This follows the principles of the basic Ticket to Ride game on a special board with special cards and rules. The object of the game is to gain the most points by travelling various routes and outwitting other players. You will need the train pieces and the train cards from either the US or Europe base games.

There is an extra set of Chance cards: some are for the cities, each with a value to be earned by visiting that city, others give you extra facilities to complete your tickets. These cards are dealt/picked up alongwith tickets in the same quantity and with the same keep/dispose rules. Some famous names intervene to add interest.There are also up to 9 bonuses for the end-of-game scoring.

The board does not have any grey tracks or parallel tracks, though the famous names can help with these.

There are many new options in the rules: exchange all your cards at the start but keep all the new ones: discard 5 cards and pick up 5 new ones, as your turn: earn double or triple points: and many more. You can also call time when your wagon stock reaches 3, if you want, giving you the advantage of stopping other players completing tickets.