sitting down and playing a board game than they will dancing and getting rekt
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The Broken Meeple analysis at 1:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- district scoring provides a meaningful strategic focus
- strong table presence and aesthetically pleasing map design
- generally quick play that remains engaging
Cons
- board background color can be very light, reducing contrast with tracks
- district objectives add a layer of complexity for a true filler experience
Thematic elements
- urban transit with district-based scoring
- London cityscape; bus-based transportation
- abstract
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride: New York
- Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- block opponents — players can block opponents to protect or disrupt routes
- district scoring — complete all tracks within a district to gain 1–5 points; districts vary in difficulty and payoff
- map layout variation — districts and routes create distinct strategic opportunities per map
- set collection — collect colored cards to place bus routes
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Here's the gist: New York is the weakest of the three.
- London with district scoring is my favorite of the three new scoring mechanisms.
- I would give Amsterdam an eight out of ten, second only to London.
- Pick your poison, all I've done is compared and contrasted the three.
- This table presence is so small you should be able to see what's going on from close up.
- I still think it should be the number one on BoardGameGeek.
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