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

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Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

Another excellent entrant in the Ticket to Ride series. This one has a neat and original map and also slightly varied gameplay.

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[jcfiala]

It sounds like an interesting game, alright.

But I'm afraid I'm shying away from that price tag - $50 for a two-player game?

[ShannonA]

Originally Posted by jcfiala

It sounds like an interesting game, alright.

But I'm afraid I'm shying away from that price tag - $50 for a two-player game?

I'd agree that's on the high end for a 2-player game if you don't ever expect to play it 3-player. However, if you play 2 player games a lot, I think it's got a lot of value.

Anecdotally, I can tell you that the original Ticket to Ride game has racked up 69 games for me to date, the vast majority of which were 2 player games with my wife.

You can also try out the game system at ticket2ridegame.com to see what you think, though the Nordic variant isn't available.

[LordCthulhu]

It sounds like a bit much at $50, but this is a great 2 and 3 player game. With the 3 player game, it's going to be a bit contentious, but even with the 2 players, there are still plenty of chokepoints to make it a challenge.

The TtR series plays fast too, so you don't have to set aside a 2-hour block of time to play it. You can bang out a game in about 30-45 minutes if both players know what they want.

I highly recommend the series to players of many different levels. It really is just a fun game. My personal recommendation is to start with the American (original) one, then move on to the others.

[jcfiala]

Originally Posted by ShannonA

I'd agree that's on the high end for a 2-player game if you don't ever expect to play it 3-player. However, if you play 2 player games a lot, I think it's got a lot of value.

Anecdotally, I can tell you that the original Ticket to Ride game has racked up 69 games for me to date, the vast majority of which were 2 player games with my wife.

You can also try out the game system at ticket2ridegame.com to see what you think, though the Nordic variant isn't available.

Oh, don't get me wrong - I enjoy me a good game of Ticket to Ride. And I"m considering this off and on.

But I've already got three copies of T2R, and it sounds like this is $50 to buy all the pieces again, with just the rules and the board different? That just strikes me as pricey for a two-player game. If anything else, you'ld think it would be cheaper because they don't have to make as many of the little plastic trains.