Very close game of Ticket to Ride

We played Ticket to Ride at lunch today. The final results were very close. Jim won with 115. Rob and I both had 114. Chris Clark was in the 70's. Chris took an additional route card toward the end in hopes of getting some easy points. He didn't get one he could connect, so he had to take the negative points. Jim had the longest train and connected only two routes (both were in the north). Rob connected three routes and then used his turns to take long routes on the board for maximum points. I connected 4 routes.

Very interesting session. Three different strategies all had virtually the same result.