For such a minor increase in weight (difficulty) the France mechanic certainly manages to intimidate those new to the hobby more than most Ticket to Ride expansions, though not anywhere near as much as the United Kingdom board. This same extension to the gameplay and board can be somewhat off putting for new players as they get overly daunted by the experience. On top of this, the way players give away the colours they are going for and routes, as they place track pieces, adds in new ways get an insight into opponents’ destination tickets.
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Yet, like Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries the potential of accidental take-that actions is higher than normal.įor fans of the series the colossal size of the board will be very welcoming. Being a big board, players can still attempt to keep to themselves, doing their own thing. This can make life hard for another player without even placing trains to stop them. See a player slowly collecting a handful of a specific colour then use up track pieces of that colour randomly across the board. The France side, despite the size, can be one of the most block friendly, take-that, style maps if players want it to be.
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This helps the same board feel just as tight when there isn’t the full player count. As with the base games you cannot in 2/3 player games claim multiple tracks of the double or triple routes and this extends onto the building of the track pieces, so once the colour is chosen that double route is locked down. When a track piece is played on such a space the others it crosses become unavailable. The France board has been designed so that in specific places two or more routes, in Track Bed form, cross. There are some additional stipulations to building the track pieces. Players score points for completed destination tickets but lose points for those left incomplete.
As with all Ticket to Ride games the aim is to complete destination cards which have two cities which you must link together via connecting routes. When a route is claimed the track piece is removed when the trains are added to the board, making it once again available to be placed elsewhere. To claim a route a set of a coloured Train cards matching the colour of that route is required, the amount set by the length of the route. This then enables the route to be claimed via Train Cards. When you draw train cards, no matter where from, you also must place a Track piece onto an empty track bed. Normally this would end your turn, though this action also triggers track placement in the France ruleset. Train tickets come in the colours that routes on the board are made of. On a turn, players will either draw Train cards, claim a route or draw new destination tickets. Splitting these routes up are stations, named after and roughly located where the real-life cities should be. Normally, though it is still the case with Old West, snaking across this map are colourful train routes. When the game gets going, on the table is a large map of France or on the reverse side Old West America. However, does this expansion add to the series or is it just another map? Let’s find out!įor those new to the franchise as an expansion this game cannot be played without also owning Ticket to Ride (US), Ticket to Ride Europe or Ticket to Ride Germany, as only a set of white trains is included in the box. An average game takes just over an hour, creeping up to an hour and a half with the highest player counts. One side sees 2 – 5 players networking across France, while the other enables 2 – 6 players to grow slowly across the Old West. Moon and published by Days of Wonder, as the name suggests, this expansion comes with two maps to play on – utilizing a double-sided board. Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 6 – France & Old West is the latest expansion for the famous train based, set collection and route building board games.
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