It’s like everybody’s on a one way ticket to nowhere. (Note that unlike the older TTR: Marklin edition which also had passengers, you don’t move your passengers from city to city. Since the player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner, these bonuses can be key to winning. If there’s a tie for second place, all the tied players get the ten point bonus. If there’s a tie for first place, both players get the twenty points and no one else receives a bonus. The player with the second most of a color scores a ten point bonus. (The red circus one is especially cool.)Īt the end of the game, the player with the most meeples in a given color receives a twenty point bonus. You keep your meeples in front of you so that your passenger stash is visible to everyone. If there’s more than one, choose your meeple. If there are no meeples in a city, you get nothing, if there’s only one, that’s the one you take. When you complete a route into a city, you can choose one meeple from each end of your just-connected route.
Each city on the map has a certain number of colored passenger meeples randomly placed into it at the beginning of the game. The passengers are a simple addition, rules-wise.
The only two notable exceptions are the passengers and the inclusion of two decks of destination tickets, divided into long and short routes. You’re collecting sets of cards, trading them in for trains to claim routes, and scoring points based on how long those completed routes are. The basic rules are almost exactly the same as basic Ticket to Ride, though. More on that down below.) It’s a full fledged game in its own right, meaning you don’t have to own any of the other versions of Ticket to Ride to play. The first thing to note is that Germany isn’t a map pack expansion. So is the TTR love streak still on, or have I finally hit the wall?Īll Aboard or Throw the Passengers From the Train? Me, I still enjoy it.) So when the Germany version was announced as finally coming to American shores, I knew I had to try it. Heck, I’ll even stand by the basic USA map as a decent choice for two players because, hey, it’s Ticket to Ride! (Most people dislike that map with two because it’s so big you can easily avoid each other. I don’t think I’ve ever actively disliked any of the TTR games, map packs, or expansions. Despite the fact that I should have “progressed” beyond it by now (or outgrown it, some would say), its simplicity, suitability for all audiences, and fun factor still keep it at the top of my list. Ticket to Ride remains one of my all time favorite games.
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