Do you just use the normal small deck of cards?

This is a *great* idea, I just may have to steal it!

Do you just use the normal small deck of cards?

It just screams "Cube bag with same distro as cards!" doesn't it?

Maybe another bag with small numbered tiles and another set of laminated sheets for the tickets. Sure it would add a lot more cost, but go big or go home, right?

It just screams "Cube bag with same distro as cards!" doesn't it?

Maybe another bag with small numbered tiles and another set of laminated sheets for the tickets. Sure it would add a lot more cost, but go big or go home, right?

Great idea! Now when someone publishes this as "Travel Ticket to Ride", you're going to be pissed when you don't get a cut of it.

You're right... They're going to rake in millions and I'm not going to see a penny! Any lawyers around BoardGameGeek?

You're right... They're going to rake in millions and I'm not going to see a penny! Any lawyers around BoardGameGeek?

This is a great idea, and I suspect a lot of us will try to use it. But, the idea that the creator might get the publisher to buy it has one major problem: the creation of this "travel TTR" might be, in itself, a violation of the publisher's copyright, and I cannot think of a good reason for the owner of the original game to even think about buying something that already belongs to him/her/it. (I understand TTR was designed by Alan Moon; I don't know who currently holds the copyright.) This travel version is most likely a "derivative" work of TTR, as "derivative" is defined in the copyright statute. The creator of TTR has the exclusive right to produce derivative works:

"Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies...; (2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work; (3) to distribute copies...of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending...." 17 U.S.C. 106.

I don't mean to make too much of this. I just think it is worthwhile for us to remember when we are talking about the many, many great ideas and game aids found on Boardgamegeek that the copyright still belongs to the original creator, who had the inspiration for the original idea. I'm guessing that, if a person adds another verse to "Let it Be" or a brass horn section, the copyright still belongs to John Lennon for all of it, even the derivative ideas.

Thanks for the file.