Ticket to Ride Score Calculator

Ticket to Ride scoring

Routes pay out on an exponential curve, so longer ones are worth far more than the cars they cost: a 1-car route = 1 pt, 2 cars = 2 pts, 3 cars = 4 pts, 4 cars = 7 pts, 5 cars = 10 pts, and 6 cars = 15 pts. A completed destination ticket adds its value to your score, while a failed ticket takes the same amount away. The Longest Continuous Path bonus hands 10 pts to whoever has the longest unbroken chain of routes. Put it together: 2 single routes + 3 doubles + 2 triples + 1 quad + 1 quintuple = 2 + 6 + 8 + 7 + 10 = 33 pts, and adding 22 from your tickets gives 55 pts.

Applications and context

Alan R. Moon designed the game, Days of Wonder published it in 2004, and it took home the Spiel des Jahres 2004. You'll see this scoring at family game nights, in board game cafés, at tournaments, and in the online version on BoardGameArena. That exponential curve is what makes hanging onto cards for a long route worthwhile, and it's exactly where the game's risk-versus-reward tension comes from.

FAQ

Do failed tickets always cost points? They do. When the game ends, any destination ticket you didn't finish comes straight off your total, at its full face value.

Does the Longest Path bonus split on a tie? It doesn't. In the base game, every player tied for the longest path collects the full 10-point bonus.

Are stations or tunnels counted here? No, this calculator sticks to the base US/Europe scoring. Stations (Europe) and Globetrotter (Marklin) belong to expansions that have their own rules.