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Goal

Score the most points by checking off stops along four iconic American road trip routes. Fill as many stops as you can — every stop counts, and completing a route earns a bonus!

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The Routes

Route	Color	Direction	From → To
🌊 Pacific Coast	Blue	Ascending 2 → 12	San Diego → Olympic NP
🛣️ Route 66	Rust	Ascending 2 → 12	Chicago → Santa Monica
🏔️ Blue Ridge Pkwy	Green	Descending 12 → 2	Front Royal → Cherokee
🌅 Gulf Coast	Teal	Descending 12 → 2	South Padre → Key West

Ascending routes fill left-to-right (low to high). Descending routes fill right-to-left (high to low). All stops must be checked off in order.

Tip: Hover over any stop to read a fun fact about that location!

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The Dice

Each turn uses six dice:

• ⛽ 2 Gas Money dice (brown) — neutral dice available to all players.
• 🎲 4 Route dice (one per route color) — extra dice available only to the Driver.

When a route is completed, its Route die is retired and no longer rolled.

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On Your Turn

Each turn has a Driver (the active player) who rolls all eligible dice. The turn has two phases:

Phase 1 — Gas Money (all players)

Every player (including the Driver) may check off one stop on any open route whose stop number matches the sum of the two Gas Money dice. Or skip.

Phase 2 — Bonus Miles (Driver only)

The Driver may check off one additional stop using the sum of one Route die + one Gas Money die (their choice of which dice to combine). The stop number must match the chosen sum and must be a valid next stop on that route's die color. Or skip.

After both phases resolve, the Driver role passes to the left.

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Stop Rules

• Stops must be checked off in order — you cannot skip ahead.
• The final stop on any route (stop 12 on ascending routes, stop 2 on descending routes) requires at least 4 stops already checked on that route before it can be claimed.
• Once a route is completed, it is closed — no one can use it and its Route die is retired.
• A stop that can no longer be reached (because a later stop was already checked by someone else) is shown as ~~crossed out~~.

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Detours (Penalties)

If the Driver has no valid move in either phase — meaning the dice produce no playable stop in Phase 1 and no playable combo in Phase 2 — they are at a Detour.

The Driver must choose one:

Take a Detour penalty

The Driver marks a Detour (–5 points at scoring). If a player reaches 3 Detour penalties, the game ends immediately.

🧭 Ask for Directions *(once per game)*

Instead of taking a penalty, the Driver may re-roll all dice and replay the full turn from Phase 1. Each player may only use this option once per game. The Ask for Directions option can also be disabled as a table option before the game starts.

Note: A Detour is only triggered when the Driver has no valid move in both phases. Skipping Phase 1 voluntarily (when valid moves exist) simply advances to Phase 2 — no penalty.

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End of Game

The game ends immediately when either of these conditions is met:

• 2 routes are completed (closed), or
• Any player reaches 3 Detour penalties

All players finish scoring at that point.

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Scoring

Every stop has a point value (the badge on its sign) and a souvenir category: 🏙️ City, 🏖️ Coast, 🌲 Nature or 🏛️ Historic. Stops further along a route are worth more, and the two ★ marquee stops on each route carry an extra point. Every route totals 28.

At the end of the game you score:

• Stops — the point value of every stop you checked.
• Destination bonus — +5 for each route you completed (you checked its final stop).
• Souvenir sets — count your checked stops in each category across all four routes. Your number of complete sets is the smallest of the four counts. +4 per set.
• Detours — −5 each.

Example: you checked 7 stops on the Pacific Coast worth 1+1+1+3+2+2+4 = 14, and finished the Gulf Coast with 5 stops worth 1+1+1+3+5 = 11 (+5 destination bonus). Across both routes you have 4 🏙️, 3 🏖️, 2 🌲 and 1 🏛️ → 1 set (+4). One Detour (−5). Total: 14 + 11 + 5 + 4 − 5 = 29.

Skip a cheap stop to reach a valuable one — but every skipped stop is gone for good — or detour onto a weak route to pick up the category you are missing.

Stop values

Route	Stop	Category	Points
🌊 Pacific Coast (2 → 12)	2 — San Diego	🏙️ City	1
	3 — Santa Barbara	🏛️ Historic	1
	4 — Big Sur	🏖️ Coast	1
	5 — San Francisco ★	🏙️ City	3
	6 — Point Reyes	🌲 Nature	2
	7 — Fort Bragg	🏖️ Coast	2
	8 — Redwood NP ★	🌲 Nature	4
	9 — Crescent City	🏖️ Coast	3
	10 — Cannon Beach	🏖️ Coast	3
	11 — Astoria	🏛️ Historic	4
	12 — Olympic NP	🌲 Nature	4
🛣️ Route 66 (2 → 12)	2 — Chicago	🏙️ City	1
	3 — Springfield IL	🏛️ Historic	1
	4 — St. Louis ★	🏙️ City	2
	5 — Joplin	🏛️ Historic	2
	6 — Oklahoma City	🏙️ City	2
	7 — Amarillo	🏛️ Historic	2
	8 — Albuquerque	🏙️ City	3
	9 — Santa Fe	🏛️ Historic	3
	10 — Flagstaff ★	🌲 Nature	4
	11 — Kingman	🏛️ Historic	4
	12 — Santa Monica	🏖️ Coast	4
🏔️ Blue Ridge Pkwy (12 → 2)	12 — Front Royal VA	🌲 Nature	1
	11 — Charlottesville	🏛️ Historic	1
	10 — Roanoke	🏙️ City	1
	9 — Floyd	🏛️ Historic	2
	8 — Galax	🏛️ Historic	2
	7 — Sparta NC	🌲 Nature	2
	6 — Blowing Rock	🌲 Nature	3
	5 — Grandfather Mtn ★	🌲 Nature	4
	4 — Linville Falls	🌲 Nature	3
	3 — Asheville ★	🏙️ City	5
	2 — Cherokee NC	🏛️ Historic	4
🌅 Gulf Coast (12 → 2)	12 — South Padre Island	🏖️ Coast	1
	11 — Corpus Christi	🏙️ City	1
	10 — Galveston	🏖️ Coast	1
	9 — New Orleans ★	🏙️ City	3
	8 — Biloxi	🏖️ Coast	2
	7 — Gulf Shores	🏖️ Coast	2
	6 — Pensacola	🏛️ Historic	3
	5 — St. Pete Beach	🏖️ Coast	3
	4 — Sarasota	🏛️ Historic	3
	3 — Naples	🌲 Nature	4
	2 — Key West ★	🏙️ City	5

Iconography

Symbol	Meaning
🌊	Pacific Coast route / Route die
🛣️	Route 66 route / Route die
🏔️	Blue Ridge Pkwy route / Route die
🌅	Gulf Coast route / Route die
⛽	Gas Money dice (brown, neutral)
✓	Stop checked off
~~n~~	Stop no longer reachable (crossed out)
🧭	Ask for Directions (once-per-game re-roll)