Ticket to Ride (board game) in 2016, this version is designed for children 6 and up. This version is for 2 to 4 players. The board is much smaller than the base version, connections are shorter, and game time is quicker. There are no points in this game, but players race to complete six destination tickets. The game ends when one player completes his or her sixth ticket, or if someone runs out of trains, the person with the most completed tickets wins. Two versions of this game were released. The first has a map of the United States available for purchase in North America,
Board game Networks and Urban Spaces: The Case of the Telegraph Messenger Boy", that families who could afford the deluxe version of the game in its chromolithographed, wood-sided box would not "have sent their sons out for such a rough apprenticeship in the working world." Margaret Hofer described the period of 1880s–1920s as "The Golden Age" of board gaming in America. Board game popularity was boosted, like that of many items, through mass production, which made them cheaper and more easily available. Although there are no detailed statistics, some scholars suggest that the 20th century saw a decline in the popularity of