When the wi-fi goes for a toss, it&rsquos time to dial back a decade and try your hand at 2004&rsquos best board game. Designed by Alan R. Moon for Days of Wonder (a board game publisher), Ticket to Ride is a railway-themed contest where players collect train cards to carve their way through a North American landscape. And like most German-style board games, it&rsquos easy to learn but high on tension, tact and strategy. Players must fight off competitors and secretly connect assigned rail destinations size matters here&mdashthe longer your route, the more points you earn.