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by jssnapiecek 1370 days ago
It would be unfortunate because it would be difficult for us to go into a legal battle with such a big brand. On the other hand... how can you legally reserve the phrase "ticket to europe" which can literally refer to, for example, buying airplane tickets to Europe? This is an expression used in the daily life of millions of people.
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You cannot reserve the phrase "Ticket to Europe". However, you can make a very strong case that a video-game named "Ticket to Europe" infringes on the copyright of your video-game named "Ticket to Ride: Europe".

I would strongly recommend you to change the name of your game before you face such issues (well, you may have already according to this thread), because if your game launches and is at all successful, you will 100% face legal action.

IANAL but I think it is not copyright that is here but Trademark. Copyright would be copying the game but even then I think you can use the same rules but not the same visual look.