If you have the space and can afford the premium price, this edition is an easy recommendation. When you're playing, everything comes together nicely. Each piece looks and feels phenomenal in its own right. Tabletop games like Ticket to Ride arent for everyone theyre not even for everyone who loves tabletop games This is because games like Ticket to Ride are strategy-heavy and require a lot more thinking than most card games or even video games. If you've played any version of Ticket to Ride, you'll know basically what to expect.īasically, if you're looking for the premier version of Ticket to Ride: Europe, this is it. It's an extremely well balanced game that rewards smart, strategic play. The rules don't take long to learn, and you'll discover new strategies as you play. But at the same time the game stays interesting after many plays and allows for multiple strategies. What I mean is that the goal and the means to achieve that goal are easily explained to newcomers. Play involves claiming routes on the board using your trains and cards. It is an easy to learn game that can be gently competitive and has become a popular classic. This might not sound like a blast, but it really is, in practice. I'm looking for games like Ticket To Ride in a certain sense. Ticket to Ride is a railway-themed strategy board game where players compete to earn the most points by collecting cards, placing trains and completing journeys. Your primary job is to claim these routes as your own, based on the destination ticket cards you draw. All of the cities - bearing names from their native era and languages, which isn't ideal as it can make them hard to find - are connected by various train routes. The board is a map of Europe at the dawn of the 20th century. Each train set is housed in its own great-looking tin.Īs for the game itself, it remains unchanged. Brown trains haul logs, for instance, while blue trains carry those newfangled things called automobiles.
Each train color is fully distinct now, illustrating what type of cargo it carries. Also, the train pieces and train stations are significantly more intricate. The destination cards are also more colorful, and all of the cards sport more detailed art. The board isn't the only upgraded piece of hardware in Ticket to Ride: Europe 15th Anniversary Edition.