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Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails(2016)

★ 7.4 BGG2–5 players60 minWeight 2.48
ConnectionsHand ManagementNetwork and Route Building

Games like Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails

Looking for games like Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on carving out routes before your rivals box you in and the chase to complete the right combinations. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Ticket to Ride: Märklin(2006)

★ 7.42–5 players30 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
78/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting

Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries(2007)

★ 7.62–3 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting

Thurn and Taxis(2006)

★ 7.12–4 players60 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting

Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West(2023)

★ 8.62–5 players20 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Connections + 4 more

ConnectionsContractsEnd Game Bonuses

Zug um Zug: Deutschland(2012)

★ 7.52–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Connections + 3 more

ConnectionsHand ManagementNetwork and Route Building

Endeavor(2009)

★ 7.43–5 players90 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementOpen Drafting

Ticket to Ride: Germany(2017)

★ 7.62–5 players30 minWeight 1.8
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting

Taj Mahal(2000)

★ 7.32–5 players45 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Auction / BiddingAuction: Turn Order Until PassHand Management

Coal Baron: The Great Card Game(2016)

★ 7.12–4 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

ContractsHand ManagementOpen Drafting

Ticket to Ride: San Francisco(2022)

★ 7.12–4 playersWeight 1.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting

Traders of Osaka(2006)

★ 6.82–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Commodity SpeculationHand ManagementOpen Drafting

Ethnos(2017)

★ 7.52–6 players45 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementOpen Drafting

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