Ticket to Ride: First Journey USA – All Aboard for Young Conductors 🚂🎟️

Easy to learn and quick to play, Ticket to Ride: First Journey by Alan R. Moon (Days of Wonder) is the friendliest way into the Ticket to Ride series. This version features a map of the USA and is made for 2–4 players aged 6+, in about 15–30 minutes.

Everyone starts with 20 plastic trains in their colour, four train cards and two tickets showing two cities to connect. On your turn you do just one thing: draw two train cards, or play cards to claim a route on the map. To claim a route, play as many cards of the route's colour as it has spaces, then place your trains on it – colourful locomotives are wild and count as any colour. When your trains form a line between the two cities on a ticket, announce it, turn the ticket face up and draw a new one. Link a west-coast city to an east-coast city and you also earn a Coast-to-Coast bonus ticket, which counts as a completed one. The first player to complete six tickets wins and takes the Golden Ticket. Bright artwork and short turns make it great for kids who want to play like the grown-ups.

🚂 One Action per Turn

Draw cards or claim a route.

🎟️ Six Tickets

First to complete them wins.

🌈 Locomotives

Wild cards for any colour.

⏱️ Short Games

About 15–30 minutes.

Why You'll Love It:

• 🧒 Made for Kids: from 6 years.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Fun: 2–4 players.
• 🔁 First Step: into the Ticket to Ride series. More ideas among our kids' games.

Quick facts

• Players: 2–4
• Age: 6+
• Playing time: about 15–30 minutes
• Designer: Alan R. Moon
• Publisher: Days of Wonder
• Map: USA
• Language: English
• Contents: 1 game board, 80 plastic trains, 72 train cards, 32 ticket cards, 4 bonus ticket cards, 1 Golden Ticket, rulesheet

How do you win? Be the first to complete six tickets.
Is it different from Ticket to Ride? Yes – it is a simpler stand-alone version for younger players.

Grab your trains, pick a route and start your first journey. 🚂

⚠️ Warning: Choking hazard – small parts. Not for children under 3 years.