Ride Ticket: Scary Ride – Review, Criticism and Quiz

Step by Step It is Game of the Year 2004. Since then the author, Alan R. Moon, has published several variants of this board game in Days Of Wonder. Released 2017 for emerging players Train and train – my first trip. The title received an excellent rating from our RdS editor Jörg Frenzel. In the year 2022 Zug um Zug – Scary Ride appeared. The rules are identical – the vibe is creepy. Creepy for kids. Like Halloween.

Halloween as a setting for a little train adventure

This is why the roads are also built with buoys. If you look at the float tickets, you will see really cool floats. Each color has its own. The nice thing about Zug um Zug – Scary Ride are the roads. Whether from the misty windmill to the cauldron or from the train station to the cemetery, the game board is very atmospheric.

The rules of the game consist of two pages. Anyone who works their way through the rule “honestly” as an explanation should be able to explain in about ten to fifteen minutes with a distributed game plan. You should take the time alone, without kids. Because on the map there are additional routes and different locations to discover. Just in case a young player asks, Where’s the Haunted House?

A good introduction to the world of Zug am Zug

The first games were played with target cards open to identify each other. This does not detract from the fun of the game. Also because children can be brought closer to the rhythm of the game between card collection and building methods.

The trolleys are easy to carry and can be easily installed by children’s hands. What else needs to be learned is impulse control. Even adults don’t like it when others build on important roads. But we already know that there is always a Plan B (at least that’s what we tell ourselves in the situation) and there’s no point in throwing a game piece into the apartment. Even if you feel like it. In case something gets lost: There are two replacement planes for each color in the box.

Ticket to Ride – Scary Ride is a good introduction to the gaming world and it’s fun. Family Games series extends around this. Anyone who knows or has a ticket to ride – my first ride will be able to confirm this.