I got this a couple months of go for our son who's 5. Its been out since 2004 but has great reviews unfortunately it is never really on special offer.
It has been really good and we're all big fans in our household. I hold an unbeaten run of winning all the games we have played so far (about 5-6 games); quite literally the daddy.
From what I can gather there seem to be a number of tactics.
o Build your route as quickly as possible and draw more destination cards. You get through your trains quicker and end the game hope fully before everyone else has finished.
o Save up and build the ridiculusly train lines; the 6/7/8 routes for points. Spend all your time drawing cards form the pile; you mes sup the other players hands as they'll probably need cards you hold.
o Land grab all the small routes in the Balkans and around moscow; trying to monopolise the routes (I haven't tried this; it is a family game after all!)
Any seasoned pros out there willing to swap tactics or any other fans out there?