[Board/Tactical Game]: Ticket to Ride Europe, reviewed by ShannonA (5/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11178.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

This standalone game offers an excellent expansion of the original Ticket to Ride's gameplay which will reinvigorate an already great game system.

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Post originally by Andy Guest at 2005-03-24 00:45:08
Converted from Phorums BB System

Wow, I haven't board games in years, ten years or more, since we used to play Kingmaker and Civilisation regularly. Last week we got together to play board games and enjoyed it so much we played again this week. We played Ticket To Ride !

The Europe version sounds interesting. Do the additions (stations, tunnels, ferries) feel like integral parts of the game rather than gimmicky expansions ?

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2005-03-24 14:26:30
Converted from Phorums BB System

Short Answer: Yes.

Long Answer:

The stations are totally required because of the new way that destination cards are distributed.

The tunnels and ferries feel integral because they're tightly integrated with the board. You have ferries over the water and tunnels under mountainous areas. Zurich is a pain to get to, because it's all tunnels! There's also similar issues getting in to Spain.

Shannon