24. Ticket to Ride

This is a game that serves up delicious tension in an attractive, easy-to-digest package. It's the newest gateway game and it earns its title admirably. It has easily identifiable short and long term goals, which makes it widely accessible to casual and hardcore gamers alike. Alan Moon has been designing quality games for a long time, and this is the title that will ensure we'll be seeing his name for quite some time to come.