March, 2013 – Graham Miln

First Boardgame

We are avid viewers of TableTop with Wil Wheaton. The show’s premise is to present a table top game or games in each episode. Each show plays through a game and provides a flavour of what to expect – alongside banter, mirth, and snappy editing to keep the programme flowing.

Megan recently compiled and narrowed down the list of table top games we had watched. We wanted a game that could be played by two people but would scale up to four or six. We also wanted a simpler game – as compared to some of the fairly involved games we had seen.

We ended up getting Ticket to Ride European Edition.

Today we played our first game.

Megan’s first move in Ticket to Ride
Megan’s first move in Ticket to Ride

Graham’s first move in Ticket to Ride
Graham’s first move in Ticket to Ride

Our first completed game in Ticket to Ride
Our first completed game in Ticket to Ride

It was great fun. The rules took only a few minutes to grasp and I can see that this game has a lot of scope and many hours of playing ahead.