Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails Board Game

About this product

The rails don’t stop at the shoreline.

Build railway and sea routes across two maps as trains, ships and harbors open new paths to victory.

A standalone Ticket to Ride adventure where 2–5 players connect cities by rail and sea across the World or Great Lakes maps.

Product Description

Take Ticket to Ride beyond the railway in Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails, a standalone adventure that combines trains, ships and harbors across a double-sided game board.

Choose between two journeys. Travel across the World, connecting cities and crossing oceans as your network stretches around the globe, or take on the Great Lakes, where railways and shipping routes weave around one of North America’s most iconic regions.

Train Cards claim railway routes while Ship Cards open routes across the water. Before the journey begins, you'll also decide how many train and ship pieces to keep in your personal supply, making the balance between land and sea part of your strategy from the start.

Harbors add another scoring opportunity. Build them in port cities connected to your routes and they can become highly valuable when your completed Destination Tickets pass through them.

The World map introduces Tour Tickets and challenging Pair Routes, while the Great Lakes offers its own setup and route network. Across both maps, careful card collection, route planning and the right mix of trains and ships can make the difference between reaching your destinations and watching a rival get there first.

With familiar Ticket to Ride foundations and a completely new way to travel, Rails & Sails offers a bigger journey for families and established Ticket to Ride players alike.

View the Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails World Rules (PDF)

View the Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails Great Lakes Rules (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Standalone Ticket to Ride game — no base game required

• Double-sided board offers both World and Great Lakes maps

• Combine railway and sea routes using separate Train and Ship cards

• Decide your own balance of train and ship pieces before play begins

• Build Harbors for additional end-game scoring opportunities

• World map introduces Tour Tickets and Pair Routes

• Exchange trains and ships during the game when your plans change

• Familiar Ticket to Ride gameplay gains a substantial new layer of route planning

• Two maps create different strategic challenges and strong replay value

• Designed for 2–5 players

Quick Details

• Publisher: Days of Wonder

• Designer: Alan R. Moon

• Illustrator: Julien Delval

• Players: 2–5

• Recommended age: 10+

• Play time: Approximately 90–120 minutes

• Game type: Standalone route-building strategy board game

• Maps: World and Great Lakes

• Transportation: Trains and Ships

• Base game required: No

What’s in the Box

• 1 Double-Sided Game Board — World / Great Lakes

• 165 Coloured Train Pieces

• 250 Coloured Ship Pieces

• 140 Travel Cards — 80 Train Cards and 60 Ship Cards

• 120 Destination Ticket Cards — 65 World and 55 Great Lakes

• 15 Harbors — 3 per player colour

• 5 Scoring Markers

Good to Know

• Rails & Sails is a complete standalone game

• Train routes must be claimed with Train Cards and train pieces

• Sea routes must be claimed with Ship Cards and ship pieces

• Players choose a limited combination of train and ship pieces for their supply at the start of each map

• Players can exchange pieces during the game, but doing so costs points

• Harbors can only be built in eligible port cities connected to one of your claimed routes

• The World and Great Lakes maps use different starting quantities of trains and ships

• The World map includes Tour Tickets that reward completing cities in a specified order

• Pair Routes on the World map can require two Train Cards for each route space

• Harbor scoring differs between the World and Great Lakes maps