Train lover? Travel through the capital cities of 1800's Europe in Ticket to Ride Europe -- the board game. Complete missions, lay tracks and make use of ferries and underground tunnels to traverse the continent. In this, the second game in the franchise, there are Train Stations, Ferries, Tunnels and freshly designed and drawn cards and boards.
There are several changes and new elements in Ticket to Ride Europe, including:
Pieces: The map of Europe, which you play on, is wonderfully drawn as are the larger train and mission cards, which makes for easier shuffling. The new Station pieces are coloured plastic arches, which can be placed over the train pieces.
Missions: The longest destination tickets are now handed out to each player at game's start. There are six of those; the ones the players choose to discard are put out of play for the rest of the game.
Ferries: If you want to cross the water, you need to pay the ferryman! Every time you go to pass one of Europe's channels or harbours, you'll have to pay one or more locomotive cards, as marked on the board.
Tunnels: When passing through a tunnel, you risk a cave in. As such, when you play through, turn up three cards from the pile. After you've done that, you'll have to have enough cards in hand to complete the sets. e.g. If you played blue carriages, and there are two blue cards in the overturned cards, you'll need two MORE blue carriages to pass through.
Train Stations: A new element of Ticket to Ride is the train station. You can use a limited number of train stations to use another player's route! You need never get stuck on a track again as you can save time and turns by co-opting another's tracks to complete your mission. However, each Station you don't use is worth four victory points.
Ticket to Ride Europe is a worthy contribution to the franchise and is worthy of the many, many awards it has won. - 31483
There are several changes and new elements in Ticket to Ride Europe, including:
Pieces: The map of Europe, which you play on, is wonderfully drawn as are the larger train and mission cards, which makes for easier shuffling. The new Station pieces are coloured plastic arches, which can be placed over the train pieces.
Missions: The longest destination tickets are now handed out to each player at game's start. There are six of those; the ones the players choose to discard are put out of play for the rest of the game.
Ferries: If you want to cross the water, you need to pay the ferryman! Every time you go to pass one of Europe's channels or harbours, you'll have to pay one or more locomotive cards, as marked on the board.
Tunnels: When passing through a tunnel, you risk a cave in. As such, when you play through, turn up three cards from the pile. After you've done that, you'll have to have enough cards in hand to complete the sets. e.g. If you played blue carriages, and there are two blue cards in the overturned cards, you'll need two MORE blue carriages to pass through.
Train Stations: A new element of Ticket to Ride is the train station. You can use a limited number of train stations to use another player's route! You need never get stuck on a track again as you can save time and turns by co-opting another's tracks to complete your mission. However, each Station you don't use is worth four victory points.
Ticket to Ride Europe is a worthy contribution to the franchise and is worthy of the many, many awards it has won. - 31483
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