The original game’s Locomotives were entirely rainbow-colored, making them stand out compared to the solid other colors. The new locomotives are silver, with a ROYGBIV border in two corners, making players at my table occasionally mistake them at first glance for a white train. All the cards have had their art tweaked, but I have to say that I liked the wild-card locomotives from the original better. While the original game’s map wasn’t bad, it pales in comparison with the deep blue ocean and dark green and brown map that, like the box, is much bigger than its original. But if you were hoping for a dramatically different game, TTR:E15 will be a dramatically different looking game, but not much else. Now – these changes are beautifully done, and look great on the table, don’t get me wrong. Other than this, the updates in this new version are all cosmetic. In the original TTR:E there were 46 Destination Tickets these are included in TTR:E15 along with 55 tickets from the Europa 1912 expansion, as well as 7 other tickets from smaller expansions ( Orient Express and Ticket to Ride with Max). Arguably the number of route cards available could change how a player experiences the game, but the gameplay remains the same. Nothing has changed on the gameplay side. You’re still in Europe, trying to get 2-3 destination tickets fulfilled and one long one, you still gather train cards and play them to claim routes. To address the obvious, biggest question that some might have first: there are no gameplay changes whatsoever to TTR:E15 to differentiate it from the original TTR:E. So – who is this version for? Is TTR:E15 a grand ride on a majestic train, or a stalled trip? Read on for our Review! Review

One! The original Ticket to Ride: Europe changed all that, and added Stations and Tunnels, as well as dual routes for less blocking. It might be hard to believe, but 15 years ago there weren’t nearly as many train games to choose from, and only ONE Ticket to Ride. Keep the tickets secret until the end of the game.Ticket to Ride: Europe 15th Anniversary (hereafter TTR:E15) is a beautiful collector’s edition-quality version of the game that came out after the original Ticket to Ride. Each player must keep at least two Destination Tickets or more if they wish. Shuffle all the Regular Tickets and deal three to each player place the remaining deck of cards facedown as a draw pile next to the board.Īll players must decide which Destination Tickets they would love to keep for the entire game before taking their first turn. Any remaining Long Tickets will not be used in the game. Separate the 6 Long and 40 Regular Destination Tickets Shuffle the Long Tickets and deal one to each player. Place the European Express Bonus (the longest chain of train cars) card next to the board during the whole game. Make sure there are no more than three Locomotive cards or discard all these five cards then replace them with five new ones. Turn the top five cards face up from the deck. The remaining Train Car cards will form a draw pile. Shuffle all the Train Car cards deal four to each player at the start. Place the Scoring Marker on zero (start) on the Scoring Track running along the map's border. Each player takes 45 coloured Train Cars, the matching coloured Train Stations and its Scoring Marker. Spread out the board map in the centre of the table.

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