2009.11.29
Europa, 97 Years Ago
I picked up the Ticket to Ride: Europa 1912 expansion for Ticket to Ride: Europe a little while ago and have had the chance to play 3 games using the expansion.
The expansion is 2 parts. First, a whole bunch of new ticket cards and some new rules for playing with the new tickets. So far I’ve only tried playing with the “big cities” tickets.
The second part is the new Warehouses and Depots rule, which can be used with any variant of Ticket to Ride (not just Europe).
I’m very glad I bought the expansion, in particular for the new tickets. They change the game dramatically, and make it much more interesting to play. And although I haven’t tried them yet, having an additional 6 long route tickets (for a total of 12) should make for more interesting (and less predictable) games, since it will be harder to guess what someone’s long route ticket is.
Another thing about the new tickets is that, playing the big cities variant in a 2 player game of Ticket to Ride: Europe was much more interesting than playing a 2 player game with the regular tickets. It wasn’t quite as tense as playing on the Switzerland board, but it was still a definite notch up from the original.
The warehouses and depots rule is interesting, but it’s not one I’m sure I’ll play that often. I felt it unbalanced the game a little more than I wanted, although I’ll have to try it a few more times to be sure. The problem I had was that in the game we played, I managed to pick up cards from both warehouses pretty early in the game, giving me a huge hand advantage. I was able to very quickly pick up most of the routes I needed for my network and ran away with the game.
The expansion has definitely added some new life to an already great game, and I’m looking forward to playing it more often.
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