So, if you don’t act quickly enough, you’re going to have to go the long way around. You may notice that there are a lot of chokepoints on this map. There’s definitely something to be said for topography here. Players, in addition to train cards, will be able to pick up terrain cards, and when claiming routes (if they can match it with the terrain) they can seriously boost the score of the route. Volume 3 takes us to… the Heart of Africa! We’re a little bit more focused on the terrain here. Map Collection: Volume 3 – Heart of Africa Players can score some serious bonus points by picking up passengers and successfully dropping them off. Märklin introduces a passenger scoring mechanic too. In Märklin, you’ll have the usual rail networks to set up but that’s only part of the job. This is also one of the more innovative games in the Ticket to Ride line-up. The cards are all replaced with Märklin model trains to showcase their train lines. This version is a collaboration between Ticket to Ride and Märklin model trains. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to expand your network to the larger routes and even build ferries to get across to Ireland. But the more they build as the game goes on, the more tech they’ll have available to use. At the beginning of the game, players will only be able to build tiny routes in England. The UK side of the map throws technology into the mix. It’s a different point-boost that doesn’t destroy the simplicity of the original game but still adds a bit more complexity. The player with the most shares in a company gets some bonus points. Whenever you connect, you get a share in that particular company. Not a Sesame Street view of sharing but more of a stock market-type share.Īs you build routes, you’ll notice companies on the board. Pennsylvania adds a sharing rule to the mix.
Each side comes with its own set of special rules that can be added too, so you aren’t just getting a different board. Volume 5 comes with a big double-sided map with the UK and Pennsylvania on either side. Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania The rules recommend using a neutral (dummy) player if you play with two people.Buy on Amazon #2. There are big bonuses for finishing the game with the most toll tokens remaining, as long as you don’t have loan cards. If you want to build but can't pay, you take a Loan card, worth -5 points at the end-and you can never repay it. The first person to build on a route pays the toll to the bank a second player building on that same route pays the toll to the first builder. Almost all routes are doubled, and unlike with every other map, both routes are in play even with two or three players. The Nederland map is the first Ticket to Ride map to incorporate money, as players must pay tokens to build across the many bridges on this board. Some eurogames do, and many of them are great, but as a general rule board games that involve money take longer to play (especially between turns) and deter new players (because we’re all traumatized by Monopoly). One of my favorite things about Ticket to Ride is that it doesn't include money as part of the game play. And if something below doesn't quite ride for you, let us know your favorite maps in the comments. So to help any Ticket to Ride faithful looking to expand, Ars has compiled this overview-along with my personal ranking-of all existing maps, some of which are also available in the wonderful mobile app version of the game. Also, the Märklin map is no longer available and won't be included in this exercise).
I’ve counted 17 different maps so far (not counting Japan and Italy, which will be released in Europe at Spiel 2019 in late October and worldwide in January 2020. But have you tried all of the game’s expansions and standalone spinoffs? These additions introduce new boards and rules that tweak the basic format of drawing train cards and then placing trains to connect cities across each map with the goal of connecting more distant cities so you can complete Destination Tickets for more points. You may have played one of the most successful titles in tabletop gaming, Alan Moon's Ticket to Ride. Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at.
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