‘Ticket to Ride’ Is Off the Rails With a New Game that Goes to Sea, Too!
‘Ticket to Ride’ is off on a new adventure as the highly popular train game takes to the high seas in ‘Rails and Sails.’
Continue Reading‘Ticket to Ride’ is off on a new adventure as the highly popular train game takes to the high seas in ‘Rails and Sails.’
Continue ReadingEveryone’s favorite train game hits the water with a new game that include boats and trains–‘Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails’!
Continue ReadingThis may be the biggest set of deals we’ve seen on Amazon this holiday season so far, at least for fans of GeekDad’s gaming content. ‘Magic the Gathering,’ ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Tokaido,’ ‘Five Tribes,’ and more!
Continue ReadingBuild a railroad empire and learn your geography during your next family game night!
Continue ReadingTo help you celebrate Halloween I’ve picked out six games in six different styles including board games, video games, and games to play with kids.
Continue ReadingYou need to fill out your tabletop game collection? Well, today may be the day. Amazon has some amazing deals on some GREAT tabletop games, including ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Small World,’ ‘Munchkin,’ ‘and recent ‘Tabletop’ entry, ‘Libertalia.’
Continue ReadingThe Dutch rely heavily on their railways, so it makes sense that the next Ticket to Ride expansion feature the Netherlands. The game includes a new mechanic, which really cranks up the tension and the difficulty.
Continue ReadingDays of Wonder announced a new Ticket to Ride map pack: Nederland. The new map will be released in Europe at Essen, and in the rest of the world in November.
Continue ReadingJust a brief announcement today about two bits of Ticket to Ride news for you train fans: a new map, and a Halloween treat!
Continue ReadingToday Days of Wonder announced a new map for the digital version of Ticket to Ride — their first new digital map in about seven years. The Legendary Asia map takes you from Moscow to Mecca, Tbilisi to Taipei, and …
Continue ReadingFans of Ticket to Ride have been able to purchase the European map on the iPad app, but the Pocket iPhone version (which has some differences from the iPad app) didn’t include that option. Days of Wonder announced that Ticket …
Continue ReadingHow do you sort through the clutter and find games that you will enjoy? Here are three ways to find out about great games…
Continue ReadingTicket to Ride is now available on Steam for PCs. The game costs $9.99 and comes with the USA map — but for the first week you’ll also get the map of Europe for free. If you download it, you’ll …
Continue ReadingPick your routes, place your cars, and get your tickets punched. This week’s episode of Geek & Sundry’s Tabletop features all-time favorite train game Ticket to Ride and this week’s guests are actor Colin Ferguson, Wil’s friend and huge comic geek Amy …
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been jealous of everyone who’s been playing Ticket to Ride on their iPads and Ticket to Ride Pocket on their iPhones, now you’ve got another group to envy: Mac users. Days of Wonder announced today that Ticket to …
Continue ReadingMuch has been made about the Retina display on the new iPad, so much so that it’s easy to dismiss all of the talk as hyperbole. But looking at these new screens from Ticket to Ride, perhaps the new display …
Continue ReadingLately I’ve been trying to play a little less Tiny Tower on my iPad and trying to actually interact with other people when I’m using it. (When I’m not getting sucked into Book of Heroes, that is.) One of my …
Continue ReadingHere are some of the best board games reviewed on GeekDad in 2011, picked by myself, Jenny Williams, Dave Banks, and Michael Harrison.
Continue ReadingJust about anyone who has gotten into the board games scene in the past few years is sure to have encountered Days of Wonder. Ticket to Ride is probably their best-known line of games, with several different maps, online play, …
Continue ReadingGame company Days of Wonder is on a bit of a roll these days. After bringing longtime favorite Memoir ’44 online this year, releasing a truly excellent iOS version of its popular Ticket to Ride, and a nice two-player port …
Continue ReadingFans of Ticket to Ride, rejoice: the excellent board game of building trains now fits in your pocket! Days of Wonder did an excellent job on the iPad version of the game (especially when a later update added the Pass-and-Play …
Continue ReadingWhen Ticket to Ride was released on the iPad in May, I thought it was a fantastic adaptation of the game, but it was missing a few key features that would make it even better. In particular, the lack of …
Continue ReadingYes, that is, in fact, Ticket to Ride on the iPad. Days of Wonder announced today that their popular train-building board game is now available as an iPad app, which lets you play solo games against up to four AI …
Continue ReadingIf you’re a fan of Ticket to Ride, the excellent train-building board game from Days of Wonder, here’s something new to look forward to. Alvin and Dexter is a new expansion coming in February which will work with any of …
Continue ReadingSo, maybe you read my post geeking out about board games and you’re thinking, I want to give that a try, but where do I start? Well, you’re in luck! This is the first in a series of posts about …
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