Ticket to Ride: Northern Lights (NL) - Board game

Ticket to Ride: Northern Lights

In Ticket to Ride: Northern Lights, you build rail and ferry routes across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland—with additional cities in the Baltic states, Poland and Russia. You collect train cards, claim routes between cities, complete destination tickets, and compete for bonus objectives that award extra points at game end.

Key Features:

• Classic Ticket to Ride mechanics: draw cards, claim routes, fulfill destination tickets.

• Rail and ferry routes: some connections span across sea routes requiring ferry links.

• Four random bonus objectives: eight possible bonus cards, of which four are used each game to grant extra points.

• North Europe map with expansion: core Scandinavia complemented by Baltic, Polish and Russian cities.

• 2 to 5 players: supports more players than some earlier Nordic versions.

• Easy to learn (≈5 min) but strategically engaging.

• Playtime ~30 minutes+: compact and family-friendly.

Why Choose Ticket to Ride: Northern Lights?

Northern Lights offers a beautiful new chapter in the Ticket to Ride series, blending familiar route-building gameplay with scenic northern landscapes. The bonus objectives inject fresh strategic considerations, while the ferry/rail mix creates engaging route choices. Its support for up to 5 players, elegant design, and relative brevity make it a strong pick for both fans and newcomers looking for a train adventure in Nordic territory.