Stop Requested: Portland — Rules

An unofficial, fan-made adaptation of Ticket to Ride set on the rail network of Portland, Oregon. Rules adapted from the official Days of Wonder rules PDF (tt_rules_2015_en.pdf, 2015 reprint). Original game design by Alan R. Moon. © 2004–2015 Days of Wonder, Inc.

For 2–5 players · Ages 8 and above · 30–60 minutes

Introduction

On a drizzly autumn evening five old friends met in the back room of one of Portland's oldest and most private bars. Each had traveled across the river, over the hills, and out from the suburbs — from all corners of the metro area — to talk about one thing: Stop Requested, OPB's series following Lillian Karabaic and Prakruti Bhatt on a journey through rural Oregon by public transit. Over 14 days and more than 30 buses, the two had explored the state's most remote areas, revealing the vital role public transportation plays in keeping rural Oregonians connected — and celebrating the beauty of Oregon's rural places and people along the way.

The five had followed every part of the series. Inspired by it, and by a few pints from a local brewpub, they set out on a more modest expedition of their own, closer to home, with a friendly wager — a bottle of good Willamette Valley pinot noir to the first to make it to Powell's City of Books by bus and train.

That first trip became a tradition. Each time they met, a new expedition (always more difficult) with a new wager (always more expensive) was proposed. Now it was time for a new impossible journey. The stakes: a lifetime supply of coffee and doughnuts in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see which of them could travel by transit to the most stations and neighborhoods in Portland — from Hillsboro to Gresham, from the Expo Center to Oregon City — in a single day. The journey would begin at the next stop…

Stop Requested: Portland is a cross-town transit adventure. Players compete to connect different stations and neighborhoods by laying claim to transit routes on a map of Portland, Oregon — its MAX Light Rail lines, Portland Streetcar, WES Commuter Rail, Aerial Tram, and bus lines.

Components

• 1 Board map of Portland, Oregon rail routes
• 240 Colored Train Cars (45 each in Blue, Red, Green, Yellow and Black, plus some extra replacement cars in each color)
• 148 Illustrated cards:
  • 110 Train Car cards (96 cards of 10 types — see Train Car Cards — plus 14 Transit Passes)
  • 30 Destination Ticket cards
  • 1 Longest Continuous Path Bonus card
  • 5 Summary cards, one for each player (setup and final scoring on the back)
• 5 Wooden Scoring Markers (1 for each player in Blue, Red, Green, Yellow and Black)
• 1 Rules booklet

Setting up the Game

1. Place the board map in the center of the table.
2. Each player takes a set of Colored Train Cars along with its matching Scoring Marker: 45 trains in a 4- or 5-player game, or 40 trains in a 2- or 3-player game (return the other 5 to the box).
3. Each player places their Scoring Marker on Start on the Scoring Track running along the map's border. Throughout the game, each time a player scores points, they will advance their marker accordingly.
4. Shuffle the Train Car cards and deal a starting hand of 4 cards to each player.
5. Place the remaining deck of Train Car cards near the board and turn the top five cards from the deck face-up.
6. Place the Longest Path Bonus card face up next to the board, and give each player a Summary card.
7. Shuffle the Destination Ticket cards and deal 3 cards to each player. Each player looks at their Destination Tickets and decides which ones they wish to keep. A player must keep at least two, but may keep all three if they choose. Any returned cards are placed on the bottom of the Destination Ticket deck. This deck is then placed next to the board. Players keep their Destination Tickets secret until the end of the game.

You are now ready to begin.

Object of the Game

The object of the game is to score the highest number of total points. Points can be scored by:

• Claiming a Route between two adjacent stations on the map;
• Claiming the Aerial Tram route, which carries a 5 point bonus;
• Successfully completing a Continuous Path of routes between two stations listed on your Destination Ticket(s);
• Completing the Longest Continuous Path of routes.

Points are lost if you do not successfully complete the route given on the Destination Ticket(s) you kept.

The Game Turn

The player who most recently rode a MAX train goes first. Play then proceeds clockwise around the table, each player taking one turn at a time until the game ends.

On their turn, a player must perform one (and only one) of the following three actions:

1. Draw Train Car Cards

The player may draw 2 Train Car cards. They may take any one of the face-up cards or they may draw the top card from the deck (this is a blind draw). If they draw a face-up card, they immediately turn a replacement card face-up from the deck. They then draw their second card, either from the face-up cards or from the top of the deck. (See Train Car Cards for special rules for Transit Pass cards.)

2. Claim a Route

The player may claim a route on the board by playing a set of Train Car cards that match the color and length of the route and then placing one of their colored trains on each space of this route. They then record their score by moving their Scoring Marker the appropriate number of spaces (see Route Scoring Table) along the Scoring Track on the board.

3. Draw Destination Tickets

The player draws 3 Destination Tickets from the top of the deck. They must keep at least one of them, but they may keep two or all three if they choose. Any returned cards are placed on the bottom of the deck.

Train Car Cards

There are 10 types of regular Train Car cards, plus Transit Pass cards. The colors of each type of Train Car card match various routes between stations on the board — eight rail colors and two bus colors:

The number of cards of each type follows how much of the board is that color, so the busiest lines have the most cards and the rarest routes the fewest. There is only one Aerial Tram card.

Transit Passes are Multi-colored and act as a wild card that can be part of any set of cards when claiming a route.

• If a Transit Pass card is one of the five face-up cards, the player who draws it may only draw one card, instead of two.
• If, after having drawn one card, the replacement card is a Transit Pass, the player cannot take it.
• If at any time three of the five face-up cards are Transit Passes, all five cards are immediately discarded and five new ones are turned face-up to replace them.

Note: If a player is lucky enough to get a Transit Pass from the top of the deck in a blind draw, it still counts as a single card and they may still draw a total of two cards that turn.

A player may have any number of cards in their hand at any time.

When the deck is exhausted, the discards are reshuffled into a new draw pile deck. The cards should be shuffled thoroughly, since all the cards have been discarded in sets.

In the unlikely event that there are no cards left in the deck and there are no discards (because players are hoarding many cards in their hands), a player cannot draw Train Car cards. Instead they may only claim a route or draw Destination Ticket cards.

Claiming Routes

To claim a route, a player must play a set of cards equal to the number of spaces in the route. A set of cards must be of the same type. Most routes require a specific type of set — for example a Blue route must be claimed using Blue Line MAX Car cards, and a Teal route using Frequent Service Bus cards. Some routes — the Gray bus routes — can be claimed using a set of cards of any one color.

When a route is claimed, the player places one of their plastic trains in each of the spaces of the route. All the cards in the set used to claim the route are then discarded.

A player may claim any open route on the board. They are never required to connect to any of their previously played routes. A player may only claim a maximum of one route — hence connect two adjacent stations, never more — on their turn.

Some stations are connected by Double-Routes — for example, where several MAX lines share the same tracks through downtown or across the Steel Bridge. One player cannot claim both routes between the same stations.

Important Note: In 2 or 3 player games, only one of the Double-Routes can be used. A player can claim either of the two routes between stations, but the other route is then closed to other players.

Example 1: To claim the route from Parkrose to the Portland Airport (PDX), a player would need a set of three Red Line MAX Car cards.

Example 2: To claim the route from NW 23rd to Goose Hollow, a Gray bus route, a player could use any set of two Train Car cards, as long as they are the same type.

Example 3: To claim the route from Killingsworth to St Johns, a Teal Frequent Service route, a player would need a set of four Frequent Service Bus cards.

Route Scoring Table

When a player claims a route, they record the points they receive by moving their Scoring Marker on the Scoring Track:

Aerial Tram Bonus: The Aerial Tram route between OHSU and South Waterfront is a single space worth 1 point, like any 1-space route. The player who claims it also scores a 5 point bonus, for 6 points in all. There is only one Aerial Tram card in the deck, so a Transit Pass is often the only way to get it.

Drawing Destination Ticket Cards

A player can use their turn to draw more Destination Ticket cards. To do so, they draw 3 new cards from the top of the Destination Ticket Deck. They must keep at least one of the cards, but may also keep two or all three if they choose. If there are less than 3 Destination Tickets left in the deck, the player only draws the cards that are available. Any returned cards are placed on the bottom of the Destination Ticket Deck.

Each Destination Ticket includes the name of two stations on the map — such as Hillsboro to Gresham, or Expo Center to Milwaukie — and a Point Value. If a player successfully completes a series of routes that connect the two stations, they will add the amount of points indicated on the Destination Ticket to their point totals at the end of the game. If they do not successfully connect the two stations, they deduct the amount of points indicated.

Destination Tickets are kept secret from other players until the game's final scoring. A player may have any number of Destination Ticket cards during the game.

Game End

When one player's stock of colored plastic trains gets down to only 0, 1 or 2 trains left at the end of their turn, each player — including that player — gets one final turn. The game then ends and players calculate their final scores.

Calculating Scores

Players should have already accounted for the points earned as they completed different routes. To make sure no mistakes were made, you may want to re-count the points for each player's routes.

Players should then reveal all their Destination Tickets and add (or subtract) the value of their Destination Tickets still in hand, based on whether they successfully (or not) connected those stations together.

The player who has the Longest Continuous Path of routes receives this special bonus card and adds 10 points to their score. When evaluating and comparing path lengths, only take into account continuous lines of plastic trains of the same color. A continuous path may include loops, and pass through the same station several times, but a given plastic train may never be used twice in the same continuous path. In the case of a tie for the longest path, all tied players score the 10 point bonus.

The player with the most points wins the game. If two or more players are tied for the most points, the player who has completed the most Destination Tickets wins. In the unlikely event that they are still tied, the player with the Longest Continuous Path card wins.

Credits

This Portland edition is an unofficial fan adaptation and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Days of Wonder or TriMet.

Original Ticket to Ride:

• Game design by Alan R. Moon
• Illustrations by Julien Delval
• Graphic Design by Cyrille Daujean

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