# Ticket to Ride setup & deal | BoardShuffle

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

- Choose the player count from 2 to 5.
- Generate starting hands, destination tickets and the five face-up train cards.
- 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.

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