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17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 18 August 2025, 22:18
by DirtyVegas
Just finished a game in Big Cities. The person KILLED me. They got 17 tickets and 242 points.
Never seen that many of either. I've gotten over 200 points a couple of times. But wow.
Got me thinking, what is the most of either you've seen?
Thought I'd share how about how badly I was beaten. HA
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 21 August 2025, 15:36
by ExaltedAngel
I don't know about Big Cities, but in the basic version of the game, when someone scores very high it's just because they had an accommodating opponent and got lucky with the draws, rather than because they played well. Almost any score above 140–145 is a sign of a bad game rather than a good one. Probably in Big Cities there is room for drawing tickets more often than in the standard one and the northern part of the map is a bit less strong, but in general I wouldn't be surprised if closing fast with long routes and/or blocking ticket fiends would still be the strongest strategy. But I'm not sure if we will ever know for sure since afaik noone among the pros plays 1910
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 23 August 2025, 02:02
by Cournot
ExaltedAngel wrote: ↑21 August 2025, 15:36
I don't know about Big Cities, but in the basic version of the game, when someone scores very high it's just because they had an accommodating opponent and got lucky with the draws, rather than because they played well. Almost any score above 140–145 is a sign of a bad game rather than a good one. Probably in Big Cities there is room for drawing tickets more often than in the standard one and the northern part of the map is a bit less strong, but in general I wouldn't be surprised if closing fast with long routes and/or blocking ticket fiends would still be the strongest strategy. But I'm not sure if we will ever know for sure since afaik noone among the pros plays 1910
I used to play BC and the best strategy was to block and longboat mainly. It's easier to win since you don't need to bother with the longuest, but not enough high level games to be quite sure.
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 02 September 2025, 19:37
by shark297
I’ve gotten 333 in the mega game in real life once
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 09 September 2025, 18:41
by 5dollarfootlong
DirtyVegas wrote: ↑18 August 2025, 22:18
Just finished a game in Big Cities. The person KILLED me. They got 17 tickets and 242 points.
Never seen that many of either. I've gotten over 200 points a couple of times. But wow.
Got me thinking, what is the most of either you've seen?
Thought I'd share how about how badly I was beaten. HA
Not your game, but I recently got 250 points on 13 tickets. Big Cities map. I definitely got lucky with the draws.
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 11 September 2025, 04:26
by DirtyVegas
5dollarfootlong wrote: ↑09 September 2025, 18:41
DirtyVegas wrote: ↑18 August 2025, 22:18
Just finished a game in Big Cities. The person KILLED me. They got 17 tickets and 242 points.
Never seen that many of either. I've gotten over 200 points a couple of times. But wow.
Got me thinking, what is the most of either you've seen?
Thought I'd share how about how badly I was beaten. HA
Not your game, but I recently got 250 points on 13 tickets. Big Cities map. I definitely got lucky with the draws.
that is insane! and well done
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 11 September 2025, 04:30
by DirtyVegas
shark297 wrote: ↑02 September 2025, 19:37
I’ve gotten 333 in the mega game
whaaaat I didnt know math could go that high
Re: 17 tickets and 242 points - whoa
Posted: 03 February 2026, 00:22
by ThreeMiler
I just got 197 points with 9 destinations in the Basic game and I did not get longest route.