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My family hated Ticket To Ride, what else should I try?
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I tried playing Ticket to Ride Europe with my family, based on recommendations here (Europe in particular for the train stations), etc.
Problems were that it took a while to find where places were (Europe is completely unfamiliar to them), it took too long for people to make turns, keeping score and book keeping was a pain, and there just weren't that many 'aha, got you' moments.
Do you guys have any suggestions for other games? I guess I'm looking for a light, gateway game with limited book keeping and lots of social interaction. We've played deduction games and it was fun but there are a couple members of my family that are just dead giveaways when they're lying.
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Can you get return them and get another family?
Got my whole family out on a trail ride
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I made them all ride their horses home from a friends lot and when it loaded back to theirs they were all next to each other on horse back with nothing in the queue. So I paused and told them all to go relax ride at the same time!
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I'm praying for a ride together mod, just so I don't have to faff as much when someone unmounts, leaving one person behind.
Do you give your family members ride along?
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If so what did they think?
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I have. My little sister (22) rode with me on a night shift. The night of Christmas Day to be exact. She said she enjoyed it but had anxiety pretty much anytime I got out of the car. Especially on traffic stops and residential alarms (when responding alone). My niece wants to be an officer (16) and has ridden with me on day shift. She loved it and wants to ride again when I go back to nights.
Did you know Ariel Winter was taught how to ride a bike and swim by the show’s crew?
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As most of you know, she had a pretty bad childhood and was deprived from most of the normal child activity growing up. When she had to do both of those things for the show, they saw the opportunity to teach her and by the looks, she was so happy and proud. 😊
Top Comment: That cast was so supportive. She credits Sofia for coaching her through her body development and has said Julie is super loving and caring towards her. I’m so glad she had them.
Is Ticket to Ride - Europe a good start into the family?
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Hi,
Is Europe a good all-rounded solution if I only plan to keep only 1 big Ticket to Ride title? Also, which expansions (or map collections) should I buy with it?
Edit: Thanks guys for the response. While we are at it: Is there anything about versioning or edition of Ticket to Ride Europe that I should be aware of? Should I just go and grab whatever is on the shop's shelves, and it is already the latest/best edition?
Thanks in advance.
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I would go with Europe if you're only getting one big box. The ferries and tunnels improve the somewhat simpler mechanics of the original version and make it a bit more interesting.
As for other expansions, I'm not sure any of them are essential. I think the most interesting one might be Asia as it adds the Team Asia map (or 'Passive-aggressive Ticket to Ride' as we call it). This lets you play in pairs but with limited communication, which can make for an interesting time!
I'm also a fan of the Switzerland map that comes in the India expansion, though it's designed for lower player counts.
The family ride home from Beau is Afraid
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Seeing this with my Jewish mom was the biggest mistake of my life
Ticket to Ride on Steam: Does every player in your buddies list have to have a DLC copy (e.g. Europe) in order for all to play it? Or can only one person own it and invite the other friends?
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I can't find the answer anywhere. Hoping someone will know on here.
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Only the host needs the DLC
How do I [30M] get ride of my wife's [33F] freeloading relatives?
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My wife and I have been married four years. I am a work-at-home architect and my wife is in community college trying to earn her AA in business. Prior to that she worked retail.
Every year for the past three years around this time, my wife's sister [31F], brother in law [32M], and nephew [8M] stay at our house. And by house, I mean two bedroom apartment.
They're coming from Washington state, while we have our home in Los Angeles. They stay for six days at a time. My sister in law doesn't work (my wife doesn't work, either), but her husband makes a decent salary as a building contractor. Decent enough, anyway, so that he can afford to take his family to Los Angeles every year for vacation.
Whenever they visit, they stay in the second bedroom which is my home office. There is a full-sized bed and a folding cot for the nephew in that room. The first year they visited, I left my computer and drafting materials in that room, and their son destroyed some of my things. I was not reimbursed or even sincerely apologized to. The second year I learned to move my things to the living room.
While they stay at our place, our home gets filthy, and I can hardly get any work done. I tell my wife they should go to a hotel, but she says they can't afford it.
Strangely enough every time they visit they have plenty of money to go to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, and other places. They eat all the food and make our grocery bill skyrocket. They go out to dinner and don't invite us, too.
I especially hate how my brother in law talks down to me when he is at our apartment. He always brags about his cool house in Washington.
"Do you ever want to move out of this little place?"
God. I want to punch him.
He has never invited us to visit this palace of his, though.
I get especially offended that they don't at least offer to take my wife with them when they go touring, if not me. She has more free time on her hands.
These relatives are coming again this weekend and I do NOT want them here. When I've complained in the past my wife said that I was being selfish and that we need to be nice because they're family.
I wouldn't mind them so much if they weren't such messy, inconsiderate people. Seriously, their kid took apple juice into my office and poured it all over my architectural drawings, and his parents didn't even give him a strong talking to. Just a half-hearted "sorry" to me and a "kids will be kids" flippant attitude.
My wife has the attitude that I just need to suck it up and make sacrifices because it's her family and by extension my family. I understand this perspective but I think she needs to talk to them about being respectful and not messy. I told her that if she won't I will, but she's begging me not to because she says it will be a "scene."
She thinks that they can do whatever they want because they are guests.
Please anyone give me advice on what to do about annoying relatives staying at their homes. What can I do about this situation?
tl;dr: Wife's relatives are visiting as they do every year. Instead of going to a hotel they stay at our house. They always make a mess and behave inconsiderately. How to convince my wife to tell them they should stay at a hotel?
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"Wife I love you and our family. They are more than welcome to visit and I would love to spend time with them. However, they are not welcome to stay in our tiny apartment, eat all of our food, make a mess of our home, and mess up my work. Its not fair, its not fun, and it makes me hate when they visit. Every time we talk about this you'd at they have no money for a hotel, yet they're always going on fabulous adventures and to great restaurants while they're here. Its not fair to me, the person you married, to feel unsafe and uncomfortable in their own home."
Maybe you can suggest that next year you both go visit the family at their place?