Ticket to Ride setup guide

Deal Ticket to Ride in one tap: shuffled train cards, the five face-up cards with the three-locomotive rule, starting hands and destination tickets for 2 to 5 players.

How to use the Ticket to Ride tool

1. Choose the player count from 2 to 5.
2. Generate starting hands, destination tickets and the five face-up train cards.
3. Deal the shown cards and review the face-up row; the tool handles the three-locomotive rule.

Keep players’ destination tickets and hands private. Complete ticket selection and other setup according to your rulebook.

What this setup tool prepares

Ticket to Ride preparation deals starting train cards, destination tickets, and the shared face-up row. The helper presents those draws together so your group can reproduce the opening deal. Private information still matters: the public train-card display can be shown to everyone, while hands and tickets should only be seen by the appropriate players.

Before you start playing

Select the player count before dealing and separate private player information from the shared row. Review the face-up cards after the tool applies the three-locomotive rule. Complete destination-ticket selection and the rest of setup using your rulebook; generating a deal does not choose which tickets a player should keep.

Free to use, with no account required. Use your physical game components and the rulebook for the complete rules.